Source: Stratfor: “Defining al Qaedais republished with permission of Stratfor.” The Obama administration’s efforts to counter the threat posed by al Qaeda and the wider jihadist movement have been a contentious topic in the U.S. presidential race. Political rhetoric abounds on both sides; administration officials claim that al Qaeda has […]
For all the political differences between President Obama and Mitt Romney, it’s important to remember there is more in humanity that unites than divides. Consider what author David Maraniss discovered […]
Source: TOI Australian PM Julia Gillard trips at Rajghat SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has a history of losing shoes and another footwear fumble that saw her take an embarrassing tumble in India grabbed the headlines on Thursday. The nation’s first female leader, who last week won international attention […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Penang men no longer need to seek permission from their first wife in order to take on another bride. Instead, they now only need to get permission from […]
Source: Asiatimes: LOS ANGELES – It’s the meme cycle that ate this city – and the nation, for that matter. No one can escape the attack of Binders Full of Women; from Tumblr to a tsunami of tweets, from the coolest Facebook page in ages [1] to a 2 Live […]
Source: ET It would be folly and treasonable for anyone who accepts the version of religion that kills little girls. PHOTO: FAZAL KHALIQ/ EXPRESS The Taliban have issued an elaborate seven-page statement detailing their explanation for their reasons to execute Malala Yousufzai. Somebody within the Taliban’s world of terrorism and […]
Source: ET Court adjourn proceedings regarding CM Punjab’s son-in-law Ali Imran’s bail plea till October 18. LAHORE: A Lahore court sent Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s son-in-law, Ali Imran, on a 14-day judicial remand on Thursday in a case regarding the torture of an employee at a bakery in Lahore, Express News […]
ABDELMONEIM ABU EDRIS ALI | AFP ARABNEWS Thursday 18 October 2012 KHARTOUM: Sudan’s Parliament yesterday approved almost unanimously deals with South Sudan on oil and security that the two countries’ presidents have hailed as ending their conflict. “After discussion by the MPs, the general feeling of the assembly is to […]
ARAB NEWS Wednesday 17 October 2012 MADINAH: The Miqat Mosque, also called Aaba Ali, is one of the most noticeable spots in Madinah. It is the station for pilgrims from […]
JASSIM ABUZAID ARABNEWS Thursday 18 October 2012 JEDDAH: Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said the OIC had not received formal notification from the government of Myanmar that it will not open an OIC humanitarian office in Myanmar. He noted that the OIC, once this issue […]
JASSIM ABUZAID ARABNEWS Thursday 18 October 2012 JEDDAH: The General Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques Affairs handed in the new Kiswa (Kaaba’s cover) to the senior gatekeeper of the […]
Washington Post: BEIRUT — Rumblings of discontent within Syria’s Alawite minority are presenting a new challenge to President Bashar al-Assad’s efforts to retain power in the face of an expanding armed rebellion, calling into question the loyalties even of his own sect in the conflict ravaging the country. Assad has […]
Russian TV: The money-ruled American political system has a pretty straight-ahead Wall Street agenda and is designed to eliminate opposition the way dictatorships do, Jill Stein, the US presidential candidate for the Green Party, shared with RT. She believes that both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have essentially the same […]