Source: Daily Times: KABUL: A major meeting of Afghan elders discussing the country’s long-term relationship with the United States has been hit by a strange superstition surrounding the number 39, officials confirmed on Thursday. Some 2,000 elders at the Loya Jirga, now into a second day, have divided themselves up […]
Source/Credit::Friday, November 18, 2011-world-brief-A-F-P A Bangladeshi man who held his wedding at the auspicious moment of 11.11 am on November 11 had his hopes of a long and happy life with his wife dashed when she left him minutes after the ceremony. Shawkat Khan said that he did not know […]
MANILA – A growing number of Filipinos are exploiting loopholes in Hong Kong’s processing of torture claims and its lenient accommodation of political asylum-seekers to extend their stays and work illegally in the former British colony. The inclusion of Filipinos among mostly African and South Asian applicants is contributing to […]
Authorities are considering whether an abandoned assault rifle found in Washington DC on Friday is linked to a possible assassination attempt on President Barack Obama after a bullet has been recovered from a White House window. Portions of Washington’s National Mall was on lock-down Friday after reports came in that […]
A fire at a Sydney nursing home this morning has left several dead and many seriously hurt.
The new emerging political figure of Pakistan, Imran Khan speaks about the issue of “War of Terror”. This explains it all..He is probably the only Islamist politician in Pakistan who talks sense rather than the secular fools in power today..Pakistan today has become the hub of terrorism and mass corruption […]
By S. FAISAL ALI | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: India is exploring the possibilities of leasing buildings on long-term basis for its pilgrims in Makkah, according to K. Rahman Khan, leader of the Haj goodwill delegation. The proposal to hire buildings on at least 30 years’ lease has been mooted by […]
By ARAB NEWS MADINAH: Various government departments in Madinah are continuing round-the-clock efforts to serve pilgrims who are flocking to the Prophet’s City in the post-Haj phase. The departments started their special Haj services under the supervision of Madinah Gov. Prince Abdul Aziz bin Majed early October when the Haj […]
Accra — As streams dry out, groundwater levels dwindle, and forests and other vegetation yield to droughts or sever storms, women who live their lives in the rural areas of Ghana have to spend more time and energy finding water and food for their families. For these women, climate change […]
By Laila Azzeh, Jordan Times. AMMAN – Clerics, intellectuals and researchers convened yesterday to discuss different approaches to teaching religion in schools and universities in the region, stressing the importance of inter-religious education to promote tolerance and understanding. Held under the patronage of HRH Prince Hassan, the symposium, “An Introduction […]
By Mohammad Ghazal, Jordan Times. AMMAN – His Majesty King Abdullah’s remarks to the BBC earlier this week that he would step down if he were in Syrian President Bashar Assad’s place reflect Jordan’s deep concern about Syria, according to columnists. The columnists said Jordan cannot ignore the situation in […]
By Huma Imtiaz / Kamran Yousuf Published: November 18, 2011 WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani said on Thursday that, in Pakistan, a single person’s claims can create crises. Whether the […]
Palestine News Network Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayb of the Islamic University of al-Azhar in Cairo, one of the foremost authorities of Islamic jurisprudence in the world, laid out on a Wednesday a set of steps to “defend the holy city of Jerusalem.” A delegation from the Palestinian group the Popular Campaign […]
Source: Editorial: The New Age Dhaka, November 16, 2011 Govt need to act against Ahmadiyya tormentors MEMBERS of the Ahmadiyya community, a minority sect of Islam, are once again exposed to intimidation. This time, they have been barred from building a mosque at a village in Tangail, although, in line […]
Nearly three weeks after $600 million in customer money went missing from MF Global, the search for the cash has been hampered by the bankrupt brokerage firm’s sloppy record-keeping, an increasingly worrisome situation that has left regulators frustrated and customers in the lurch. The round-the-clock effort has consumed an alphabet […]
Obama loves Indonesia. He lived there as a boy and returned, last year, as president of the United States. In his homecoming speech at the University of Indonesia he reminisced about the Jakarta of his youth, conjuring scenes of rice paddies and kites drifting on the breeze. “Indonesia is a […]
A building which used as Mosque by Ahmadiyah pilgrim on Jl Madrasah Block J No. 28 at RT 02/10, Durensawit, East Jakarta was sealed by East Jakarta Building Supervision and […]
Source: TOI Why is that whenever we feel upset or depressed about something, many of us automatically find ourselves reaching out for our favourite foods? Or why is a celebration always associated with a sweemeats or a chocolate? Comfort food! Yes, that is the answer to the above questions. […]
Source: TOI WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s ambassador to Washington has offered to resign after reports that his boss, President Asif Ali Zardari, asked Washington for help to stave off a military takeover. A Pakistani businessman alleged in a column in the Financial Times last month that a senior Pakistani diplomat asked for […]
Source: Asia Times: Iran has reacted sharply to a joint United States and Saudi Arabia bid for a United Nations resolution accusing it violating diplomatic treaties and calling on Tehran to cooperate in ongoing investigations into shaky allegations of a terror plot to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington. American […]