By Khetam Malkawi AMMAN – Higher education experts from Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states have recommended that their countries revise their strategies to give universities more independence. They also called for revising subjects taught in university to align the output of higher education institutions with labour market demands. […]
Niken Prathivi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Vice President Boediono is confident that host Indonesia will be able to perform its best and reach the overall champions target in the 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), which will begin two weeks from now. “I am very certain that with the excellent […]
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Floods that hit Pondok Labu, South Jakarta, on Sunday, are by no means over as the rainy season is expected to peak in January-March, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) says. More floods are anticipated in the area because Pondok Labu is not only affected by […]
By MUHAMMAD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A quarter of women surveyed on the Internet by a Jeddah social center have said husbands who perform the Haj alone are being selfish. They said the men should take their wives with them. About a third of the women who answered the […]
The US threat to stop supporting UNESCO financially if it votes for the admission of Palestine as a full member amounts, simply, to blackmail. Washington has been taking an actively hostile position on the Palestinian quest for recognition as an independent state by international organisations; now it is UNESCO’s turn […]
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By AMY TEIBEL | AP ARAB NEWS JERUSALEM: The Palestinian president, in a remarkable assessment delivered on Israeli TV, has said the Arab world erred in rejecting the United Nations’ 1947 plan to partition Palestine into a Palestinian and a Jewish state. The Palestinian and Arab refusal to accept a […]
By NADEEN IBRAHIM | ARAB NEWS MADINAH: A large number of women Haj guides as well as women pilgrims took part in the Second Women Cultural Forum in Madinah on Thursday. Inaugurating the gathering, Yousuf bin Ahmad Hawala, chairman of the board of directors of the National Organization for Pilgrims’ […]
By Muath Freij JORDAN TIMES DEAD SEA – Jordanians and tourists came together at the Dead Sea on Thursday to enjoy the balmy weather and watch live performances at the opening of Dead Sea Nights. The event, which is open every Thursday and Friday from 6:00pm to midnight until November […]
AMMAN (Petra) – The first group of the medical, technical and administrative staff of the Jordan military field hospital to Libya left the Kingdom on Saturday. The medical equipment and the rest of the staff will be arriving at the hospital over the next two days. The hospital, dispatched upon […]
BERA: The Malay language can become the lingua franca of Asean as it is spoken by over three-quarters of residents in the region. Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the language was not only widely used in Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei, but also in […]
By Rami G. Khouri, The Daily Star, Lebanon At rare moments in life, history takes a sharp turn for the better, and sometimes you can see and feel this happening in front of your eyes. This past week was just such a moment for the Arab world, as three different […]
By ASSOCIATED PRESS ARAB NEWS JERUSALEM: A Palestinian official says the Palestinian president will meet with the leader of the militant Hamas movement next month to discuss uniting dueling governments in the West Bank and Gaza. The meeting will be the first between President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas’ Khaled Mashaal […]
By GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN I ARAB NEWS RIYADH: US President Barack Obama congratulated Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Friday on the selection of Prince Naif as crown prince, noting the prince’s counterterrorism record. “I congratulate King Abdullah and the Saudi people on the selection of Prince Naif […]
By ARAB NEWS RIYADH: The Kingdom announced Thursday it would donate $50 million in aid for Turkey’s quake victims. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah had given orders to help “its sister nation” Turkey in its efforts to deal with the devastation of the quake, the Saudi Press […]
By ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has appointed Prince Naif as the crown prince and deputy premier, the Royal Court statement said late Thursday. Prince Naif was the second deputy premier and interior minister in the Council of Ministers. He will continue to head […]
By Rand Dalgamouni AMMAN – Having passed her Tawjihi (General Secondary Education Certificate) exam with a high average, Rawan Al Najjar was happy to know that her grades qualified her to study nursing at university. When the university admission results were announced in September, Najjar received the good news that […]
By Michael Jansen JORDAN TIMES It is surprising that President Barack Obama failed to predict that Iraq would refuse the US terms for the extension of the deployment of 3,000-odd US troops to “train” the country’s soldiery. On October 21, Obama announced that the withdrawal of all US forces would […]
AMMAN (JORDAN TIMES) – Sunday, November 6, will be the first day of Eid Al Adha, as Friday, October 28, has been announced as the first day of Dhul Hijja, Chief Islamic Justice Ahmad Hilayel said on Thursday. The main Hajj ritual, Arafa Day, will thus fall on Saturday, November […]
Source: Reuters (Reuters) – If the world follows the demographic habits of Europe — and that’s a big if — by the year 2200 it could be home to a population of less than half its current level, living in housing built for almost three times that number. With the […]