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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNN.com - WORLD/Middle East
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East Online :: Main English ChannelTurkey and Iran back opposing sides in Yemen while already backing opposing sides in Syria, but Ankara and Tehran share a mutual economic dependence.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BBC News - Middle EastProminent Bahrain human rights activist Nabeel Rajab is arrested over tweets about torture practices in a prison, his wife says.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined Sisi appears to be engaged in a balancing act with Egypt's fluctuating foreign policy, but the Saudis may not stay on board unconditionally
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NPR Topics: Middle EastAs violence continues elsewhere in Yemen, al-Qaida has laid siege to a coastal city in the country's southeast, asserting control over key facilities in the port city of al-Mukallah.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East - Los Angeles TimesThe Palestinian Authority expressed hope Wednesday that its new membership in the International Criminal Court will deter Israeli military strikes on the Palestinian people.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNN.com - WORLD/Middle East
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from RSS for Middle East3-time world champ Jackie Stewart urges F1 to keep 'essential' European races on calendar
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from NYT > Middle EastThe American House speaker and the Israel prime minister seemed to take pains to avoid stirring any new controversy.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BBC News - Middle EastA major sandstorm has hit the United Arab Emirates, severely reducing visibility and leading to flight diversions.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastA look at Iran's nuclear assets, from uranium enrichment sites and mines to planned facilities
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from BBC News - Middle EastThe Iraqi government declares what it says is a "magnificent victory" over Islamic State militants in the city of Tikrit after a month-long siege.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastIsrael says missile-defense test successful, system made with US to be deployed next year
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from International Business TimesIsrael has tested a new missile defense system developed in partnership with the United States. The system, which met all its objectives in recently conducted live interception tests, is expected to be deployed in 2016, U.S. and Israeli ...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastUS official: Kerry extends stay at Iran nuclear talks for another day as negotiations falter
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from International Business TimesUpdate as of 5:00 a.m. EDT: At least 15 Egyptian troops and two civilians were killed in the attacks in the Sinai Peninsula on Thursday, Agence France-Presse reported, citing police officials. Original Story:
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianDiscussions in Lausanne to go into Wednesday night with disagreement over Iran’s development of centrifuges and relief of UN sanctions causing impasse Iran was expected to put forward new proposals at international nuclear talks in Switz...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalA row has erupted between the University of Southampton, Jewish support groups and some of the university's academics over plans to stage a conference later this month which questions Israel's right to exist.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from RSS Feed From Your Middle East - Section NewsJordan on Wednesday closed its main border crossing with Syria amid fierce clashes between rebels and pro-regime forces for control of the post."The 'Jaber' border post has been temporarily closed to travellers and goods,&...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalBritain is currently checking reports about nine UK nationals, seized by Turkish authorities after allegedly trying to enter Syria illegally.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianTwo dozen protesters gathered outside London’s Old Bailey at the pre-trial hearing of Shilan Ozcelik, 18, charged in relation to activities in Syria and Iraq A small but noisy group of Kurdish protesters gathered outside the Old Bailey i...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East - Los Angeles TimesAt least 40 people died in a blast at a dairy complex in western Yemen on Wednesday as warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition continued to pummel insurgent positions across the country.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined Al-Hassi says the GNC has not responded to his requests for a cabinet reshuffle; critics say he has been a slow decision maker
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined 'Iran has shown it readiness to engage with dignity and it's time for our negotiating partners to seize the moment,' says Iran's foreign minister.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNN.com - WORLD/Middle EastNine British citizens were arrested in Turkey on Wednesday, suspected of trying to cross illegally into Syria, the Turkish military said on its website.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesKuwaiti Foreign Minister, Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, stated that 'the objective of the Operation Decisive Storm is to return things back in their right order and bring all Yeminis to the dialogue table at an equal distance.' During ...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from BBC News - Middle EastHow three men survived 24 hours in a lorry's fuel tank
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East and AfricaSAUDI ARABIA’S recently enthroned King Salman pulled off a striking diplomatic coup last month when he gathered a ten-country coalition of Sunni states to bomb the upstart Shia rebels in Yemen known as Houthis. Even Qatar and the United ...
