By MD RASOOLDEEN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: A Sri Lankan housemaid was kept against her will by her Saudi sponsor and not paid since she came to the Kingdom in 1997, sources from the Jazan governorate said on Tuesday. According to the sources, the authorities rescued 45-year-old Weerawardena Hettiarachchilage Indrani […]
By DIANA AL-JASSEM | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Prices of gold have continued to rise across the Kingdom because of the summer season. The summer is considered the perfect time for gold retailers to make a profit, as it is also the wedding season. For Saudi families, gold is the perfect […]
By GALAL FAKKAR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A number of expatriates, especially laborers, drivers, masons and salesmen have said they would cancel their plans to travel home this summer following strong rumors that exit and re-entry visas would be converted into final exit visas at the airports. Though passport officials […]
By ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME: The Italian foreign minister is calling for the “immediate suspension” of hostilities in Libya to allow for the creation of humanitarian corridors. Franco Frattini said Wednesday that “the humanitarian end of military operations is essential to allow for immediate aid,” including areas around the opposition’s western […]
By REUTERS UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly on Wednesday elected as its next president veteran Qatari diplomat Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, who UN diplomats say is unlikely to cause trouble for Western powers. Nasser, who has been Qatar’s ambassador to the United Nations since 1998, will replace Joseph Deiss of Switzerland. […]
By Khetam Malkawi AMMAN – The tourism industry in Petra will organise a festival next month and provide discounted offers on hotel accommodations in an bid to attract more Jordanian and Arab visitors to the Nabataean city, an industry representative said on Wednesday. Fawwaz Hasanat, head of Petra Hotel Association […]
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraq’s parliament speaker, who is on a visit to Washington, will query American officials about $17 billion in missing oil money, a lawmaker in Baghdad said on Wednesday. Osama Al Nujaifi, who left for Washington on Tuesday, will bring up the question of the missing billions, which […]
Opponents go to court after Herrera declines to get involved, citing conflict as mayoral candidate Muslims and Jews came together Wednesday on the steps of San Francisco’s City Hall to defend the right to circumcise their male children. Representatives of two of the world’s great monotheistic religions are named as […]
ACRE, Israel (AP) — Off the track beaten by most Holy Land tourists lies one of the richest archaeological sites in a country full of them: the walled port of Acre, where the busy alleys of an Ottoman-era town cover a uniquely intact Crusader city now being rediscovered. Preparing to […]
Australian police are considering using fingerprints to identify people wearing face-covering veils, after a judge said he could not be sure a burqa-clad woman was who she told police she was. The judge said this week that a case against Carnita Matthews, who a magistrate earlier found had made a […]
NEW DELHI — Indian officials signed an agreement with the World Bank on Tuesday to use a $1 billion loan to finance the first major new effort in more than 20 years to cleanse the revered Ganges, one of the world’s dirtiest rivers. One-third of India’s 1.2 billion people live along […]
WASHINGTON — And at the end of June, the Federal Reserve finished its work and rested. The nation’s central bank said Wednesday that it would complete the planned purchase of $600 billion in Treasury securities next week as scheduled, then pause its three-year-old economic rescue campaign, leaving in place existing […]
Earlier this month police in Pakistan arrested several men for stripping a middle-aged woman naked and parading her in a village after one of the offenders accused her son of having illicit relations with his wife. The BBC’s Aleem Maqbool travelled to the north of the country – where the […]
The Capilano Suspension Bridge is a simple suspension bridge crossing the Capilano River in the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The current bridge is 136 metres (446 ft) long and 70 metres (230 ft) above the river. It is part of a private facility, with a charge for admission, and draws over 800,000 visitors a year. […]
The Jakarta Post | Sat, 06/18/2011 11:27 PM| MAKASSAR: South Sulawesi Governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo has approved a proposal to ban Ahmadiyah activities in his province. A gubernatorial bylaw will be deliberated together with representatives of Muslim community organizations in the province, the governor said Thursday. The approval apparently responded […]
(CNN) — Residents in Minot, North Dakota, have until Wednesday evening to leave their homes after authorities ordered the evacuation of some 12,000 people from the area because of expected record flooding. Minot, located in the north-central part of the state, is the fourth-largest city in North Dakota. Are you preparing […]
Given that Germany is shouldering risk to the tune of hundreds of billions for a life-threatening euro crisis, it may seem absurd that Berlin is perceived abroad as ‘euro Nazis’ rather than as a benevolent leader. But should the common currency fail, Berlin will be to blame. Read More: […]
Paris (CNN) — Flamboyant fashion designer John Galliano went trial Wednesday, accused of making anti-Semitic comments against at least three people in a Paris cafe. Judge Anne-Marie Sauteraud read out a list of the abuse Galliano is accused of hurling at Geraldine Bloch and Philippe Virgitti as proceedings began, including obscenities mixed […]
By RFI France has opposed Italy’s call for a suspension in hostilities in Libya. Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Wednesday called for a “humanitarian” pause, but French officials said that it would help Moamer Kadhafi’s forces. “We have seen the effects of the crisis and therefore also of Nato […]
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, Paris The announcement will be made at the Paris Air Show on Wednesday. It will come from European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani, who has overall responsibility in Brussels for the flagship EU space project. He is using the event at Le Bourget […]