How to use economic sanctions wisely
Mar 27,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Anne O. Krueger WASHINGTON, DC — To help Ukraine while avoiding a nuclear confrontation between NATO and Russia, the United States and its allies […]
Russia-Ukraine War: Injustices – on all sides – could lead to a nightmare the world would wish it hadn’t seen
4th March 2022 The Russia-Ukraine disaster has only confirmed the injustices and vested interests on all sides, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa has been warning of for almost two decades. Where Western media would […]
The world is entering uncharted territory
LUKE COFFEY March 12, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/jjdbd As the war in Ukraine enters its third week, it is clear that a quick end to the fighting is not going […]
The Protected Rich and the Unprotected Poor – A Tragic Gap
Sarmad Naveed CONTEMPORARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES 10th February 2022 ©Shutterstock Sarmad Naveed, Canada Gordan Brown, former Prime Minister of the UK recently said, ‘It is an ethical failure that rich countries […]
Pessimism amid progress
Jan 10,2022 – JORDAN TIMES ‘ J. Bradford DeLong BERKELEY — Humanity as a whole is wealthier today than at any time in its history. And yet, from the short-term challenge of the pandemic to the existential threat of global warming, there is a widespread sense that things are going […]
It’s time to rethink philanthropy in Jordan
Feb 06,2022 – JORDAN TIMES The latest economic projections by the World Bank and others expect a deceleration of economic growth globally, Jordan included. While the pandemic is mentioned as […]
‘I’ve already sold my daughters; now, my kidney’: winter in Afghanistan’s slums
Rights and freedomGlobal development Crushing poverty is forcing starving displaced people to make desperate choices Rights and freedom is supported by About this content M Mursal and Zahra NaderSun 23 Jan 2022 The temperature is dropping to below zero in western Afghanistan and Delaram Rahmati is struggling to find food for her […]
The world in 2022: another year of living dangerously
The climate, pandemic and tensions between states means the year ahead is likely to be as tumultuous as the last 12 months Simon Tisdall Wed 29 Dec 2021 On the […]
The Bangladesh story
The Bangladesh story Ishrat HusainPublished December 16, 2021 Why Bangladesh has outperformed India and Pakistan in most socio-economic indicators BANGLADESH is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Once called a “basket case” by […]
The trip could have killed them. But people fleeing economic wreckage in the Middle East say they’d do it 100 times over
By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Updated 0808 GMT (1608 HKT) December 12, 2021 (CNN)Four-year-old Azhi hobbles across a makeshift migrant center on the Polish-Belarusian border. Grabbing his mother’s hand for support, he carefully […]
25 CORRUPTION SCANDALS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD
05 July 2019 Twenty-five years ago, when Transparency International was founded, corruption was seen as the necessary price of doing business and something so deeply ingrained that exposing and fighting […]
Pandemic to cost global tourism $2.0 trillion in 2021: UN
A flight crew walk through the terminal at Sydney Airport, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. (AP) Short Url https://arab.news/6fdnr AFPNovember 29, 2021 A total of 46 destinations — 21 percent of […]
‘Muslim world needs common ground in $7 trillion halal economy’
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA NOV 25, 2021 – 6:21 PM GMT+3Vice President Fuat Oktay attends the opening of the 7th World Halal Summit organized together with the 8th Organization […]
‘Just give us our money’: Taliban push to unlock Afghan billions abroad
‘Just give us our money’: Taliban push to unlock Afghan billions abroad Reuters Published October 30, 2021 – FRANKFURT: Afghanistan’s Taliban government is pressing for the release of billions of dollars of […]
Why it’s too soon to write Lebanon’s obituary
NADIM SHEHADI June 27, 2021 22:26571 Short Url https://arab.news/gm4zq In the Latin American city of Bogota, a prosperous-looking lady goes to an ATM to withdraw cash and her card is rejected. […]
How a Nigerian scheme forged in war creates billionaires
Nigeria’s Igbo community have a reputation for being highly successful businessmen – partly thanks to a community-run apprentice scheme that emerged from the ruins of war, writes the BBC’s Chiagozie […]
Reviving Islamic social finance for a sharing economy
BY NURGÜL SEVINÇ – FOYASAL KHAN OP-ED MAY 04, 2021 As we write this, the world community is witnessing one of the most devastating humanitarian crises in the history of mankind, together […]
Islam’s Response to the Global Economic Crisis
by Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad Ayyaz, Khuddam Event Bradford, UK. 13th February 2010 It is a great privilege and honour for me to be given this opportunity to address this meeting […]
Boris Johnson announces a national lockdown for England expected to remain in place at least through the middle of February
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a national lockdown for England expected to remain in place at least through the middle of February https://t.co/JRtmaTQMSU pic.twitter.com/hvNBaGzCay — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) […]
Covid, Brexit and a crippled economy
11th December 20200 As the world breathes a sigh of relief with the emergence of the Covid-19 vaccine, darker realities await us. Bergamo – an Italian province that was the “deadliest killing field” during the pandemic in the West – is a “disturbing postcard from the posttraumatic aftermath of the […]