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNN.com - WORLD/Middle EastThis CNN exclusive shows rare footage of a chilling meeting in which a Syrian explains to Afghan men why they should join their jihad. Nick Paton Walsh reports.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNN.com - WORLD/Middle EastISIS is no longer in control of the Iraqi city of Tikrit. Iraqi forces liberated the city on Wednesday, 10 months after the group took control. CNN's Arwa Damon reports from Tikrit.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined Despite failing to pass a resolution on divestment from companies that ‘profit’ from Israel’s occupation, proponents of the bill say support is growing
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East and AfricaCECIL RHODES sits in pride of place at the University of Cape Town (UCT), his imposing statue framed by mountain peaks soaring above and the Cape Flats stretching out far below. But Rhodes has recently been wrapped in plywood and plastic...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from International Business TimesBAGHDAD -- The Iraqi government announced on Wednesday that the city of Tikrit had been liberated from the Islamic State group, but security forces and Shiite militias were still battling the Sunni militants as the day ended. The miscomm...
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNN.com - WORLD/Middle EastISIS departs Tikrit -- but not without leaving behind booby traps and explosive-filled vehicles.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined Istanbul is on a high alert after an earlier hostage-taking, claimed by leftist militants, resulted in the death of prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedThe death of a public prosecutor on Tuesday at the hands of Marxist guerrillas is a painful reminder that Turkey’s democracy faces a continuing challenge from the far left
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East - Voice of AmericaThe jihadist assassin of Tunisian secular party leader Mohamed Brahmi, who was shot dead in Tunis in 2013, says his murder and that of secular politician Chokri Belaid a few weeks earlier were designed to create chaos in the North Africa...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East - Voice of AmericaIslamic State fighters seized most of a Palestinian camp on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus on Wednesday, nearing President Bashar al-Assad's seat of power. A rival jihadist group said sharia law would govern a city seized b...
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNN.com - WORLD/Middle EastWith instability rising in the Middle East, President Barack Obama told Egypt's leader Tuesday that he was ending a freeze on weapons shipments to the longtime U.S. ally, a moratorium on material support that began after a bloody militar...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from International Business TimesU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will remain in Lausanne, Switzerland, until Thursday morning amid marathon nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers that have been extended twice. The negotiations have stalled over the timetable...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalThe Arab Mayadeen news channel reported earlier on Wednesday that an international coalition led by Saudi Arabia prevented a Russian plane from entering Yemen to evacuate its nationals from the crisis-hit country.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalA 19-year-old UK national was charged with terrorism offenses after being arrested at the Luton Airport after arriving from Istanbul, local police said Wednesday.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastIraq's Tikrit: Saddam's hometown is a Sunni bastion on the road to Islamic State-held Mosul
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East newsTel Aviv bids to join 40 countries in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in a move likely to widen rupture with the US
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastCare to live in a Porsche? Designer labels are drawing luxury home buyers to Miami
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East and AfricaTALKS in Lausanne between Iran and six world powers on a ground-breaking deal to constrain its nuclear programme, in return for the staged lifting of sanctions, were continuing past a March 31st deadline as The Economist went to press. T...
