Mobile apps take on the flavour of Ramadan

Most of the mobile phone apps on the major platforms are offered free By Naushad K. Cherrayil
Staff Reporter GULFNEWS . Dubai: With the exponential increase in smartphone users across the region, technology has come to play a bigger role in annual festivities. Mobile technology has come handy for Muslims to […]

Pakistan’s courts take on the ISI

Credit:Asiatimes: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency to close a notorious cell that focused on monitoring internal politics, in a direct challenge to the ISI’s ability to operate as a “state within a state”. In a judgement that puts pressure on the agency to be […]

Persian Gulf primed to explode

Credit: Asiatime. A minor incident in the Persian Gulf this week that saw a US Navy fuel ship open fire on an Indian fishing boat demonstrates how overcrowding by US warships and aircraft to intimidate Iran’s nuclear ambitions raises the likelihood of a spark that ignites full-scale war. Tehran, having […]

10 tricks to become a loving, positive person

Credit: TOI 10 tricks to become a loving, positive person (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images) It’s one thing to wax eloquent on positivity, but quite another to be a positive person at heart. Despite believing to have a positive outlook, we invariably weigh the cons first, consider several times before sparing a […]

OIC rejects new Israeli claim on Al-Aqsa

JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) yesterday denounced an Israeli claim that Al-Aqsa Mosque is part of Israeli territory. OIC Secretary-General Professor Ekmeledin Ihsanoglu said: “The Islamic nation will not accept any move by Israel to encroach on Al-Aqsa, the third holiest mosque for Muslims.” He called […]

Forced marriage “needs to be depoliticised”

by Stefania Summermatter, swissinfo.ch Switzerland will soon have legislation specifically banning forced marriages, a social issue involving violence and isolation which raises tough questions about the integration of minorities from abroad. Marriage “is not, has never been and cannot be a private matter”, wrote the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss. For centuries, […]

Mideast peace slips to second billing for US

AP | Jul 17, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Middle East peace, America’s defining issue for decades of dealings with Israel and its Arab neighbours, was just a postscript Monday as Hillary Clinton made perhaps her final visit to the region as secretary of state. Three years after […]