By Omar Obeidat JORDAN TIMES DEAD SEA – The Arab world needs a Marshall Plan under which rich countries provide financial support to develop the economies of other states in the region, leading policy makers and experts suggested Saturday. European countries and the US will not be able to help […]
Death of Saudi Crown Prince Sultan puts focus on the Allegiance Counci By Abdul Nabi Shaheen, Correspondent, GULF NEWS Riyadh: Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz has died, the palace announced on Saturday, leaving his brother and veteran Interior Minister Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz the likely successor to […]
By REUTERS GULF NEWS ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates plans to provide $3 billion in financial aid to Egypt but is still discussing the mechanism to deliver it, a senior UAE official said on Saturday. “The UAE has approved an assistance of $3 billion to Egypt, but the mechanism […]
Source / Courtesy: BBC online And when people are brought together, and when the girl-child buried alive is questioned about, ‘For what crime was she killed?’ (Al Quran 81:8-10) More than 200 Indian girls whose names mean “unwanted” in Hindi have been given a fresh start at a mass renaming […]
Kings College study breaks down 350 herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine and predicts their activities covering 41 therapeutic areas in Western medicine. Chem-TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) breaks down 350 herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. The digital database relates traditional Chinese herbal medicine to Western pharmaceutical counterparts on the […]
A keynote address delivered to locals and members of parliament by Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba), Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the inauguration of Bait-un-Nasr Mosque in Oslo, Norway, after the Welcome address by Norway’s Defense Minister Grete Faremo.
Medieval Crusading and the War on Terror As the never-ending war on terror enters its second decade, commentators and opinion continue to seek insight from the medieval crusades, when European Christian armies marched to the Middle East to make war against Muslim adversaries. To the casual observer, the crusades would […]
Israel PM ‘ready to partially freeze West Bank building if it brings Palestinians back to talks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ready partially to freeze West Bank settlement building if it will bring Palestinians back to direct talks, an Israeli newspaper reported on Friday. But the Palestinians said they […]
(Xinhua) — Egypt and Israel are expected to soon ink a swap deal in which 19 detained Egyptians, including three children, in Israel, will be exchanged for an Israeli-U.S. dual national held in Egypt, official MENA news agency said on Saturday. But state-run Nile TV said on Saturday 28 Egyptian […]
NGOs protest genetically engineered crop regulation The Jakarta Post A group of NGOs advocating agricultural issues are calling on the Agriculture Ministry to revoke its new regulation that allows cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMO). The Executive Director of the Indonesian Center for Environmental Law, Henri Subagiyo, said in a […]
Dr Aamir Liaqat (famous by holding fake degree) is exposing and humiliating someone in such a tricky way. Alas! He ever had ponder over his own actions and deeds! Few weeks ago a video of his was on youtube (Saint or Hypocrite? Technology Can Confirm the Real Aamir Liaquat), which really shows his […]
By MD RASOOLDEEN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Shoura Council Chairman Abdullah Al-Asheikh has said Saudi Arabia, under the leadership of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, is keen on providing emergency assistance to deserving people throughout the world. The chairman was addressing delegates at the 125th Assembly of […]
Islamabad: Washington’s troubled relationship with Pakistan has triggered plenty of heartburn for US officials, but rarely sidesplitting laughter. That changed yesterday when Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton erupted in amusement during a town hall meeting in Islamabad when a participant described the US as Pakistan’s impossible to please mother-in-law. Read […]
By KIM GAMEL | AP ARABNEWS MISRATA, Libya: Muammar Qaddafi’s blood-streaked body was on display in a commercial freezer at a shopping center Friday as Libyan authorities argued about what to do with his remains and questions deepened over official accounts of the longtime dictator’s death. New video emerged of […]
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: The 176 gates of the Grand Mosque will be able to tell worshippers if the mosque is full or not using a traffic light system, director of the department of doors at the Presidency of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques […]
By ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, died on Saturday, the Royal Court said in a statement. He was in his eighties. Sultan was a central figure in Saudi decision-making since becoming defense minister in 1962. http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article521832.ece
In a bid to revive Islamic philosophy, the University of Sierra Leone Muslim Jama’at has started a school tour in order to encourage students of various secondary schools to make either the Muslim Jama’at or SLEFES their first point of call when seeking entry into the university. The University of […]
CNN It’s midnight here in Tehran. My interview with Iranian President Ahmadinejad is scheduled for 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. President Ahmadinejad, apparently, gets up at 4:00, goes for a run, then goes to the gym. And so when he’s done with all of that, I will interview him. We’ve got lots […]