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from International Business TimesMilitants from al Qaeda raged into a prison facility in southeastern Yemen on Thursday and freed several hundred inmates from there, reports said, citing officials. One of the inmates freed following the break-in was a leader of the grou...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East newsConflict in Syria, Yemen and Mali claims the lives of Red Cross and Red Crescent staff, with fears growing that medics and humanitarian workers are targeted
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BBC News - Middle EastA UN report says that more than 25,000 foreign fighters have travelled to join militant groups such as al-Qaeda and Islamic State.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesOn the morning of 18 March, Yassine Labidi woke up in his middle-class home in Kech el Ghaba, a suburb of Tunis. Like every other morning he had breakfast at home and then left for work before 10 o'clock. But this was not a normal Wednes...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from JPost.com - HomeBeduin residents in the mist of a legal battle with the state who wants to demolish their homes.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Middle EastAt least 37 people were killed when a dairy in western Yemen was bombed overnight, an official says after a seventh night of Saudi-led airstrikes against Shiite rebels
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Inside IsraelPersonality-driven politics have taken over Israel, says Gideon Rahat, and they are doing so at the expense of idealism and ideology.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from The Times of IsraelNew York police suspect three attacks on Jews in Brooklyn could be anti-Semitic
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Middle EastWestern powers extend talks in Switzerland for a second day beyond March 31 deadline.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from JPost.com - HomePresident Rivlin meets with delegation of bipartisan US lawmakers visiting the Mideast.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Middle EastThe head of Libya's rival government rejects his sacking by the Tripoli-based parliament, suggesting he retains the support of powerful militia allies
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Inside IsraelCongressional delegation expresses US support for Israel during Iran talks.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from JPost.com - HomeScottish university’s Jewish Society president registers strong protest at last-minute arrangements to hold debate a day before the Jewish holiday.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from JPost.com - HomeMinistry issues warning ahead of Passover holiday.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from JPost.com - HomeAhead of her return to Israel, the lead vocalist for the 1970s British progressive minstrels Renaissance explains why she still loves performing
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Times of IsraelNew documents suggest tunnels were dug in 1970s from infamous mansion to homes of famous actors
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from JPost.com - HomeInsight into the changes, or lack thereof, that come with the Palestinians officially joining the International Criminal Court.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ynet - NewsMilitary forces searching for Israeli in Hebron region after call to police by friend claims he was searching for work tools to replace flat tire after the pair was stranded near Kiryat Arba.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from JPost.com - HomeCNN reports incident in which Iranian aircraft came within 50 yards of US helicopter, risking serious incident.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Al-Manar TV LebanonA major UN donors’ conference that aims to raise billions of dollars for Syria opens Tuesday in Kuwait with experts warning of a "humanitarian catastrophe" unfolding in the war-torn country.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Al-Manar TV LebanonSyrian Army killed on Monday scores of Al-Nusra Front terrorists and destroyed several of their hideouts in Quneitra and Daraa as the crackdown against terrorist organizations continued in other provinces.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Al-Manar TV LebanonThe Saudi warplanes bombarded twice on Tuesday the Yarim department in Doorin area in the province of Ebb, targeting civic homes.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Times of IsraelReport finds 71% spike in number of aspiring jihadists joining terror groups worldwide since mid-2014
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Inside IsraelJournalist and writer Caroline Glick says Israel should respond to America's new policy by applying sovereignty to Judea and Samaria.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Al-Manar TV LebanonOne Ukrainian soldier has been killed and another three injured in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Times of IsraelOfficers lightly injured from rocks thrown by demonstrators protesting IDF enlistment
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Middle EastA Saudi-led coalition bombards rebel positions in Yemen's main southern city Aden in a seventh night of raids that also targeted the capital and other areas
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Al-Manar TV LebanonThe US-led coalition launched seven airstrikes in Iraq against ISIL militants since early Sunday, Reuters said.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from JPost.com - HomeDefense minister gives overall assessment on the Middle East.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from JPost.com - HomeThe case involves the shooting of Bassem Abu Rahmeh, killed in April 2009 during a demonstration in the West Bank.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Middle EastPro-government militiamen seen looting shops in the center of Tikrit, a day after it was recaptures from ISIS.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from JPost.com - HomeThe Palestinian Authority will pay partial salaries to most of its employees for a fourth straight month in April after Israel failed to transfer revenue.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from JPost.com - HomeThousands of officers to patrol densely populated religious events in Old City
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Al-Manar TV LebanonCanadian lawmakers voted Monday to extend a campaign of airstrikes against the so-called ’Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) takfiri group and for the first time strike at them in Syria as well as in Iraq.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Middle EastIraqi troops and Shiite paramilitary fighters are battling ISIS militants in northern Tikrit, as the government forces seek to push the extremist group from the city
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Middle EastIf not for US-led air support, Iraqi ground forces may never have been able to retake Tikrit from Islamic State terrorists.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from JPost.com - HomeThe Foreign Ministry's Emmanuel Nachshon calls the Palestinian decision to join International Criminal Court “political, cynical and hypocritical.”
