Don’t be misled by today’s unemployment figures – a hurricane of job losses is coming
We can reasonably expect the number of people in the UK out of work to rise to between three and four million – a far graver toll, at the upper […]
Shamima Begum: what the legal ruling about her return to the UK actually means
July 17, 20202 Author Devyani Prabhat Reader in Law, University of Bristol Disclosure statement Dr Devyani Prabhat received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council UK 2014-2017 for a project on British citizenship. Partners University of Bristol provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. The […]
PM says legal aid rules to be reviewed following Shamima Begum judgment
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page NATIONAL LegalAidCredit: PA Wire/PA Images Boris Johnson has said ministers are examining the legal aid eligibility rules […]
UN chief: World ‘at the breaking point’ due to inequalities
Source: MSN BY CARA ANNA JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Saying “we are at the breaking point,” the U.N. secretary-general made a sweeping call Saturday to end the global inequalities that sparked […]
Only one way out: a unitary state with equal rights in Palestine-Israel
Everyone who values democracy, justice and human decency should assist the Palestinians in achieving this goal. Ghada Karmi 16 July 2020 Rally against Israel’s planned annexation of occupied Palestinian […]
Iraqi PM to visit Saudi, Iran in diplomatic balancing act
Agence France-Presse Baghdad, Iraq / Sat, July 18, 2020 / Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi (R) stands with naval officers during his visit to the port of Umm […]
Saudi Arabia Wants Its Fugitive Spymaster Back
Officials say billions in a Saudi counterterrorism fund under the control of spy chief Saad al Jabri have gone missing; Jabri’s supporters say the money was used to fight terrorists […]
Palestinians Are Building a Village on Their Land. Armed Settlers From an Illegal Outpost Are Sabotaging Them
A farmers organization from the Jericho area is building a village in Palestinian-controlled Area A. Local settlers attack the construction workers almost daily, but the entrepreneur believes his group will […]
Exiled Iraqi journalist: ‘I am almost a member of Swiss society’
An Iraqi journalist who fled to Switzerland speaks about her former life in Baghdad and why her current life is sometimes isolating. This content was published on July 17, 2020 […]
Precious metal stablecoin plugs into gold frenzy
Banking & Fintech Several tokens already exist that use precious metals to stabilise their price. Keystone / Manjunath Kiran The price of gold and silver is rising in the face of […]
The UK and US are starting a new Cold War with Russia and China – so what are these governments trying to hide?
It is just possible to forget amid the threats and counter-threats – and the intention is certainly that we should forget – that the world is failing to contain a […]
Education: PTI’s plan exposed
Source: Dawn BE prepared, Pakistan! Imran Khan’s government is poised to inflict damage upon this country’s education system in a manner never seen before. Its so-called Single National Curriculum (SNC) hides systemic changes going far deeper than the ones conceived and executed by the extremist regime of Gen Ziaul Haq. […]
Goldman Sachs says a coronavirus vaccine could be approved later in 2020
Source: CNBC An analyst at Goldman Sachs thinks a coronavirus vaccine could be approved before year-end by the U.S. as the country tries to stem a massive uptick in cases. […]
A fight for the soul of Islam
Islamism in Senegal A fight for the soul of Islam Violent Islamist fundamentalism has not yet come to Senegal, but it could – just as it has in Mali, Burkina Faso and Nigeria. A fascinating new feature film from Senegal shows how it could happen. By Aviva Freudmann […]
The deal of the century is unpalatable for both Israel and Palestine
July 17, 2020 MIDDLE EAST MONITOR US President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Rose Garden at the White House on July 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. [Drew […]
The Making of Transjordan
The Making of Transjordan Although the Sykes-Picot Agreement was modified considerably in practice, it established a framework for the mandate system which was imposed in the years following the […]
How Britain Carved Up the Middle East and Helped Create Saudi Arabia
November 2, 2016 This is an edited extract from Secret Affairs: Britain’s Collusion with Radical Islam by Mark Curtis The British strategy of colonial divide and rule, and reliance on […]
Do you know why Nelson Mandela loved Castro, Gaddafi whom the West hated?
NII NTREH Jul 15, 2020 at 03:00pm July 15, 2020 at 03:00 pm | HISTORY NII NTREH | Staff Writer FULL BIOCLOSE July 15, 2020 at 03:00 pm | HISTORY FULL BIO Nii Ntreh […]
Israel Drafts Secret List of Hundreds of Officials Who May Stand Trial at International Court
Ahead of the ICC’s decision on whether to investigate suspected war crimes in the territories, a list of 200 to 300 officials was compiled, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and […]
Black Yemenis remain in shadows, far from global protests
By AFP – Jul 16,2020 – JORDAN TIMES Black Yemenis count among the poorest of the poor in the Arab world’s most impoverished country blighted by more than five years […]