by John Feffer They were both responsible for thousands of civilian deaths in causes they believed were righteous. They both occupied top spots on the World’s Most Wanted list. They were both the subject of raids that were years in the making and required extensive intelligence work. But in all […]
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: May 31, 2011 15:02 Updated: May 31, 2011 15:02 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: The Gulf state of Qatar must do more to improve workers’ rights as it embarks on a massive building boom before hosting soccer’s 2022 World Cup, an international labor group said Tuesday. But […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent President Obama has shown himself to be weak in his dealings with the Middle East, says Robert Fisk, and the Arab world is turning its back with contempt. Its future will be shaped without American influence This month, in the Middle East, has seen the […]
By Robert Fisk, Middle East Correspondent Behind the Arab Spring lie its secrets. Turkey and Qatar have now developed a passionate anger towards Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime – the Turks even planning for a “safe haven” inside Syrian territory if they fear a tide of refugees approaching the Turkish border […]
Explosions and heavy gunfire rocked the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, overnight amid renewed fighting between government-backed security forces and protesters loyal to tribal leader Sadek al-Ahmar. Al-Ahmar said in an e-mailed statement that the government violated a truce agreed with his tribe by attacking his house again. The government accused members […]
By MAHMOOD RAFIQUE | ARAB NEWS MANAMA: Bahrain has pioneered the modern Islamic finance industry in the region, as its history on Islamic finance goes back to more than 40 years, according to a senior central bank official. “We have continued to play a pioneering role in the Islamic finance […]
By ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO: Syrian activists have called for renewed protests in honor of a 13-year-old boy who allegedly was tortured and killed by security forces. The main Facebook page for the protesters said Saturday the boy was “assassinated by treachery.” The image of the child’s body has outraged Syrians […]
By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A number of judges in Jeddah have started giving alternative punishments instead of imprisonment for crimes on which no clear-cut Shariah rules are available, lawyer Ghazi Al-Sabban, member of the committee to care for prisoners and their families (Tarahum), told Arab News on […]
By Thameen Kheetan AMMAN – Jordanian members of the Greek Orthodox Church have renewed calls for Patriarch Theophilus III to step down and for Arabising the leadership of the Greek-led church. In a protest held outside the Amman archdiocese on Sunday evening, hundreds of Orthodox Christians accused the Greek patriarch […]
Her lawyer says that her release orders had been issued Manama: Saudi police in Al Khobar on Monday evening ordered the release of Manal Al Sharif, the 32-year-old Saudi woman who was arrested on May 21 while driving in the city, a Saudi daily said. read more
Saudi Arabia will soon put a six-year cap on the residency of foreigners in the country Riyadh: A number of prominent Saudi businessmen and academics have objected to the new move by the Ministry of Labour not to renew residency permits (Iqama) of foreign workers after the completion of their […]
This fall, young girls in China’s southern Guangdong province will be learning a new subject in school: how to avoid becoming a mistress. Although Chairman Mao kept a stable of women at his disposal, extramarital peccadilloes were frowned upon during China’s more fervent socialist years. But as economic reforms have […]
Gaza – PNN – Hundreds of Palestinian moved in and out of the Gaza Strip on Saturday as the Egyptian Authorities reopened the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip after four years of closure. As Palestinian residents expressed happiness and hope that the opening of Rafah border crossing with Egypt […]
By GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Farouk Saad Hamad Al-Zuman, the first Saudi who conquered Mount Everest in 2008, has congratulated Palestinian climber Suzanne Al-Houby for becoming the first Arab woman to scale the world’s highest mountain and for sending a message of peace to Israelis and Palestinians […]
By AHMED AL-HAJ | AP SANAA: Hundreds of Islamic militants cemented control over a town in southern Yemen, even seizing army tanks, military officials said, while breakaway army units encouraged other military forces to switch their loyalties and join the uprising. The growing number of defections in the military posed […]
By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Haj Ministry has asked the companies providing Umrah services to provide consummate services to the guests of God and asked them to submit their operational plans for the second part of the Umrah season falling in the months of June and July. […]
Whoever waits for US and Israel to change their Palestine policy will wait a lifetime In deciding to seek full UN membership for a Palestinian state in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, with East Jerusalem as its capital, the Arab League is announcing that the current wave of […]
By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – Wastewater treatment systems applied in Jordan for the irrigation of crops are the safest in the world, an international expert in treated wastewater reuse said on Sunday. Jordan applies one of the safest wastewater treatment schemes, the expert said. He made the remarks following field […]
AMMAN (Petra) – Jordan and Iraq on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to pave the way for implementing a railway connectivity project between the two countries. Transport Minister Mohannad Qudah and his Iraqi counterpart Hadi Al Amiri signed the agreement in the presence of Egypt’s Transport Minister Atef […]
Years of conflict in Iraq have left the country with more than one million war widows and a shortage of young unmarried men – pressures that may be bringing about the return of polygamy. Politicians have suggested financial incentives for men who marry widows. Hanan lost eight members of her […]