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Al-Manar TV LebanonHezbollah denounced as biased a UN Human Rights Council on Syria in which it claims the Syrian government has committed alleged crimes against civilians.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Inside IsraelThe Missing Persons’ Forum holds special Seder in Tel Aviv to raise awareness for the hundreds of missing persons in Israel.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from JPost.com - HomeThe two Jewish groups expressed their concerns over past social media posts by comedian set to replace Jon Stewart.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Al-Manar TV LebanonThe Red Cross said Tuesday a local aid worker had been killed in Yemen, adding that it could not fly in desperately-needed aid due to a lack of security.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Middle EastIn its latest screed against Israel, the Palestinian Authority has accused “the Zionists” of “drugging up” Arab youth.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Times of IsraelMore than 25 fishing boats working to rescue remaining crew; fate of 26 still unknown
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Middle EastRebels backed by the Al-Nusra Front take the last border crossing with Jordan that had been under the control of the Damascus regime.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Al-Manar TV LebanonA total of 122 Chinese nationals were evacuated from conflict-wracked Yemen on Monday, China’s foreign ministry said.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from JPost.com - HomeThousands flee as violence continues to rage through Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Middle EastThe Palestinian Authority has become a member of the International Criminal Court and is marking the momentous occasion with a low-key ceremony at the court's headquarters.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from JPost.com - HomeScarab seals, figurines and amulets inscribed in the images of Egyptian gods dating to Bronze Age found in southern Israel cave.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Middle EastTwo armed people enter an office of Turkey's ruling AK Party in an Istanbul suburb, the private Dogan news agency reports, a day after leftist militants took a prosecutor hostage in a courthouse in the city
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Middle EastAmnesty International investigating reports that Iraqi forces and militias committing serious violations in conquering Tikrit from ISIS.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Al-Manar TV LebanonFootage broadcast by Al-Manar TV channel showed how the Saudi-led aggression on Yemen targets the civilians and the residential areas, committing massacres.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Al-Manar TV LebanonYemen’s pro-Ansarullah popular committees took over full responsibility of a coastal military base overlooking the strategic Red Sea Bab al-Mandeb strait.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Middle EastTurkish authorities on Wednesday detained 22 suspected radical leftists in the southern city of Antalya, a day after a hostage siege in an Istanbul courthouse in which a senior prosecutor and his leftist captors were killed.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from JPost.com - HomeArab states in the region are sitting on the edge of their seats, waiting for results from the talks.
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Saturday, March 21, 2015 from Middle-EastSat, 2015-03-21 22:34 ANKARA: An assistant professor at a Turkish university has appealed to the government for help after his three teenage sons left to fight with...
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Monday, March 30, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsThe nominal GVA estimate of Non-Mining and Quarrying sectors in the Q4, 2014 has been placed at 100.12 Bn QR.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Iraq news, the latest Iraq news
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Two postponed matches within the Iraqi Football Premier League IFPL will be played next Saturday. Member of the Iraqi Football Association IFA, Shihab Ahmed, stated to IraqiNews.com “The postponed match for ... -
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Iraq news, the latest Iraq news
Following (IraqiNews.com)—Nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers remained bogged down Wednesday afternoon as senior Western and Iranian diplomats sought to make decisive progress on the outlines of a final deal in the coming h... -
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsOman recorded a real economic growth rate of 5.2% in 2014 thereby surpassing the international growth rate, however, that growth rate is expected to fall in this year.
