By Douglas Hamilton DAILY STAR LEBANON Story Summary Big armoured bulldozers with blades tall enough to plough through houses and carve a path for tanks and infantry were lined up on Israel’s border with Gaza on Monday, ready to invade if given the order. Israel says it is prepared to […]
France24: Jean-François Copé has been declared the new leader of the opposition Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) by the party’s internal electoral body after a contested weekend vote that was plagued by allegations of fraud on both sides. Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s centre-right opposition UMP voted for its […]
WASHINGTON: ARAB NEWS The World Bank has warned that global temperatures could rise by four degrees this century without immediate action, with potentially devastating consequences for coastal cities and the poor. Issuing a call for action, the World Bank tied the future wealth of the planet — and especially developing […]
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Maayan Lubell DAILY STAR LEBANON GAZA/JERUSALEM: The U.N. chief called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed to the region with a message that escalation of the week-long conflict was in nobody’s interest. Nevertheless, Palestinian rocket […]
Original headlines in Jordan Times: Islamists warn against violence, ‘uprising’ should fuel crisis continue by Taylor Luck | Nov 19, 2012 | 23:30 AMMAN — The Muslim Brotherhood called on Monday for a national conference to tackle the country’s growing political crisis, warning of a potential “national uprising” should the […]
by JT | Nov 19, 2012 | 23:19 AMMAN — Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Monday conveyed a message from His Majesty King Abdullah’s to UAE President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, concerning bilateral relations and the regional developments. Meanwhile, Agence France-Presse reported that Arab Gulf states are mulling […]
Express Tribune: ISTANBUL / DOHA: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan described Israel on Monday as a “terrorist state” in carrying out its bombardment of Gaza, underlining hostility for Ankara’s former ally since relations between them collapsed in 2010. His comments came after nearly a week of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel […]
BEIRUT: A group of extremist Islamist factions in Syria has rejected the country’s new opposition coalition, saying in a video statement they have formed an “Islamic state” in the embattled city of Aleppo to underline that they want nothing to do with the Western-backed bloc. The video appears to be […]
Source: news24Nigeria Lagos – , the Amir, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria, has urged Nigerians to make religion a positive agent for the attainment of national development. Adenrele gave the advice […]
Source: TOI via Wasim Sroya: Sitara Brooj Akbar, a 12-year-old girl, hails from Rabwah, a town of 70,000 people, some 180km west of Lahore. Last year the young Sitara achieved a noteworthy academic record: she became the first girl of her age to clear the Cambridge University Ordinary Level examinations […]
Source: Stratfor: Four years ago on Nov. 4, while Americans were going to the polls to elect a new president, Israeli infantry, tanks and bulldozers entered the Gaza Strip to dismantle an extensive tunnel network used by Hamas to smuggle in weapons. An already tenuous truce mediated by the Egyptian […]
Source: Punjab News Saturday, November, 17 2012 – 11:49 SITAMARHI: While violence over the expansion of a Hindu temple near Charminar in Muslim-dominated Hyderabad’s Old City is hogging media attention, in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district, Muslims have been quietly helping Hindus construct a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, ahead of the Chhath […]
Source: The Local: Ralph Boes, 54, has not eaten since November 1 and, he told the Stuttgarter Zeitung on Monday he would not stop his protest until his demands are heard. Until then the occasional cup of vegetable stock will have to do. Boes refuses to label his protest as […]
Source: Asiatimes: By Victor Kotsev On Sunday night, an Egyptian effort to establish a ceasefire between Israel and the Gaza militant factions reportedly collapsed. An Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza Strip loomed, after missiles landed near Tel Aviv for four days in a row – once near Jerusalem, even […]
President Obama visited the disaster affected area in New York where he spoke with survivors of the storm and met with federal disaster workers, local officials and disaster response volunteers. […]
Daily Telegraph: A senior Israeli politician provoked controversy today when he warned that Palestinians firing rockets from Gaza would be punished with a “bigger holocaust” from Israeli armed forces. The use of the Hebrew word for holocaust, “shoah”, tends to be used exclusively in Israel to describe the Nazi persecution of Jews. […]
The four youngest members of the El Dallo family were the first to arrive at the Shifa hospital morgue. Sara, 7, Jamal, 6, Yusef, 4, and Ibrahim,2, children of rumoured […]
P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Friday 16 November 2012 JEDDAH: The Kuala Lumpur-based Islamic Book Trust (IBT) announced it will print the Integrated Encyclopedia of the Qur’an in English and help spread the message of Islam around the world. Haji P.K. Koya Kutty, executive secretary of the non-profit publishing house told […]
Source: ARABNEWS, Friday 16 November 2012 By Abu Tariq Hijazi The word Hijrah, which stands for migration, is a full message of Islam in itself. It strikes the mind with several […]