DAMASCUS (Agencies) – Syria opened a “national dialogue” on Sunday that it hailed as a step towards multi-party democracy after five decades of Baath Party rule, but its credibility was undermined by an opposition boycott, Agence France-Presse reported. The foreign ministry, meanwhile, called in the French and US ambassadors to […]
By Omar Obeidat AMMAN –– Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries are aware of the financial and energy challenges facing Jordan and are willing to extend further support to the Kingdom, Minister of Finance Mohammad Abu Hammour said Sunday. “Saudi Arabia and the other brotherly Gulf countries have always supported […]
The Catholic Church in Germany plans to open up a decade of personnel files to criminologist researchers, according to a magazine report, in a bid to facilitate an independent investigation into sexual abuse at Church-run institutions. News magazine Der Spiegel said bishops have decided to allow the Criminological Research Institute […]
JERUSALEM: Israel approved Sunday a proposed map for the Jewish State’s maritime borders with Lebanon different from Lebanon’s proposed map and will submit it to the U.N. for an opinion. Israel’s maps lays out maritime borders that conflict significantly with those proposed by Lebanon in its own submission to the […]
BEIRUT: Lebanon said Sunday it would file a complaint with the United Nations against Israel, after the Jewish state approved a map of its proposed maritime borders, which Lebanon is calling an aggression and an infringement on its right to an exclusive economic zone. “For sure we will [file a […]
Washington, DC – Although negative stories of Islamophobia in the United States abound in news media, most Americans respect religious diversity. That’s why on Sunday, June 26, thousands of people across America joined together at dozens of churches and other houses of worship across the country. Congregants united to do […]
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Let’s hope phone-hacking scandin the UK will finally help rein in his evil empire Is this Britain’s own Watergate with consequences that could prove as disastrous for Cameron as they had been for Nixon? The prime minister may try hard to put up a brave face, pretending to be outraged […]
A three-week long camel race was opened at the Orfa Race Course in Taif on Friday. This is part of the National Festival for Heritage and Culture currently being celebrated in Taif. The winners in various items will be awarded 25 prizes,director of the festival Saud Al-Romi said on Saturday. […]
Mossad agents dressed as Greek fishermen, sabotaged propellers and mistakenly blown-up pipelines were among farcical elements of the Second Freedom flotilla’s murky tale, and “sexy” Israel’s propaganda response was no less ludicrous or self-destructive. While the neo-rivalry Tel Aviv stoked between Greece and Turkey may end this adventure, the flotilla’s […]
Sheikh Saud bin Al Thani is a passionate collector of art. Over the past few years, the sheikh — a cousin of the emir of Qatar — has been frantically buying artworks and objects related to the erstwhile Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Holkar II of Indore, another passionate patron who led […]
Why do we get tired by noon? (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images) There is something about the post lunch hour, when a sense of boredom creeps in and time weighs so heavy that you can almost hear the clock tick. As the sun shines brightest upon the day, we feel an urge […]
Many internet security companies have created solutions to help parents keep track of their children’s online activities BANGALORE: When NikitaShenoy, a 38-year-old finance professional, realized her 14-year-old son is most of the time on the internet, she decided to keep track of him on cyber space.Aghast by the type of […]
NEW YORK: A Pakistan couple are suing American Airlines after they were handcuffed and escorted out of a plane based on a phone call with a hijacking threat, which turned out to be a hoax. “The only reason police went to them is because their names were Maheen Ghani Taseer […]
The Security Council currently has five veto-wielding permanent members—Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States—and 10 non-permanent members elected for two-year terms. -File Photo UNITED NATIONS: The intensive six-year campaign by India and three other aspirants for permanent seats on the UN Security Council, Brazil, Germany and Japan has […]
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A poll showing the strengthening of the “rightist-haredim” bloc was published here last weekend. According to the poll, under any circumstances we shall see the Likud leader elected for prime minister, and he would be able to choose a centrist or rightist coalition without having to contend with a hostile […]
A group of Indonesian climbers successfully reached the summit of Alaska’s Mount McKinley on Thursday, completing their goal of reaching the highest peaks on each of the seven continents. The ascent of the 6,194-meter-high McKinley, also known as Denali, makes the four climbers from Parahyangan Catholic University in Bandung — […]