Islamic science had its heyday in the ninth century, thanks to Ab? Ja’far al-Ma’m?n’s House of Wisdom, says Jim al-Khalil. The Bab al-Sharji district in the centre of Baghdad derives its name, which means east gate, from the medieval fortifications of the city. These walls were probably built around the […]
(CNN) — Was the killing of Osama bin Laden legal under international law? The administration says yes, absolutely. Experts are unsure. Attorney General Eric Holder told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that the U.S. raid on bin Laden’s compound was lawful “as an act of national self-defense.” […]
WASHINGTON – The United States is building cooperative bilateral ties with China on a broad list of economic fronts, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said here Tuesday. Related readings: China, US to hold strategic, economic dialogue Geithner praises Chinese economy ahead of talks China to be US largest trading […]
TOKYO – Japanese workers entered the Fukushima No 1 power plant Thursday for the first time since the complex was damaged by the March 11 twin disasters of earthquake and tsunami, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) officials said. Special Coverage: Japan Nuke Crisis As part of efforts to install a cooling […]
Looking beyond 2015, RI wants a common platform for ASEAN Jakarta will host the 18th ASEAN summit from May 7-8, where the leaders of the association’s 10 nations will discuss regional and global issues. The Jakarta Post’s Abdul Khalik and Sita Winiawati Dewi talked to Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa on […]
Meeting comes during what may prove to be a fateful U.S. visit, during which the PM is also scheduled to map out the future of the Mideast peace process in an address before Congress. U.S. President Barack Obama will host Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House on May […]
An experimental test to detect minute differences in the brain caused by Alzheimer’s disease works in the lab, Canadian researchers say. Prof. Vassilios Papadopoulos, director of the McGill University Health Centre’s Research Institute, and his co-authors published their findings about the test in Wednesday’s issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s […]
VATICAN CITY: The Vatican’s delegate in Tripoli is calling for a halt to NATO air strikes in Libya and for the West to negotiate with Muammar Qaddafi’s government, insisting the Libyan leader doesn’t oppose dialogue. Monsignor Giovanni Martinelli, the Holy See’s longtime apostolic vicar in Tripoli, said in a telephone […]
RIYADH: Deputy Minister of Labor Abdul Wahid Al-Humaid said his ministry is keen to introduce a ban on working outdoors during the midday this summer from July. “The ministry is going ahead with its earlier decision to prevent companies from making their employees work under the sun from noon to […]
ISLAMABAD: The 12-year-old daughter of Osama Bin Laden, now in custody with a Yemeni wife of the Al-Qaeda leader, saw her father shot dead, a Pakistani intelligence official said on Wednesday. The child “was the one who confirmed to us that Osama was dead and shot and taken away,” said […]
AMMAN (JT) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday welcomed the Palestinian reconciliation deal, finalised in Cairo yesterday, which will end the Palestinian division and unite the Palestinian people, according to a Royal Court statement. The King made the remarks during a meeting with several Palestinian figures, who arrived from […]
Osama Bin Laden was “an enemy of true Islam” and his death will hopefully end the era of terrorism, according to the head of the Islamic Call Society in Malta. “Bin Laden’s extremist convictions and terroristic practices caused great injustice to Islam and led to disastrous consequences for the Islamic […]
Islam is opposed to burials at sea, a spokesman for Al-Azhar, the top Sunni Muslim authority, said today after US officials said Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been given a watery grave. “If it is true that the body was thrown into the sea, then Islam is totally against […]
Mana Party leader Hone Harawira has apologised for how he expressed himself when he painted Osama bin Laden as a freedom fighter. In tributes on Maori-language television on Tuesday, Mr Harawira said the al-Qaeda founder and September 11, 2001 mastermind should be “honoured” rather than “damned” in death according to […]
China has set up a new government body to control information on the internet. The State Internet Information Office will take over responsibility from a number of lower-ranking directorates. Read More
The State Council, or China’s Cabinet, on Wednesday pledged to increase both the depth and scope of Party and government financial information released to the public in a bid to enhance transparency. Read More
TEHRAN – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has stated that the European nations will certainly rise up against their governments, which are blindly following the policies of the United States and the Zionist regime. The Leader made the remarks during a meeting with thousands of […]
“Staging bin Laden’s death will be seen as a fitting end to this genocidal war for the control of energy resources. Of course it will have to be done so that visual identification is not possible. We suspect that when bin Laden is “killed,” we’ll just have to trust the […]
On Monday, Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was “glad” about the killing of Osama bin Laden. Now, though, criticism of the comment is mounting — even within her own party. German Foreign Minister Westerwelle, meanwhile, is calling on the West to be careful in its reaction to the news. As […]
The death of Osama bin Laden hits al-Qaida hard: The terrorist network hasn’t played any role in the Arab revolutions, and now its charismatic leader is gone. Terrorism expert Guido Steinberg explains who will try to fill the void, and why this is a major success for President Obama. SPIEGEL […]