Report: Expect more war, hunger in 2018
REUTERS GENEVA A woman holds her severely malnourished 10-month old daughter at the feeding center for children, South Sudan, Dec. 10, 2017. Humanitarian crises around the world will worsen […]
‘There’s a war coming,’ Marine Corps general warns US troops
MILITARY By Bradford Betz | Fox News A Marine Corps commandant on Thursday warned U.S. troops stationed in Norway to be prepared for a coming war. “I […]
Face of a forgotten war: Who is to blame for the death of this 11-year-old girl?
? Exclusive: Jabrah was shot in the head while she slept. Her crime? Growing up in Yemen, which is suffering in a vicious proxy war. Now, after gaining rare access to […]
Gordon Brown can’t possibly expect us to believe he’s only just realised the Iraq War was a mistake
Claiming he needed a US intelligence report to realise the war was unjustified is crude insult to his own and his audience’s intelligence Matthew Norman @IndyVoices Sunday 5 November 2017 16:30 […]
Pope Francis makes emotional anti-war plea: ‘No more of these useless massacres’
By Amy Kellogg | Fox News Pope Francis pays a visit to the American military cemetery in Nettuno, Italy, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. Pope Francis is underlining the price of […]
Saudi Arabia: Missile intercepted near Riyadh
Saudi Arabia says it has intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Yemen, after a loud explosion was heard near Riyadh airport on Saturday evening. The missile was destroyed over the […]
States make war, but war will not make new states
Columns Sinem Cengiz | Published — Saturday 28 October 2017 American political scientist and sociologist Charles Tilly argued that “war made the state, and the state made war.” He was referring to Europe’s violent history and the impact of war on state-formation on the continent. Tilly’s argument has started […]
Syria in Crisis
November 2013 REVIEW OF RELIGIONS NOTE OF THE EDITOR: Yes, not a new article. But is it not still as acute as ever? ©Richard Harvey | dreamstime.com Aleppo, the largest city in Syria and home to some of the most historic world sites. A small mosque near the citadel […]
Swiss pioneers: Swiss engineer takes on killer landmines
https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43460444&locale=en Embed code This content was published on October 10, 2017 5:00 PMOct 10, 2017 – 17:00 Swiss engineer, Frédéric Guerne, has dedicated half his life to making machines that […]
‘Arabs should not miss Iraq, Syria rebuild opportunity’
By JT – Sep 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Industry, Trade and Supply Minister Yarub Qudah on Saturday called on Arab stakeholders to take the initiative and compete for the largest possible share in project worth $2 trillion, designed for Iraq and Syria rebuild schemes, the Jordan News Agency, […]
Saudi Arabia in huge new bond sale to finance deficit
Agence France Presse RIYADH: Saudi Arabia Thursday announced it had undertaken another multi-billion dollar bond sale to finance a persistent budget deficit left by low oil prices. The world’s top crude oil exporter raised $12.5 billion in its third international bond issue, the finance ministry said. It comes as Saudi […]
In light of Trump’s dangerous bumbling round North Korea, the American constitution should be changed
For how long will as brittle and volatile a creature confine himself to empty threats while the portly dictator derides his manhood in the most potentially lethal round of geopolitical willy-waving since 1962? Something must be done Matthew Norman @IndyVoices Tuesday 5 September 2017 The question has been gnawing away […]
War will bring… another war
Sep 14,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri For the past six months or so, twice a week the regional and international media have warned about the looming risk […]
I’m 94 years old, I fought in the Second World War and I have a serious warning about where 2017 is headed
I am an old man in the apogee of my days and that’s why I know we are on the cusp of war – if not in North Korea then somewhere else – simply because of the way we have allowed society to become. As a young man in uniform, […]
North Korea neighbours DROP BOMBS near border as nations ‘ready for war’
SOUTH Korea has dropped a series of bombs near the North’s border in a terrifying response to their missile launch. By Jamie Micklethwaite / Published 29th August 2017 The bombing was ordered just hours after North Korea launched three ballistic missiles, with one flying over northern Japan. Four F15K fighter […]
It can be dangerous to have leaders with no experience of war – as Macron’s spat with his military chief shows
As David Cameron found when he was considering intervention in Libya, those who have experienced, or at least know about war, are generally warier about the prospect than those who have not, and more conservative in their assessment of what can be achieved Mary Dejevsky @IndyVoices 4 days ago 32 […]
Stop selling arms to help Saudi Arabia wage war and reveal its links to extremists, British public urges May
Exclusive: Poll reveals deep unease about Britain’s close relationship with an autocracy embroiled in a devastating war Rob Merrick Deputy Political Editor @Rob_Merrick 34 comments Britain must end arms sales to Saudi Arabia while the country is accused of the large-scale slaughter of civilians in Yemen’s civil war, Theresa May […]
In war zones across the world, education is being cut out of foreign aid – so young people join Isis instead
The world is now witnessing the highest levels of forced displacement that have ever been recorded. If we don’t respond by rebuilding schools and universities, the cycle of terrorism will […]
Middle East fantasies and failures
May 18,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri My last week in the United States following the run-up to US President Donald Trump’s visit later this week to Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican has only confirmed that the erratic, impulsive nature of Trump’s domestic policymaking also seems to apply […]
This is the aim of Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia – and it isn’t good for Shia communities
The Sunni Saudis and the Gulf kings possess immense wealth, the only religion that Trump really respects, and they want to destroy Shia Iran, Syria, the Hezbollah and the Houthis – which is a […]