جسم کے اندر رکھنے والے بم سے نیا خطرہ The US has warned airlines of a potential threat from militants surgically implanting explosives. It came after the Department of Homeland Security issued a memo to security officials and foreign counterparts alerting them to the threat of “body packing”. No specific […]
ABENGOUROU, Ivory Coast—President Alassane Ouattara is trying to restore the economy of the world’s largest cocoa producer, but many farmers here continue to smuggle beans out of the West African […]
Major public and private donors have pledged more than U.S.$4.3 billion to immunize at least 250 million of the world’s poorest children against life-threatening diseases over the next five years and prevent more than four million premature deaths. “It’s absolutely brilliant value for money. For the price of a cup […]
Mrs. Catherine Gonzi, the wife of the Prime Minister of Malta Mr Atif, Mrs Muscat, Respected speakers, Ladies and Gentleman, It is a pleasure for me to share with you this opportunity to take stock of women’s issues. I thank all the previous speakers for their extremely informative and enlightening interventions about women […]
Nairobi — One person dies weekly in Kenya due to a shortage of anesthetics and the situation is worse in slums and rural areas across the country. In areas like […]
Accra, July 5, GNA – Maulvi Wahab Adam, Ameer and Missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, has called on government to function on the principle of absolute justice, which is an important moral quality. Maulvi Adam said political, religious, social or economic justices should never be compromised and […]
Accra, June 22, GNA – Zenobia, 11, woke up with chills, high temperature, headache and general body aches. Crying, she went to her mother, “Mummy today I can’t go to school, my head, my nose is running, I am hot….” She tries to explain to her mother. Auntie Jane, surprised […]
An escaped convict allegedly murdered an elderly woman as part of a bizarre plot aimed at assassinating US President Barack Obama after a cross-country killing spree, court records showed. Maybelle Schein, 75, was discovered with her throat cut in the bedroom of her South Dakota home on Saturday afternoon. Police […]
Spinning yarn into cloth used to be a path to fortune in Pakistan, but a story of decline encapsulates how far a crippling energy crisis and rocketing inflation are suffocating the economy. Power cuts sometimes lasting more than 12 hours a day have forced factory owners in the country’s cloth […]
The zoo Cuba Ciego de Avila announced the birth of a hybrid animal. This is the cross between a donkey and zebra, this species is known as “cebrasno” and his birth is unusual.Announced that the animal caregivers have less than a week old and has “excellent health” and “vitality”.Hector Moreno, […]
By RIMA AL-MUKHTAR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Young Saudis are distributing cold water and juice to street cleaners to help them beat the summer heat. The campaign started last year in Jeddah and Riyadh where summertime temperatures often rise over 45C (113F). “The campaign was very successful last year when […]
By ALI AL-JIHLI | AL-WATAN THE city of Makkah is the center of attraction for Muslims from all over the world. Indeed, Makkah is the heart of Islam. Pilgrims arrive from all parts of the globe to visit the Grand Mosque. The most precious human treasures are in Makkah and […]
RAMALLAH (Petra) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said the Palestinian leadership and people reject any solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict at the expense of Jordan. During a meeting with a delegation of Jordanian parliamentarians who arrived in Ramallah yesterday, Abbas reiterated the Palestinian people would turn down any […]
The Syrian uprising has defied conventional expectations and patterns established elsewhere in the region from the outset. It happened, first of all, and to many that in itself was surprising enough. The regime was not alone in believing in a form of Syrian exceptionalism that would shield it from serious […]
Financial burdens. Relationship difficulties. Loneliness. Whatever the reason, the number of suicides occurring in Lebanon County this year has local officials concerned. Thirteen people committed suicide in Lebanon County last year, one more than in 2009. Now, only midway through 2011, 13 people have already taken their lives, according to […]
For decades, most autism experts blamed the brain disorder on faulty genes. Now, groundbreaking new research is offering further evidence that factors during pregnancy and birth may play a larger role in the disorder than previously thought. Dr. Peter Szatmari, an autism researcher who is the head of child psychiatry […]
AGUA NEGRA, Mexico — The extraordinary Mexican migration that delivered millions of illegal immigrants to the United States over the past 30 years has sputtered to a trickle, and research […]
A good night’s sleep is something we all value. Scientists tell us, and we know from experience, that it refreshes us, helps us perform better, and contributes significantly to health […]
A team of researchers in the UK has shown that although social background has a noticeable effect on a child’s readiness for school, what parents do with their children, even before they begin to talk, is actually much more important. The results showed that children who were taken to the […]