May 21, 2016 JORDAN TIMES – JAVIER SOLANA Even amid the chaos and catastrophes caused by war, there are internationally recognised limits on combatants’ behaviour. And yet, recent deliberate attacks on refugee camps and hospitals, in Syria and elsewhere, demonstrate an absolute disdain for basic humanitarian norms. Indeed, […]
By AFP – May 21,2016 -JORDAN TIMES Israeli forces stand guard next to their armoured vehicle during confrontations with Palestinians following a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel, on Friday (AFP photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel’s defence minister resigned Friday, saying extremists had taken over the […]
May 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI The recapture of the Iraqi town of Rutba by government forces gives two strong indications: that Daesh is not invincible; that the Iraqi military knows how to win a battle when it is determined, without having to use ragtag militias like Badr […]
The murder of an Ahmadi Preparing for the worst May 21st 2016 | From the print edition THERE are few signs of life at the Stockwell Green mosque in south London at the moment. The gates are padlocked and the telephones have been disconnected. And some hope it will stay […]
theguardian: by Pontiff condemns ‘ghettoisation’ of migrants and hails Sadiq Khan’s election as first Muslim mayor of London Pope Francis: ‘Talk of the Christian roots of Europe … can seem triumphalist or even vengeful.’ Photograph: AGF/Rex/Shutterstock Islam and Christianity share an inherent “idea of conquest”, and those who refer to […]
Source: CNN By Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN)Every 43 seconds, an American has a heart attack. Most people immediately recognize chest pain as a symptom of heart attack, but only 27% […]
Source: RNS By Lauren Markoe (RNS) Bob Silverman, a Jew who spent most of his diplomatic career in Muslim-majority nations, will now reach out to Muslims in his own country. […]
Source: Los Angeles Times By Sonali Kohli The Japanese American children who spent years in World War II internment camps were hopeful. Some thought racial discrimination would end after the […]
Source. Rabwah Times Pakistan’s leading Human Rights activist Asma Jahangir has said that Ahmadiyya Muslims are the most persecuted religious minority in Pakistan. Jahangir made the remarks while speaking at the Hudson Institute on May 18th, in Washington D.C. The event was moderated by Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani. Answering a […]
Source.dpa.international.com By Ramadan Al-Fatash and Gerd Roth, dpa Paris/Cairo (dpa) – Smoke was detected on the doomed Egyptair plane shortly before it crashed over the Mediterranean Sea, the French air accident investigation agency BEA said on Saturday. But the agency cautioned that no conclusion could yet be drawn as to what caused […]
Source. Stratfor As the investigation into the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804 continues and searchers begin to find evidence, the jihadist world has been strangely silent. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the aircraft early May 19 and we are now nearly outside the timeframe in which jihadist groups have […]
Source.ET The conference was organised by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) in collaboration with the European Union. PHOTO: AFP LAHORE: The National Action Plan—formulated to eradicate terrorism—has failed to curb religious extremism and hate speech, speakers at a conference organised on Friday observed. They made the remarks while speaking […]
Canada’s defence minister says a long-awaited review on the future of the Canadian Armed Forces will look into potential investments in technology, including drones. ‘We do need to look at technology,’ Harjit Sajjan says of pending review of military | Toronto Star ‘We do need to look at technology,’ Harjit […]
Source: Swiss Info The number of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers reaching Switzerland has increased sharply, but the country has come under fire for not having any common guidelines for their […]
EMPLOYMENT 4.0 The mutation of the workforce has already begun By Duc-Quang Nguyen and Samuel Jaberg MAY 20, 2016 – 11:00 (swissinfo.ch) The fourth industrial revolution – the digitalisation of the economy – is set to radically transform or render obsolete half of all jobs in industrialised countries. As a […]
May 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI On this 68th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel and the exile and refugeehood of half of the Palestinian Arab population of 1948, Israelis, Zionists and their friends should be concerned because something significant is taking place in […]
May 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – George S. Hishmeh Once again, Israel has managed to escape scrutiny thanks to a last-minute American intervention from Secretary of State John Kerry. His ploy was that the date of the meeting suggested by France was not convenient to him. For many weeks, French President […]
May 19, 2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Here we go again, stocking up early on meat, fruit and vegetables in preparation for the fasting month of Ramadan as if that […]
The last rebels have su rrendered and now, at last, the full extent of martyrdom in Homs can be seen Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 19 May 2016 Syria, 5 June 2014 Deep beneath the city of Homs, in the last days of the Syrian army’s siege, a desperate Islamist rebel wrote on the […]
The shame of Abu Ghraib prison is part of a long tradition that goes back to the Crusades Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 19 May 2016 2 comments Iraq, 7 May 2004 […]