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Sunday, March 22, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeABU DHABI: Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth & Community Development and ADMAF Patron, officially inaugurated the Abu Dhabi Festival 2015’s Visual Arts Exhibition at Emirates Palace Gallery on Friday night, ...
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Sunday, March 22, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeABU DHABI: The Security Media Department at the General Secretariat of the Office of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior intensified its efforts to promote public awareness through social networking sites and via the different...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Iraq news, the latest Iraq news
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Two ISIL terrorists were killed by shots southern Nineveh province according to a security source. The source told IraqiNews.com that “unknown gunmen attacked ISIL checkpoint in Jismah village within Al-Qyarah sub... -
Sunday, March 22, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeSANAA: Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi called on Saturday for the Houthi militia to abandon its control of government ministries in Sanaa in his first televised speech since fleeing the capital for Aden after escaping house arre...
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Sunday, March 22, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeUNITED NATIONS: The UN Commission on the Status of Women approved a resolution on Friday blaming Israel’s ongoing illegal occupation of Palestinian territory for “the grave situation of Palestinian women.” The resolution, sponsored by th...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Khaleej Times : Nation NewsNo one was injured in the "near miss" after the pilots took evasive action.
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Saturday, March 21, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comWhen the new regulation comes into effect, there will be a total of 45 countries whose citizens can make short-term visits to Indonesia without a visa
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Iraq news, the latest Iraq news
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) A security source reported today Wednesday that the Iraqi Air Force strikers conducted air strikes on the ISIL positions southern Al-Ramadi. The source told IraqiNews.com “The Iraqi Army Aviations targeted ISIL post... -
Sunday, March 29, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsIraq says Grand Faw port contracts will be offered on investment basis.
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Saturday, March 21, 2015 from Middle-EastSat, 2015-03-21 12:56 Beirut: The death toll from attacks on Kurdish new year celebrations in Syria has risen to 45, including five children, a monitor said Saturday,...
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Sunday, March 22, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeABU DHABI: President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable of condolence to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the death of his mother. Similar cables were sent to Rouhani by Vice President and Prime Minister ...
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Saturday, March 21, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comThe programme provides a unique learning experience for the participants. It aims at providing the Omani private sector with qualified and knowledgeable leaders
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Sunday, March 22, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeDUBAI: One of India’s oldest and most reputed educational groups runs more than 500 educational institutions and has made its entry into the UAE with the launch of a new school in Dubai. The 184-year-old CMI Group opened the doors to its...
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Sunday, March 22, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeDUBAI: Dubai Cares joined communities around the globe in marking World Water Day by highlighting the organisation’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in schools programmes in developing countries on Saturday. The organisation’s WASH-...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsCentral Bank governor Riad Salameh promised that it is difficult for terrorist groups like ISIS to hold bank accounts in Lebanon but admitted challenges in verifying if individuals are donating to them.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics Newshe African Development Bank (AfDB) contributes USD 500 million to Africa50 Infrastructure Fund's equity capital.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsGCC ministry of economy undersecretaries agreed to formulate a general framework for the introduction of value added tax, VAT.
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Sunday, March 22, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeAJMAN: The GMU-Thumbay Hospitals celebrated its Annual Global Day at a campus in Ajman, which was attended by over 2500 students, their parents and friends apart from the faculty and staff of GMU and GMC Hospitals. Students from 72 count...
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsAttracting knowledge-intensive investments is a new trend for foreign direct investment (FDI) around the world, experts said at the last day of the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) 2015.
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Sunday, March 29, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsThe government's decision to merge Enterprise Qatar (EQ) with Qatar Development Bank (QDB) to further strengthen the private sector business activities has brought positive results.
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Sunday, March 22, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeDUBAI: Hundreds of families along with their children turned up to participate in a day-long, fun-filled event to celebrate Mother’s Day as young kids were given unlimited opportunities to showcase their talent in drawing and building th...
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Saturday, March 28, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsThe National Bank of Egypt (NBE), Egypt's largest state-owned bank, plans to issue a dollar-denominated bond in global markets by the end of June.
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Sunday, March 29, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsOman government posted a budget deficit of OMR360.8 million in 2014, against a surplus of OMR267.4 million in the previous year.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsSaudi Arabia is developing a database to help investors make informed decisions to maximize their investment returns, as well as an app listing all investment opportunities.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Iraq news, the latest Iraq news
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) A security source in Nineveh province today Wednesday that the ISIL terrorists arrested the preacher of Al-Kabir mosque in Hamam Al-Alalil sub-district southern Mosul. “The terrorists did a break-in Saeed Mubarak’... -
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Iraq news, the latest Iraq news
Salah-il-Din(IraqiNews.com) The US-led coalition strikers killed 31 terrorists of the ISIL today Wednesday in Beiji of southern Salah-il-Din province. A security source told IraqiNews.com that “The US-led coalition and Iraqi Air Air Forc... -
Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsThe confirmation by Moody's of Saudi Arabia's rating is a testament to the Kingdom's solid financial standing, says a top economist.
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Monday, March 30, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsOman's balance of payment position comfortable, says CBO.
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Saturday, March 21, 2015 from Middle-EastFri, 2015-03-20 22:33 TUNIS: The two gunmen who killed 21 people at a museum in Tunis trained in neighboring Libya before carrying out the deadly attack and were known to...
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Monday, March 30, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsFitch Ratings took into consideration, in its revision, the smooth legislative and presidential elections in late 2014.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsGCC's first one-stop, online information resource aggregating everything aspiring business owners and young entrepreneurs need to know to set up and fund their start-ups in any of the six Gulf states went live.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsAustralia’s Minister for Trade, Andrew Robb, is expected to push the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on finalising a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the Gulf Cooperation Council.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsTotal cumulative credit limits issued to exporters by ECGA of Oman as of end 2014 amounted to RO 7.348 billion, compared to RO 6.734 billion in 2013.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsThe urban inflation rate for the twelve months of the previous Iranian fiscal year which ended on March 20 hit 15.6%.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsForeign direct investment (FDI) in Iraqi Kurdistan from Dubai stands at USD 3.5 billion, with the government looking to attract further investment.
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Saturday, March 21, 2015 from Middle-EastSat, 2015-03-21 16:46 ADEN/SANAA: Al Qaeda fighters captured the capital of a province in southern Yemen, killing about 20 soldiers, before they were driven out by the...
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Sunday, March 22, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeDUBAI: A traffic accident disclosed a motorist using a counterfeit copy of a driving licence he had modelled on a valid licence belonging to his brother, prosecutors revealed. Both a machine operator, MS (24), and a driver, MF (24), were...
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Saturday, March 21, 2015 from Middle-EastSat, 2015-03-21 22:34 LONDON: A British woman detained in Turkey on suspicion of seeking to join Islamic State (IS) insurgents in Syria was returned home on Thursday and...
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Saturday, March 21, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comThe festivities kicked off with an ‘Ikebana’ or traditional Japanese flower arrangement workshop, followed by a lecture about sushi by Japanese Ambassador George Hisaeda.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Khaleej Times : Nation NewsService is considered no longer needed as backlog of applications has been cleared.
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Saturday, March 21, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comHospital statistics show that there has been a 42 percent rise in the number of people who have died of cirrhosis of the liver or in accidents under the influence of alcohol in the past five years
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsSmall enterprises were instrumental in stimulating growth and pushing the UK economy out of recession, underlining their importance to Foreign Direct Investments.
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Monday, March 30, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsThere is a rush among Gulf-based businesses to source imports from the Eurozone on the most favourable terms brought on by the recent slide in the value of the euro.
