Islam Times - Sanctions are economic warfare, pure and simple. As an alternative to a direct military attack on a country that is deemed to be misbehaving they are certainly preferable, but no one should be under any illusions regarding what they actually ...

Islam Times - The U.S. is less of a nation than a collective, psychotic episode.

Islam Times - When Washington announced a few weeks ago the formation of a maritime “international coalition” to “protect shipping” in the Persian Gulf, many observers were skeptical. Now skepticism has rightly turned to alarm, as the proposed US-led ...

Islam Times - Over the past four months, Sudan was scene to violent developments until the revolutionary groups and the military reached an agreement on a new constitution in early August.

Islam Times - On Wednesday, Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz in a meeting of the Knesset’s Committee on Defense and Foreign Affairs announced that Tel Aviv will join the US-led sea coalition in the Persian Gulf. The stance comes while the Israeli ...

Islam Times - Has civilization taught us to be more friendly towards one another?

Islam Times - With the US decision to impose added tariffs on more than $300 billion of China trade, and the US Treasury declaring China a “currency manipulator”, global financial markets have reacted with sharp selling.

Islam Times - When the Royal Marines seized the Iranian-owned Grace 1 supertanker off Gibraltar on July 4th, then British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt hailed the seizure as a sign that Iran had “no place to hide.” On July 19th, when the Iranian government ...

Islam Times - Following the recent announcement by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that it would begin withdrawing its forces from many areas of Yemen, the oil-rich Gulf monarchy is now positioning itself to play a role in post-war Yemen.

Islam Times - Turkey-Saudi Arabia relations over the past decade have been rolling ahead with highs and lows amid the geopolitical rivalry and conflict of ideologies.

Islam Times - The FBI has published a document that concludes that “conspiracy theories” can motivate believers to commit crimes.

Islam Times - The unintended consequences of mass shootings and the attempts to use these shootings for various agendas can be far worse than the shootings themselves and ultimately endanger far more people.

Islam Times - Readers from myriad latitudes have been asking me about Hong Kong. They know it’s one of my previous homes. I developed a complex, multi-faceted relationship with Hong Kong ever since the 1997 handover, which I covered extensively. Right ...

Islam Times - The US-led NATO alliance this week designated a whole new hemisphere to itself for “security” operations. No longer merely an “Atlantic” organization, it’s assuming the role of policing the Pacific. Quite a self-promotion.

Islam Times - The Jeffrey Epstein saga goes on even though convicted pedophile Epstein himself has been found hanged in his jail cell in Manhattan. One has to wonder how he managed to kill himself, if that is indeed the case, as he was reportedly on ...

Islam Times - The case of Bahraini human rights activist, Moosa Abd-Ali, raises difficult questions about Britain’s cosy alliance with the Bahraini dictatorship.

Islam Times - At least 14 civilians, including four children, were killed and at least 26 injured when Saudi Arabia targeted the crowded Al-Thabit Market in the border town of Qataber in Yemen’s Sadaa province on Monday.

Islam Times - In mid-July, Emirati media outlets and officials said the UAE plans to pull its forces out of Yemen, a decision seen to be driven by the fear of becoming target to the Yemeni ballistic missiles and combat drones that over the past months ...

Islam Times - While Iraq after the defeat of ISIS is returning to the pre-2014 stability and security, levels of political disputes remain between the central government in Baghdad and Kurdistan regional government in the northern Iraq.

Islam Times - Yesterday the U.S. left the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty.