http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js It has been a grim seven weeks for Pakistan’s powerful generals. The unilateral raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound opened them up to charges of complicity abroad and a sense of deep embarrassment at home. The criticism sharpened after a major terrorist attack on a naval base in the […]
By AHMED AL-HAJ | AP SANAA, Yemen: The head of Yemen’s most powerful tribal confederation warned Tuesday that Yemen could plunge into civil war if President Ali Abdullah Saleh is allowed to return home. Saleh is currently in Saudi Arabia, where he is receiving treatment for serious injuries from a […]
By ROBERTA FEDELE | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: During a conversation regarding the venture of Manal Al-Sharif — the 32-year-old computer consultant arrested on May 22 for having uploaded on YouTube a video of herself driving — one young Saudi woman perceptively noticed: “What if all women here were aware of […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The International Islamic Relief Organization-Saudi Arabia (IIROSA) has called on governments and international aid agencies to pay greater attention to the plight of displaced people around the world. In a statement issued on the occasion of the World Refugee Day on Monday, which is being marked […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has agreed to give a SR75 million loan to Mauritania, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Saudi Ambassador to Nouakchott Saud Al-Jabiry presented a letter from Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf to his Mauritanian counterpart approving the loan from the Saudi Fund for Development. “This loan […]
By JULHAS ALAM | AP DHAKA: Bangladesh will retain Islam as the state religion in amendments the government is proposing to its constitution, a government minister said Tuesday. A former military ruler declared Islam the state religion in 1988 by amending the charter, but it barely affected Bangladesh’s secular legal system […]
By Khaled Neimat AMMAN – With almost a million cars expected to enter Kingdom this summer, concerned authorities are gearing up to tackle the challenge. Both the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) and the Public Security Department’s (PSD) Traffic Department have drawn up plans to deal with road congestion, officials said […]
By Laila Azzeh AMMAN – Around 79 per cent of divorces that occurred last year took place before consummation of the marriage, a study has found. The survey by sociologist Hussein Khazaali, based on official statistics, showed that there are nearly 60,000 marriages registered in the Kingdom each year in […]
Life on earth has always been a challenge for mankind, surviving between problems, material as well as spiritual. At different times, there were different problems; there were always hurdles to be overcome and threatening dangers to be conquered. One of the distinctive characteristics of the times we live in is […]
Undercover Israeli intelligence officers appeared on national television Saturday to talk about assassinating Palestinians in a program broadcast on Israel’s Channel 10. Oren Beaton presented a photo album of Palestinians he killed during his time as a commander of an undercover Israeli unit operating in the northern West Bank city […]
By ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT: Syria’s president promised a national dialogue Monday to consider political reforms, but his vague overtures to a pro-democracy uprising fell flat as protesters took to the streets shouting “Liar!” and demanding his ouster. In only his third public appearance since the revolt erupted in March, Bashar […]
By MD RASOOLDEEN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: A group of young Saudi philanthropists has launched an e-portal in Riyadh on Monday to help Saudi and expatriate women to find employment in the Kingdom. Glowork (www.glowork.net) is the first website in the GCC that aims to provide fully-fledged career guidance to […]
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS DAMMAM: Rumors of expatriates having their exit-re-entry visas switched to exit-only visas at airports have no basis, said Passport Department officials across the Kingdom. “There is absolutely no truth to it,” said Mohammad Al-Husayn, spokesman for the Passport Department in Makkah province. “If it […]
PARIS (AFP) – France is deeply concerned about Israel’s authorisation for the expansion of 2,000 settlement homes built on occupied Palestinian land in East Jerusalem, the foreign ministry said Monday. “Our position is constant: settlement building is illegal in the eyes of international law, in the West Bank as well […]
By Thameen Kheetan AMMAN – Divisions have surfaced among Jordan’s elite over the ongoing unrest in the northern neighbour Syria. Many writers, academicians and activists have engaged in a series of tit-for-tat statements, reflecting conflicting positions on street demonstrations in Syria, which President Bashar Assad described as part of a […]
by Simon Bradley, swissinfo.ch and agencies The president of the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has demanded “immediate access” to parts of Syria hit by violence. Meanwhile, the Syrian army has begun a military operation to restore security in the town of Jisr al-Shughour near the Turkish […]
Circumvention, hypocrisy and narrow-mindedness describe best the behaviour of clergy and politicians when it comes to condemning terrorists and extremism. Fearing electoral losses, the politicians and ulema have chosen to either remain mum or side with the rising tide of bigotry and fanaticism. The Sharifs of Punjab are playing the […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wants Malaysians to overcome disputes and misunderstandings by reminding themselves of the values that all religions cherish, while taking the route of moderation. He said all religions taught the value of kindness and respect towards one another, regardless of race, ethnicity, creed and background. […]
DOHA: The Qatar Foundation Central Library (QFCL) will open by the middle of next year with an immense collection of print and digital books on varies subjects, reported an Arabic daily yesterday. The library is one of the major projects of the Qatar Foundation will be a 45,000 square-metre building […]