By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: African women street vendors in Jeddah’s historic Balad Area pose a potential threat not only to retailers but to police officers as well, say market sources and municipal officials. A large number of such women sell low quality products, especially herbal cosmetics and sexual stimulants, at […]
By ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: There has been an unprecedented increase in the occupancy rates of hotels and residential apartments in Makkah this year thanks to the huge inflow of Umrah pilgrims. Some hotels are fully booked for the peak Umrah season this year, according to an official. “This tremendous increase […]
If Damascus goes down, its effects will be felt by the whole region Where’s Syria headed? Things appear to be worsening by the day with deepening fears in the region about the largest country in the Levant unraveling. Every day brings in more bad news, with the crackdown on anti-government […]
By Mohammad Ben Hussein AMMAN – Opposition parties said they were disappointed by the outcome of the National Dialogue Committee (NDC), with leaders of the Islamist movement describing the number of seats allocated to parties “an insult”. “There is clear intent to dwarf political parties to empower other groups. Political […]
AMMAN (JT) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday paid a brief visit to Oman, during which he and Sultan Qaboos reviewed bilateral ties and regional issues. Upon arrival, the King was received by the sultan and several senior officials, a Royal Court statement said. The two leaders held talks […]
AMMAN (AFP) – HRH Prince Ali, FIFA vice president, said on Tuesday he will raise with world and Asian football bodies a ban on the Iran’s women’s team over their traditional Islamic headscarf. “This is an important issue that I will raise with the Asian Football Confederation and with the […]
BANGKOK – “We are so happy this day to be released,” said Haraan Sidique, boarding a bus at Bangkok’s Suan Plu Immigration Detention Center (IDC) on Monday morning after spending almost 7 months at a refugee prison in central Bangkok. Sidique is one of 96 Ahmadiyya refugees from Pakistan who […]
Ahmadi refugees who sought to escape persecution by fleeing to Thailand were held for more than six months in Bangkok’s overcrowded immigration detention centers. A group of 94 Ahmadi Muslim refugees and two asylum seekers were released on bail on Monday. They await the results of resettlement applications, mainly to […]
Iran were warned about dress code rules which led to their women’s team being banned from an Olympic qualifying match last week, soccer’s world governing body FIFA said on Monday. Iran had said it would complain to FIFA after the women’s team were stopped from playing a second-round qualifier for […]
Iran will lodge a formal complaint to the world football body after its women’s team was barred from playing in an Olympic qualifier for wearing the traditional Islamic head scarf, media reports said Monday. “We will file a complaint against the match’s FIFA organizer to the International Federation of Association […]
GENEVA—Iran’s women’s team was correctly prevented from playing a 2012 Olympics qualifier wearing Islamic head scarves, FIFA said Monday. Iranian officials were “informed thoroughly” before Friday’s match against Jordan that the hijab scarf is banned for safety reasons, soccer’s governing body said. “Despite initial assurances that the Iranian delegation understood […]
More Americans are praying about their health, researchers have concluded. Scientists analyzed data on 30,080 adults ages 18 and older who took part in the National Health Interview Survey in 2002 and on 22,306 adults who participated in 2007. Forty-nine percent of adults said in 2007 that they had prayed […]
Cranberry juice has a long history as a home remedy for bladder infections. But scientists in recent years have quietly studied whether it might also work against Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium responsible for most ulcers. Scientists have known for some time that the juice effectively prevents some species of bacteria from adhering to […]
Mr Hazare says he will go without food during the one-day protest. Police have denied permission for the gathering. Over the weekend they broke up another fast against corruption by yoga guru Baba Ramdev and thousands of his supporters, leading to a public outcry. A hunger strike by Mr Hazare […]
Pravda.ru. A day is coming when the rest of the world will decide that it no longer has faith in U.S. dollars or in U.S. debt. When that day arrives, the game will be over. Traditionally, two of the biggest things that the U.S. economy has had going for it […]
RFI France. Russia is ready to mediate in the Libyan crisis following a request from US President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the G8 summit in Deauville, northern France, on Friday. “If the respectful tone that Russia maintains in its dialogue with the Libyan authorities would help […]
Christine Lagarde’s blend of French sophistication and US pedigree (she lived in the US for 25 years), combined with her defence of both free market economics and French social subsidies, have earned her admiration at home and abroad. By FRANCE 24 (text) Dubbed “the Coco Chanel of world finance” […]
The biggest challenge to the majority of the stepparents I interviewed was the ambiguity about their role in terms of discipline. Vicki Peet, stepmother of two, described a “feeling of uncertainty” in dealing with her stepdaughters, particularly in challenging situations. The plight of stepmoms on Mother’s Day Dave Larmore, a stepfather […]
TDM Contracting was only a month old when it won its first job, an $8.2 million contract to build the Harmony School of Innovation, a publicly financed charter school that opened last fall in San Antonio. It was one of six big charter school contracts TDM and another upstart company […]
By John Blake, CNN (CNN) – A frail man sits in chains inside a dank, cold prison cell. He has escaped death before but now realizes that his execution is […]