WHEN China's President Xi Jinping last week opened Beijing's Daxing International, the world's biggest airport, ahead of the 70th anniversary celebrations of the Chinese communist party's coming to power, commentators overlooked one interesting (...)
and in the process helps the Islamic State flourish. It is clear why Iran wants Bashar al-Assad of Syria to remain in power: In its 2014 report on terrorism, the State Department wrote that Iran views Syria "as a crucial causeway to its weapons (...)
called ISIS organization and the need to eliminate it because it poses a threat to everyone and requires fighting and responding to it with a collective spirit.
The council expressed its appreciation for the convening of the "Conference of the (...)
أغلقت فرق التفتيش التابعة لوزارة العمل 28 محل مستلزمات نسائية مخالفاً للتأنيث، ليصل العدد الإجمالي للإغلاقات خلال الأسابيع الثلاثة الماضية إلى 72 محلاً، وذلك خلال جولتها التفتيشية في الرياض يوم الأحد الماضي. ويأتي إغلاق تلك المحال بعد إنذارها وإيقاف (...)
ألغت الهيئة العامة للغذاء والدواء تسجيل المستحضر الصيدلاني ريتودرين (ritodrine Yutopar®) الذي يستخدم لمنع الولادة المبكرة، وذلك بناء على توصية للجنة تسجيل شركات ومصانع الأدوية ومنتجاتها المعتمدة، حيث اتضح أن المخاطر الناجمة عن المستحضر تفوق الفوائد (...)
ذكرت تقارير إماراتية اليوم الخميس أن طفلة تبلغ من العمر 12 سنة ادعت أنها تعرضت للاختطاف في أبوظبي، حيث هاتفت والدها وطالبته بالعمل على دفع الفدية التي طلبها خاطفوها وهي حاسوب لوحي محمول "آي باد".
ووفقا للتقارير، تحركت شرطة أبوظبي فور تلقي البلاغ من (...)
up campaign, harassing the Syrian people and imposing the state control without any considerations of humanity or morals or religion. To maintain security, as claimed by the Syrian regime, is to destruct the entire neighborhoods with heavy weapons (...)
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: An interim Israeli-Palestinian peace deal could be an outcome if the parties fail to reach agreement on major core issues in peace talks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday.
When asked about Israeli Foreign (...)
winning president doesn't do things in halves.
Six years ago, Mahinda Rajapaksa tried to talk peace with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam – and failed. So he made his brother the defence secretary, injected resources into the military like (...)
time experiences inspired her passion for humanitarian work, and although she had worked for UNICEF since the 1950s, during her later life she dedicated much of her time and energy to the organization. From 1988 until 1992, she worked in some of the (...)
Construction of two pressurized water nuclear reactors began in 1974 with the help of German contractor Siemens and French scientists. The Bushehr I reactor was 85 percent complete and the Bushehr II reactor was partially complete prior to the 1979 (...)
Israel allowed a shipment of clothes and shoes to be delivered to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip Sunday for the first time in its almost three-year-old blockade of the enclave.
Palestinian officials said the goods arrived in the territory via (...)
Lebanon's prime minister voiced concern Wednesday about “escalating” Israeli war threats, and said his government will support the militant group Hezbollah if a new war breaks out with the Jewish state.
Saad Hariri's comments come amid heightened (...)
An Iraqi appeals panel that angered Shiite leaders by suspending a ban on candidates accused of links to Saddam Hussein's Baath party until after an election reversed its decision Sunday, politicians said.
The change came as Shiite parties held (...)
Qaeda Thursday and warned its citizens against aiding the global militant group, but clerics threatened jihad if foreign military forces intervene.
Yemen has come under pressure to act against Al-Qaeda since attacks on Saudi Arabia and the United (...)
Qaeda is assuming awesome dimensions. From Afghanistan, the war first spread to the tribal regions of Pakistan, before returning more recently to Yemen and Somalia, with further forays deep into the wastes of sub-Saharan Africa.
These territories, (...)
the longest wars of the African continent.
The newspapers stressed that leaders of North and South, both are required of not allowing tools of tension proceed to further escalations and to raise the level of threats. "On the contrary, the (...)
Back to the Moraine Valley event. Several people showed up: Muslims and non-Muslims. Many were there to listen to the subject “Prophets of Islam”, while others just gathered out of curiosity.
The presentation went smooth, but to my surprise no one (...)
The Palestinian Fatah movement elected a group of younger leaders to its top council Tuesday, bolstering its credentials as the West's best hope for Mideast peace, according to preliminary voting results.
The results indicate that pragmatic leaders (...)
Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Bin Saeed Awwadh Assiri on Thursday had a meeting with the head of Lebanese Journalists Union Mohammed Al Balabaki. During the meeting, Ambassador Assiri praised the role played by Lebanese press in serving Arab (...)
armed India and Pakistan over last month's militant attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai is seen as highly unlikely.
Nevertheless, with tension high and fiery rhetoric coming from various quarters on both sides, conflict between the neighbours who (...)
injury deaths.
The first UN report on the subject said millions of children
suffered lifelong disabilities due to injuries, and that the poor
were at an increased risk.
Africa had the highest death toll from unintentional injuries, at
a rate 10 (...)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military operations in Georgia on Tuesday but Tbilisi cast doubt on the announcement, saying Moscow was still bombing towns and villages.
The announcement coincided with the visit of French (...)
The Philippine Declaration of Independence occurred on June 12, 1898 in the Philippines, where Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo (later to become the Philippines' first Republican President) proclaimed the sovereignty and (...)
24 in Kabul with special focus on intelligence cooperation, officials said.
It would be the 18th meeting of the Commission, which includes senior military and diplomatic representatives from Pakistan, Afghanistan and United States.
The officials (...)