Confidential Foreign Ministry report calls Palestinian reconciliation agreement ‘an opportunity,’ despite premier’s recent comments following the deal’s announcement. An internal, confidential Foreign Ministry report advises that the creation of a Fatah-Hamas unity government in the Palestinian Authority would offer Israel a strategic opportunity. The views expressed in the paper are […]
The Nakba Law bars public funding of entities that ‘undermine the foundations of the state’, and will allow the finance minister to fine anyone who marks Israeli Independence Day as a day of mourning. Adalah, a legal center for Arab minority rights in Israel and the Association for Human Rights […]
After weeks of tweaking and trials and errors, an activist at a prominent human rights group was finally able to connect his laptop computer to an old 32-inch cathode-ray tube television at home. Although he had seen it about 20 times already, Hendi (not his real name) was eager to […]
Casablanca, Morocco (CNN) — Single mothers in Morocco are breaking records. A recent study published by a Casablanca support group for single mothers says the number of Morocco’s unmarried mothers in 2009 is at least double those in 2008 — 27,200 compared with 11,016 the year before, according to the […]
By GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: A Saudi diplomat who was kidnapped by tribal militants in Yemen late last month has been released and is under the protection of the Saudi Embassy in Sanaa, said Osama Nugali, a spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, here Tuesday. Saeed […]
CAIRO (AFP) – Palestinian factions signed a reconciliation deal in Cairo on Tuesday to end the divide between the West Bank and Gaza and hold elections in a year in an agreement Israel called a blow to peace. Representatives of 13 factions, including Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fateh Party and […]
WASHINGTON: CIA Director Leon Panetta said in an interview Tuesday that officials ruled out informing Islamabad about a planned raid against Osama bin Laden’s compound as they feared their Pakistani counterparts might alert the Al-Qaeda chief. Read more
Iran, Tunisia and Turkey are among a number of countries beginning to challenge the dominance of established powerhouses of scientific research, according to a major new report that has identified rapidly emerging nations “not traditionally associated with a strong science base”. Although traditional ‘scientific superpowers’ still lead the field, a […]
No-one yet knows what the course and the outcome of the processes of change in the Arab world will be. That being said, it is becoming clear whose star is rising and whose is not. Above all, it seems likely that Turkey’s political influence is set to increase. Volker Perthes […]
DUBAI (WAM)- Over 500 people took part in a Quran recitation contest in Dubai that was held to “scout for new talents”, officials said. The competition was for best recitation of the verses of the holy book, held as part of the Dubai International Holy Quran Award. The organising committee […]
KOTA BARU: A Muslim student who had earlier claimed that he had converted to Christianity, told the Syariah High Court here that he had repented and returned to Islam. With that plea, judge Abu Bakar Abdullah Kutty ordered the Dungun branch Universiti Teknologi Mara’s Mohamad Fariz Ilham Mohd Zulkifli from […]
By ABDUL JALIL MUSTAFA | ARAB NEWS AMMAN: The Jordanian government on Monday said it expected the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden would help end the “unjust campaign” against Islam. “The killing of Bin Laden comes as part of the international anti-terrorism campaign, while his absence will contribute […]
The capture of three al-Qaida suspects in Düsseldorf last week has sparked a political clash over Germany’s anti-terror laws. While Germany’s interior minister aims to extend post-9/11 laws, other’s in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government are seeking to block the move. German commentators are divided on the issue. The detention of three terror suspects on Friday has fuelled the […]
Americans and their allies are celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden, but the long-term consequences of the killing remain unclear. German commentators praise President Obama’s resolve but warn that al-Qaida remains a threat. It took 10 long years, but the news that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden had been killed […]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today said Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden, who was killed in Pakistan, ‘took to extremism’ as a means to establish the theory he was indoctrinated with and the path chosen by him cannot be labelled as ‘Islamic terrorism.’ “His teacher had taught him […]
A mere day after US President Barack Obama announced that al-Qaeda leader and arch-terrorist Osama bin Laden has been killed by US Special Forces in Pakistan, and the World Wide Web is gushing with conspiracy theories, fed mostly by the White House statement that he was swiftly buried at sea, […]
An annual report by Tel Aviv University says the number of anti-Semitic incidents worldwide declined in 2010 but remains high overall. Researchers at the university say 2010 saw a 46 percent drop in the number of violent incidents targeting Jews relative to 2009 – from 1,129 to 614. But the […]
COPENHAGEN – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sharply criticised the Western coalition attacking Libya on Tuesday, saying it had neither a right nor a mandate to kill Muammar Gadhafi. Putin said the coalition had gone beyond the bounds of a U.N. Security Council resolution authorising intervention to protect civilians and suggested Gadhafi’s actions […]
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party has won a majority of seats in Canada’s general election, according to provisional results. The Conservatives have won or are ahead in 167 of the country’s 308 electoral districts. The New Democratic Party (NDP) is set to come second, with the Liberals trailing, Canadian […]
