It’s no secret that journalism is a difficult career in the Arabic world – but Al Jazeera changed things, and if it folds now, we could see the whole of the Middle East go backwards Fatima el Issawi The newsroom at the headquarters of the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera satellite channel in […]
An arbitrary decision by a mean-minded individual cost me close to £1,000 – and marked out my girlfriend as ‘refused entry to the UK’ in her passport forever. Ever since the Brexit vote, this sort of meanness and anti-immigration atmosphere has taken hold. I’m sick of it PAT BUTCHER 17 comments […]
Source: The Local Countries that fail to take part in the quota scheme for assigning asylum seekers around the European Union could themselves be denied help in other areas, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday. “If there is no solidarity on migration, neither will there be in other areas — […]
Source: huffingtonpost.com Algeria rejects a Spanish ambassador and draws fire from Human Rights Watch over treatment of minorities. Madrid tried to send José Maria Ridao, a formed ambassador to UNESCO, to represent Spain, but Algiers slammed him for his history of visits and lectures in Morocco. Meanwhile, an HRW communique calls […]
Source: Hufington Post As we keep our eyes peeled on the latest track of Hurricane Irma and hope for the best, I want to take you back to what played out in a sleepy neighborhood north of Houston immediately in the aftermath of hurricane Harvey. Even before the floodwaters started […]
By The Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus — Sep 10, 2017 Cyprus police arrested a 36-year-old man Sunday for allegedly driving one of two boats that brought 305 Syrian refugees to the Mediterranean island’s northwestern coast. Police spokesman Michalis Ioannou said the 202 men, 30 women and 73 children arrived […]
Source: Pakistan Today By GHULAM NOOR JEHANIAN Anchor Amir Liaquat has been arrested in Myanmar by the immigration authorities, Bol News reported on Saturday. In his conversation with the TV channel […]
Source: Huffington Post By Ed Mazza “When he puts his power on display, it’s never without reason.” Kirk Cameron has some interesting views on weather. The former child actor and current […]
Source: BBC News Australian political leaders, including Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, have come out in support of a campaign for same-sex marriage. More than 20,000 people gathered in Sydney to […]
Source: BBC News China, the world’s biggest car market, plans to ban the production and sale of diesel and petrol cars and vans. The country’s vice minister of industry said […]
Source: BBC News Parts of the city of Miami are under water as Hurricane Irma heads for mainland Florida, triggering storm surges across the south of the state. The category […]
By Samuel Jaberg, Stefania Summermatter This content was published on August 23, 2017 The cost of the mosque is expected to be around CHF8 million (http://www.mosqueefribourg.ch) A Muslim association is planning to construct a luxurious mosque in canton Fribourg. The five-storey building will house two prayer rooms, a school, […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo In his address before heads of states and representatives from predominantly Muslim countries, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urged Muslims around the world Sunday to unite […]
I am an old man in the apogee of my days and that’s why I know we are on the cusp of war – if not in North Korea then somewhere else – simply because of the way we have allowed society to become. As a young man in uniform, […]
Sep 09,2017 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL According to recent UN reports, Gaza has become a sinking boat, with poverty, unemployment and environmental concerns reaching unprecedented dangerous levels. Reports now say overall unemployment in the coastal Palestinian enclave has topped 41 per cent; more alarmingly, unemployment among the youth, a huge, restive, portion […]
Qatari and Saudi leaders express willingness to start talks in phone call, but apparent protocol dispute causes hiccup. Mohammed bin Salman and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani [Getty] Saudi Arabia says plans to hold talks with Qatar have been suspended, shortly after the emergence of reports that a phone call […]
Saudi Arabia ARAB NEWS | Published — Friday 10 September 2010 JEDDAH: Euphoria generated by Friday’s phone call between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani was punctured within minutes by distorted news reports from the state-run Qatar News Agency (QNA). During the […]
Clinton’s honesty – two words which when combined will make some of her haters choke – liberates her not just to critique herself, but also anyone else she thinks contributed to her loss David Usborne New York @dusborne 58 comments There is little point writing a tell-all if you are not […]
By AFP – Sep 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqi mechanics work in a garage in east Mosul on Wednesday, as they repair vehicles that were damaged during the offensive to retake Iraq’s second-largest city from Daesh (AFP photo) MOSUL, Iraq — Two months since Iraqi forces recaptured Mosul […]
Source: The Guardian North Queensland MP George Christensen, who brought the motion to the federal conference, argued it was needed for security reasons A motion to ban the burqa was […]