US vacates main Iraq base
By REUTERS BAGHDAD: The US military passed a milestone in its pending withdrawal from Iraq on Friday, vacating its vast main base near Baghdad airport that once housed the American […]
30% of Saudi student scholars in US are women
By GALAL FAKKAR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Women account for a third of the 47,000 Saudi students on the King Abdullah foreign scholarship program in the United States, according to […]
Rupee receives heavy battering against dollar: Is Pak economy unraveling?
KARACHI: The rupee’s downward rally continued in the interbank as it fell for five straight days against the dollar to close at Rs 89.40 on Friday. The greenback’s demand surged due to high import payment The rupee was traded at Rs 89.02 versus the dollar as imports’ payment of more […]
Almaty Launches Kazakhstan’s First Subway Line
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev officially commissioned the first stage of the underground metro system in Almaty, the country’s largest city of 1.5 million people, on December 1. “Today is an exciting historical day for our country, when Kazakhstan’s first metro facility has been put into operation.,” Nazarbayev said […]
Kayani’s bold move: ‘Pakistani troops will return fire if Nato attacks again: Is this the beginning of the end for Pakistan?
ISLAMABAD: In a development that pushes US-Pakistan relations further into the realm of uncertainty, the army has authorised its local commanders deployed near the Afghan border to retaliate to any […]
In Israel, women’s rights come under siege
Women are forced to board public buses from the back and stay there. Billboards with images of women are defaced. Public streets are cordoned off during religious holidays so that women cannot enter. Saudi Arabia in the misogynistic grip of sharia law? Sadly, astonishingly, infuriatingly, it is Israel under the […]
Afghan woman, jailed for being raped, wins pardon
Source: Dawn Afghanistan has pardoned a woman who was raped by a family member but then jailed for adultery, a statement from the presidential palace has said, in a case that highlights deep concerns about women’s rights in the country. It remained unclear whether the 21-year-old-woman, known as Gulnaz, would […]
Jordan: Unconfirmed rumors: 400’000 Iraqi Christians to be allowed to settle in Jordan
Source: Sorry, I cannot tell you. From the Royal Palace, but not permitting to be quoted. News leaking out of the Royal Palace in Amman through confidential sources that do not want to be named are speaking about plans to permit 400’000 Iraqi Christians to be settled in Jordan. The […]
Archaeologists by chance
By ROBERTA FEDELE | LIFE.STYLE@ARABNEWS.COM The experience of a group of foreigners through Harrat’s lava fields A desert trip in Saudi Arabia can always lead to unexpected surprises. Despite the […]
Released Palestinians build houses, marry, study
By Dalia Nammari, The Associated Press, Jordan Times RAMALLAH – Palestinian prisoners released in a swap for an Israeli soldier last month are racing to make up for lost time: […]
’ نواز زرداری پر غداری کا مقدمہ بنوانا چاہتے ہیں‘
آخری وقت اشاعت: جمعرات 1 دسمبر2011 15:08 GMT 20:08 PST, Credit:BBCurdu پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کے رہنما بابر اعوان نے کہا ہے کہ سپریم کورٹ میں متنازع میمو کی سماعت حکومت کے خلاف […]
Memogate: Parliament failed to protect sovereignty says Nawaz
By Express / Faisal Shakeel Published: December 1, 2011 Credit:Xpress Tribune ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif succeeded in pushing back the memogate affair under the spotlight as he and his party members dubbed […]
Al Qaeda holding US Aid worker Warren Weinstein in Pakistan: SITE
By AFP Published: December 2, 2011 Credit:Xpress Tribune WASHINGTON: Al Qaeda is holding a US aid worker who was kidnapped in August in Pakistan, the extremist group’s leader Ayman al-Zawahiri said in […]
Blasphemy allegations: Ahmadi family under threat from clerics
LAHORE: An Ahmadi family in Khushab says it is being victimised by local clerics who instigated the expulsion of a 16-year-old from his school and are now pressing the police to register blasphemy cases against him and his father. The father, Hakim Jameel, told The Express Tribune that activists of the Aalmi […]
West Papua and the Indonesian Unrest
Life in the furthest recesses of New Guinea has not only been transformed but devastated by forces that originate at the core of global and industrial politics. The realities – […]
King’s interfaith initiative warrants global support: Indonesian leader
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS Published: Dec 1, 2011 01:24 Updated: Dec 1, 2011 01:24 JEDDAH: A visiting Indonesian Muslim leader has emphasized the significance of the interfaith dialogue initiative launched by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and said all countries should support the noble […]
Abbas, Israeli opposition leader meet in Jordan
AMMAN (AFP) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni met in Amman on Wednesday for talks about the peace process, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. A statement from Abbas’ office carried by state news agency WAFA confirmed the meeting in Amman and said the Palestinian leader […]
‘Jordan’s GCC bid on track’
By Taylor Luck AMMAN – Jordan’s membership bid for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is on track as the Kingdom continues a gradual process towards joining the regional bloc, a senior official said on Wednesday. “We are on track and we are encouraged by the positive reception we have received […]
Some insights in Money Supply: Fiscal tools needed to compensate for tightening: Expert
Source / Courtesy: China Daily BEIJING – China will keep its “prudent” policies in 2012, but it should adopt more fiscal tools to compensate for the slowing money-supply growth and weakening […]
Philippines arrests alleged al-Qaida-linked bomber
MANILA, Philippines—Philippine authorities captured an al-Qaida-linked bomber suspected in at least six attacks, including a 2002 karaoke bar explosion that killed an American Green Beret and a hotel blast this week that killed three people, officials said Wednesday. For detailed news read Philippines News http://philippinenews.com/top-stories/4977-philippines-arrests-alleged-al-qaida-linked-bomber.html By Jim Gomez Associated Press […]