Maliki, accused of full dependency on Iran's Khamenei, in addition to being accused of ruling the country in a sectarian manner, generated deep divisions in the Iraqi society.
It refuted that Iraqi elites bear the responsibility fully on the status (...)
طوكيو - رويترز - الحياة - اضحت الصين أكبر مستورد للفحم في العالم للمرة الأولى في 2011، وقد سبقت اليابان وفقا لما أظهرته بيانات الجمارك في كل من البلدين.
والحاجة الى الفحم مدفوعة بطلب صيني قوي، لكن ليس من الواضح إن كانت ستحتفظ بهذه المكانة، إذ أنه (...)
الحياة - حضت منظمة "هيومان رايتس ووتش" الديمقراطيات الغربية على "التغلب على شعورها بالنفور من الجماعات الإسلامية التي تحظى بالدعم الشعبي في شمال أفريقيا والشرق الأوسط". قائلة انه "يجب التوقف عن إظهار الكره للإسلاميين والبدء بتشجيعهم على احترام (...)
year-old Malaysian girl became the youngest athlete to take gold in Southeast Asian Games history after winning the water skiing tricks event Thursday in front of a stunned crowd.
Aaliyah Yoong Hanifah claimed gold in the female final at the (...)
division world boxing and pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao on Saturday vehemently denied rumors that he used steroids in his lopsided victory against welterweight challenger Shane Mosley last May 7.
The Pacquiao camp made the denial on the (...)
year-old expatriate boy was reciting the Saudi national anthem in Arabic with clear pronunciation while playing in the lobby of an apartment building, where his family and other expatriates lived.
It is not widely known that the Saudi national (...)
year-old boy has died in hospital from injuries sustained in a fire at a gas station in the Al-Hindawiya District here caused by last week's floods.
Abdullah Al-Jiddawi, head of the Civil Defense in Jeddah, said that heavy rains caused leaks in the (...)
member gang of Arabs who used a child to steal money and property from shops have been sentenced each to between 8 and 18 months in jail. The three men and five women, who were arrested two months ago, operated by distracting shop assistants (...)
day activities of Saudi Cultural Days concluded Saturday in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The final activities were attended by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture and Information for International Cultural Relations Dr. Abubakr Ahmad Baqadir; (...)
wicket victory over Bangladesh on the final day of the first Test Monday after Steven Finn captured five wickets in an innings in his first Test at Lord's.
Finn, 21, who made his debut on the two-Test tour of Bangladesh in March, finished with five (...)
year-old Dutch boy lay in a hospital bed, head bandaged, skin pale and legs shattered – the sole “miracle” survivor of a plane crash Wednesday that killed 103 people in the Libyan capital. Most victims were Dutch tourists returning from vacation in (...)
year-old child suffered a broken leg when she and her 20-year-old sister were set upon by their father's camel in the desert east of Taif on Monday. The camel reportedly took a dislike to the pair and started chasing them “to try to kill them”, but (...)
year-old dream to own a piece of land has finally come true for a 70-year-old man, but in the most unexpected way – he now owns a piece of property in a mountainous area with no services and the closest road is 10 kilometers away.
Hamad Al-Qahtani (...)
million plus expatriates in Saudi Arabia belong to various countries and cultures – one factor that has resulted in a number of cross-cultural marriages in recent years in the Kingdom. Bicultural children refer to children with cross-cultural (...)
Bangalore Royal Challengers and Delhi Daredevils crashed out of the Champions League Twenty20 after the former beat its Indian Premier League rival by eight wickets Saturday.
In a dramatic League B Super Eight match at the packed Chinnaswamy (...)
South Korean Yang Yong-eun became Asia's first male major winner after overhauling Tiger Woods in stunning fashion to clinch the US PGA Championship by three shots Sunday.
Trailing American world No. 1 and overwhelming favorite Woods by two strokes (...)
year-old boy who was held in a police station for over six hours has called for officials in charge to be brought to account for what he says is his son's resultant poor health.
Eight-year-old Faisal was held at Al-Muntazahat police station along (...)
day school break registered an increase in demand for furnished apartments and accommodation complexes in Abha by 100 percent on the summer vacation period. According to a report from the Abha Chamber for Commerce and Industry, the increase has (...)
Ashwell Prince and Jacques Kallis scored centuries to help South Africa move into a strong position on the second day of the third Test against Australia on Friday.
The hosts ended the day on 404 for three, stretching their first innings lead to (...)
Kevin Pietersen put the confusion of the last month behind him, and Owais Shah made a strong claim for a place with hundreds in England's opening tour match against St. Kitts and Nevis on Sunday.
Pietersen hit 103 at better than a run-a-ball, and (...)
Jamarat Bridge.
He believes that the live coverage of Al-Jamarat achieves the goals of orienting pilgrims and advised all Tawafa establishments to employ the same service next year.
Many pilgrims could be seen watching the monitors, and they (...)
month-old civilian government has disbanded the political wing of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) to concentrate its focus on counter-terrorism, the foreign minister said on Sunday.
The move, which Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi (...)
day Souq Okaz festival will be opened by the Emir of Makkah, Prince Khalid Al-Faisal on behalf of King Abdullah Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques on Aug. 19.
“The new location of the opening ceremony will be to the east of the original location,” (...)
time Olympic field hockey champion India plunged to a new low by failing to qualify for this year's Beijing Games, snapping an 80-year history that featured six successive gold medals since a startling debut at Amsterdam in 1928.
India's hopes of (...)
OBEIDI, AN IRAQI WHO REPRESENTED SADDAM AND HIS HALF BROTHER BARZAN IBRAHIM IN THEIR EIGHT-MONTH-OLD TRIAL, WAS ABDUCTED FROM HIS HOUSE WEDNESDAY MORNING, SAID SADDAM'S TOP LAWYER, KHALIL AL-DULAIMI. HIS BODY WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH ON A STREET NEAR (...)