Politics dividing East from West — once again
Feb 15,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / MICHAEL JANSEN At a time the entire world community should unite to provide aid to all victims of the massive February 6th earthquakes which […]
West must reconsider sanctions that only hurt civilians
OSAMA AL-SHARIF February 14, 2023 The human toll of the devastating earthquake that hit southwestern Turkiye and northwestern Syria last week continues to unfold. By Monday noon the death toll […]
Russia wants sanctions to be lifted for Black Sea grain deal renewal
BY REUTERS FEB 13, 2023 – DAILY SABAH The Palau-flagged bulk carrier MKK1, carrying grain under U.N.’s Black Sea grain initiative, is seen drifting aground in the Bosporus in Istanbul, […]
Why are Palestinians shunning the protests against judicial reforms?
YOSSI MEKELBERG February 11, 2023 Something that at first glance might seem paradoxical is happening in the current protests against the new Israeli government’s plans for its so-called reform (or […]
Failed experiment: Three reasons why Israel fears a major war on Gaza
Feb 07,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud Though Israel’s past wars on Gaza have often been justified by Tel Aviv as a response to Palestinian rockets or, generally, as […]
Turkiye and Syria earthquake disaster must not be politicized, UN chief tells Arab News
A view shows a semi collapsed building following the earthquake in Adana, Turkiye, on February 7, 2023. (Reuters) Updated 10 February 2023 EPHREM KOSSAIFY February 09, 2023 NEW YORK CITY: […]
ICATU: Blockade On Syria Exacerbates The Syrians’ Suffering Due To The Deadly Earthquake
ECONOMY Last updated Feb 8, 2023 Share Damascus, (ST) – The General Secretariat of the International Federation of Arab Trade Unions (ICATU) has called on all trade union centers and international and […]
Is this the worst German government in history?
BY YUNUS MAZI DEC 29, 2022 The new German government has failed to fill the gap, worse even, the gap got bigger and more prominent in the current year. (Getty […]
Europe’s Russia sanctions are a shot to the foot
Dec 15,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Brahma Chellaney BERLIN — It seems obvious that sanctions — an increasingly important tool of Western foreign policy — should inflict significant pain on […]
Europe energy crisis: Western sanctions backfire
By Ebrahim Fallahi November 5, 2022 / Tehran Times TEHRAN – As the weather gets colder in Europe, the efforts for curbing gas and electricity consumption are reaching their limits […]
The Turkish Gambit
The grain deal boosted Turkey’s influence on major global crises The deal signed in Istanbul to export grain from Ukraine through the Black Sea was welcomed with great enthusiasm. Some commentators hailed […]
Russia’s sanctions ultimatum piles pressure on Europe
DR. DIANA GALEEVA September 09, 2022 Short Url The Kremlin this week put an ultimatum to Europe: If Europe lifts its sanctions, Russia will allow its gas to flow again. […]
A wake-up call for the Arab League
BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN AUG 16, 2022 – 12:05 AM GMT+3 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addresses permanent representatives to the Arab League in Cairo, Egypt, July 24, 2022. (AFP […]
‘Gaza’s children are used to the death and bombing’
By Anna FosterBBC Middle East correspondent, Gaza Published 5 hours ago Hala didn’t know that danger was coming when she took her children to the beach. Her nine-year-old daughter Layan […]
Take Türkiye to the EU, there will be no problem
BY MELIH ALTINOK AUG 11, 2022 – DAILY SABAH The European Union and Turkish flags fly side by side on the İstiklal Avenue, in Istanbul, Türkiye, Sept. 5, 2020. (Getty […]
Europe ‘shot itself in lungs’ with sanctions on Russia: Orban
BY REUTERS BUDAPEST JUL 15, 2022 Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban arrives at a European People’s Party (EPP) meeting ahead of a EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 28, 2018. (Reuters […]
Putin blasts ‘stupid’ Western sanctions as economic ‘blitzkrieg’
At St Petersburg economic forum, Russian president says West trying to crush Russia with ‘stupid sanctions’, amounting to an economic ‘blitzkrieg’. Published On 17 Jun 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
Global shortages demand global solutions
Jun 01,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Kaushik Basu THACA — Food shortages are beginning to cast a shadow over the world. One long-term factor is the warming of our planet, which has slowly destroyed agricultural land. But the proximate cause of greatest concern is the war in Ukraine and Russian […]
Under new names, Western brands reborn in Russia
BY REUTERS MAY 22, 2022 – DAILY SABAH A combination of file pictures shows logos of accounting firms PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY. (Reuters Photo) Scores of Western brands have […]
Is diplomacy between Russia and the West still possible?
May 13,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Richard Haass NEW YORK — Amid more than two months of intense media focus on the war in Ukraine, one story was largely overlooked. In late April, the United States and Russia carried out an exchange of prisoners. Russia released an American (a former […]