Asylum-seeker boats to be turned back
Abbott boat plan causes concern in Jakarta A SENIOR Indonesian police official has voiced concerns about Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s plan to turn back all asylum-seeker boats, warning the policy […]
Picture of the Day: Bird’s-eye view of Beijing on New Year’s eve
Photo taken on Jan. 22, 2012 shows the bird’s-eye view of the Olympic Green in Beijing, capital of China, on the eve before Chinese lunar Year of Dragon. [Photo/Xinhua]
Farahnaz says fled Pakistan for fear of kidnapping by ISI: No one safe anymore
Daily Dawn: KARACHI: Farahnaz Ispahani, media adviser to President Asif Ali Zardari and wife of Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States, has said that she had fled to the US for fear […]
NY-based group raps Aquino over human rights abuses
Courtesy Philippines Daily Inquirer: MANILA, Philippines–The New York-based Human Rights Group on Monday lamented that President Aquino’s valiant promises to stem the rampant violation of human rights have remained just […]
First private think tank wins approval
Source / Courtesy: China Daily A province in south China has approved the first registered private think thank to help advise officials on key issues, the People’s Daily reported. The […]
Indonesians dump flowers, flip-flops for child rights
JAKARTA (AFP) – A community in eastern Indonesia has placed 1,000 pink adenium flowers outside the local parliament, police station and courtroom, not to say thanks, but to send a […]
Crocodile swallows 10-year-old girl as father watches helplessly
Maumere – Local officials in eastern Indonesia say a crocodile swallowed a 10-year-old girl while she frolicked in a river. The case is the second on that spot in the last two months. AFP reports that Viktor Mado Waton, a district head in East Nusa Tenggara province, said the incident […]
Coup attempt linked to 1971 War Crimes: Bangladesh envoy
IBNLive Bangladesh High Commissioner Tareq Karim accused the Bangaldesh Opposition of being involved in the coup attempt against the Sheikh Hasina government.http://ibnlive.com/livetv.
Jews Muslims and Christians Pray together For Rain In Holy Land
Jews, Christians and Muslims have united in the Holy Land to pray for rain. An unusually dry autumn has left Israel and the Palestinian territories perilously parched. Imams, rabbis and priests […]
Pakistan: Hydra unity
Courtesy Daily Dawn: ……….This actually shouldn’t come as a surprise in a country where the state has for long been active in defining what or who a ‘Muslim’ is, and that too in a society brimming with various sects and sub-sects. This has left the sects judging one another, sometimes […]
Carolina Herrera: The Middle East is an inspiration
By RIMA AL-MUKHTAR, RIMA.ALMUKHTAR@ARABNEWS.COM Published: Jan 17, 2012 20:36 Updated: Jan 19, 2012 15:38 From my observations, Saudi women are a lot like Latin Americans; they love makeup and colors,” said the Venezuelan fashion designer, Carolina Herrera, after her visit to Jeddah to support breast cancer awareness with Zahra Breast […]
In order to achieve Religious Harmony and Peace Pakistan can follow the success story of Ghana.
By Zubair Khan ” it does not matter where you come from. As long you are in Ghana we consider you as Ghanaian, we will treat you as Ghanaian and we are proud of it” These were the few strange and astonishing words, which on 18th of January 2012, […]
Saudi Arabia: Foreign reserves: Time to consider new options
By ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG ARAB NEWS Published: Jan 22, 2012 04:57 Updated: Jan 22, 2012 04:57 Over the past few years, Saudi Arabia has accrued significant budget surpluses resulting from increased oil production and higher oil prices. Some of those surpluses have been used as foreign reserves of the Saudi […]
Hesitant Arab Syria response leaving Jordan with ‘few good options’
by Taylor Luck | Jan 22,2012 | 23:26 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — As Arab foreign ministers gather in Cairo today to reasses the Arab League’s response to the ongoing crisis […]
The Real Threat in the Middle East
Islamic political parties don’t endanger democracy. Powerful leaders do by Fareed Zakaria As 2011 was coming to a close, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a remarkable speech to his parliament. Assessing the Arab Spring barely a year after it had begun, Netanyahu announced triumphantly that it had failed, that […]
Foiled Coup, fingers pointed at religious fanatics
Source: The Daily Star. Bangladesh Civil society members’ reaction – Noted economist and academician Prof Muzaffer Ahmad said the coup attempt is the result of ‘unrest’ prevailing in society. “The military force is not isolated from our society. The force is influenced by ongoing unrest in our society,” he said. He […]
So said the Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani about humility
He said: It is conditional on people of Taqwa to spend their lives in meekness and humility. This is a branch of Taqwa through which we contend with unwarranted anger. […]
Syria looks more like Libya every day
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star The continuing deterioration of the political situation in Syria led the emir of Qatar to suggest last week that it would be appropriate to send in Arab troops to stop the killing. How seriously he meant this suggestion remains unclear. He may have […]
UK revokes license of Press TV
By ASSOCIATED PRESS ARAB NEWS Published: Jan 20, 2012 23:17 Updated: Jan 20, 2012 23:17 LONDON: Britain’s telecoms regulator on Friday revoked the license of Iranian state-owned television station Press TV, and said the channel would disappear from UK TV screens by the end of the day. Ofcom said it […]
Bangladesh anger over India torture video
Source: BBC News. A video showing Indian border guards torturing a suspected Bangladeshi cow smuggler has prompted widespread condemnation and anger in Bangladesh. Eight Indian Border Security Force (BSF) guards have been suspended in connection with the incident. … Read more.