Pakistan Will Never Again Join Anyone Else’s War: Imran Khan
Jan 10 2020 By Newsweek Pakistan Courtesy PID “We will fully strive for the establishment of friendly relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran,” he told a gathering in […]
Containing the raging fire in the Gulf
May 16,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Jordan was among the first countries that condemned the terrorist attacks on four ships off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the […]
As tensions with Iran escalate, the question we should all be asking is: who’s really in charge in the White House?
The president needs to step up and take control of the situation — and fast Jay Caruso Washington DC The Independent Voices Because of escalating tensions with Iran, Donald Trump […]
A trip to Iran by Jawad Anani
Dec 03,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – JAWAD ANANI Accompanying Taher Al Masri, I travelled on the 23rd of November to Tehran in order to attend the International Islamic Unity Conference which […]
Trump seeks to revive ‘Arab NATO’ to confront Iran
Reuters International This content was published on July 27, 2018 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a chart of military hardware sales as he welcomes Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince […]
Iran calls on world to stand up to Trump, save nuclear deal
Reuters International This content was published on June 3, 2018 Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrives at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, May 15, 2018. Thierry Monasse/Pool […]
Ex-Israeli spy chief: Netanyahu planned Iran strike in 2011
Tamir Pardo served as head of the Israeli intelligence agency from 2011 to 2016. (AP) AP May 31, 2018 Netanyahu said Israel will not allow Iran to arm itself […]
Rouhani to Steinmeier: Arms and money to terrorist must be cut
Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told Germany’s chief diplomat Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Tehran on Wednesday that terrorism poses a serious threat to all countries especially […]
Pakistan PM to visit Saudi and Iran ‘to ease tension’
© Provided by AFP Pakistan Information minister Pervez Rashid told AFP Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (pictured) Sharif would travel to Riyadh on Monday and Tehran on TuesdayPakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will lead a high-level delegation to Saudi Arabia and Iran this week to try to ease tension between the […]
The Pentagon plan to ‘divide and rule’ the Muslim world
Nafeez Ahmed Friday 3 April 2015 12:30 BST Yemen is the latest casualty of a neoconservative strategy commissioned by the US Army to ‘capitalise on Sunni-Shia conflict’ in the Middle East – the goal is nothing short of ‘Western dominance’ Yemen is on the brink of “total collapse” according to […]
Book review: The Politics of Empire. The US, Israel and the Middle East
By Dr. Ludwig Watzal Global Research, October 20, 2014 Review of James Petras’ Book published by Clarity Books The Israeli military went again on a rampage against the ghettoized people in the Gaza strip. The last time, they “visited” the walled-in strip at the turn of the year 2008/09, they […]
No nuclear deal between 6 world powers and Iran
GENEVA: Talks on curbing Iran’s nuclear program ended with no deal early Sunday after France objected that proposed measures didn’t go far enough. US Secretary of State John Kerry said “significant progress” had been made on the remaining differences. Six world powers and Iran agreed to resume talks on November […]
Opinions: What really breaks Syria – “The U.S. slaughtered the wrong pig”
By Dr. Jürgen Todenhöfer The U.S. slaughtered the wrong pig. (google translate from German being used, please excuse the grammar). Six times I visited Syria in the last two years, […]
Syria’s Sunni vs. Shia Myth
by Khaled Diab, Journalist A recent poll on Al Jazeera Arabic’s website asked who was responsible for turning the Syrian revolution into a sectarian conflict: the Sunnis or the Shi’a? Around 95% of those who voted blamed the deterioration on the Shi’a. Although this result is shocking in its own […]
Iraq: Israel can’t use our airspace for striking Iran
BY PRASHANT RAO ARABNEWS Tuesday 4 June 2013 BAGHDAD: Baghdad has warned Israel that it would respond to any attempts by the Jewish state to use Iraqi airspace for a […]
And the winner is …
Source: Asiatimes. Iran’s roster of would-be presidents has been whittled down to eight from nearly 700, courtesy vetting by the Guardian Council. Two potential big draws are ruled out – former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim, too much outgoing President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s man. That leaves an uninspiring […]
State Dept. Report Says Countries Have Repressed Religious Freedom With Laws
Source: NY Times By STEVEN LEE MYERS WASHINGTON — Countries around the world, including allies of the United States, have used laws on blasphemy and apostasy to suppress political opponents, the State Department said on Monday in an annual report chronicling a grim decline in religious freedom that has resulted in rising […]
Despite sanctions, Iran says agricultural exports booming
Story Summary Iran’s agricultural exports grew last year, with pistachio and saffron sales almost doubling, despite Western sanctions on trade with the country, the semi-official Fars news agency quoted Iran’s […]
How Some Medieval Cultures Adapted to Rise of Islam
Science News How Some Medieval Cultures Adapted to Rise of Islam Jan. 2, 2013 — Medieval Afghanistan, Iran and the one-time Soviet Central Asian states were frontiers in flux as the Islamic Caliphate spread beyond the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh through 10th centuries. As such, different groups, such as the new Arab […]
A test-case of Israeli influence in US politics: Hagel under fire from pro-Isarel hawks
By Bernd Debusmann The Daily Star, Lebanon Story Summary A growing controversy over one of President Barack Obama’s candidates for the top Pentagon job is turning into a test case […]