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Saturday, March 21, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comThe accused had threatened to kill the victim, who is also his boss due the work-related dispute, source added. He was arrested by the police the same night
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsThe value of UAE’ foreign direct outflows stood at USD67 billion in 2014, Sultan Al Mansouri, UAE Minister of Economy said.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsTurkey hopes re-elected Israel PM Netanyahu will take steps to both mend ties with Turkey and pursue a sustainable peace with Palestine, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç said
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Syrian Arab News AgencyDamascus, SANA-Foreign and Expatriates Ministry on Wednesday sent a letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ( UNCHR) on the dangerous events in Idleb, showing the volume of a lot of fallacies and mistakes included in the Comm...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily News“The Stanford Global Studies Division, in conjunction with the Handa Center for Human Rights, the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREEES), and the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from The Jordan Times - Latest News
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Syrian Arab News AgencyDamascus, SANA-Syria complained to the UN over the recent terrorist carnage in the central province of Hama. Over 60 civilians, mostly women and children, were slaughtered or shot dead and many others injured on Tuesday in a terrorist as...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsIt is evident that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government is in a strategic bind in terms of foreign policy. Its ambitious plan to cast Turkey in the role of a principal driving force in its region has amounted to little.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsTurkish security forces arrested nine British nationals trying to cross illegally into Syria, the Turkish military said in a statement
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsThe wife of a prominent Greek ex-minister jailed for corruption early on Thursday escaped from a psychiatric hospital in Athens, a police source said.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsExcavations for the season have started in a church and theater in Muğla’s ancient city of Knidos, home to some of ancient Greece’s most prominent intellectuals
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsWe call “terrorists” those people who take up arms and commit acts of terror. If terrorists render it much more difficult to shout out loud for democratic rights with their actions...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsA phone app tracing the footsteps of Nelson Mandela was launched Wednesday in South Africa to encourage tourists to explore his life story, 25 years after his release from prison.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from The Jordan Times - Latest News
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRIThe latest report on the death penalty by Amnesty International indicates that 607 recorded executions have been carried out in 22 countries around the world in 2014, a reduction of almost 22 percent compared to the previous year. The re...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, March 31, IRNA – A senior military official on Monday said rhetoric of certain reactionary countries of the region was so unfounded that they are not worth responding to.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsAn armed man has been detained by police after breaking in to occupy the ruling AKP office building in Istanbul’s Kartal district
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from The Jordan Times - Latest News
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsSince the end of the Cold War, the international system has been fluctuating. While the bipolar system has ended, no equivalent is in place yet.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsHürriyet photojournalist Murat Şaka spent a year in the notorious streets of Istanbul to document the life of African sex workers
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRISaudi Arabia's foreign minister on Tuesday denounced the Iranian regime’s "support" for rebels seeking to "destabilise" neighbouring Yemen. “We are not advocating war, but we are ready for it,” said Prince Saud al-Faisal during his spe...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Syria Deeply ArticlesTo give you an overview, we’ve organized the latest Syrian developments in a curated summary.
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Monday, March 30, 2015 from DailySabah - PoliticsAccording to data revealed by Hans-Georg Maassen, the president of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, 40 percent of the women who joined the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham... Devamı için tıklayınız
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Welcome to Iran FocusThe National Council of Resistance of Iran, reveals that the Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has ordered his regime’s officials to increase secret and overt executions.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsA THY plane flying from Istanbul to Portugal returned to Istanbul Atatürk Airport on April 1 after a bomb threat
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Syrian Arab News AgencyProvinces, SANA – The army on Wednesday carried out a number of operations in many areas across the country, leaving scores of terrorists killed and many of their hideouts, weaponry and munitions destroyed. Aleppo The army killed a numb...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from DailySabah - PoliticsWhat is happening in Yemen gives a clear picture of the power struggle the world is currently experiencing. What is happening on Yemeni territory? And what is Turkey's position on it? How can we explain... Devamı için tıklayınız
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsThe parliament’s Constitution Committee has approved a proposal to lower the age of candidacy at the parliamentary level from 25 to 18 years old
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRIThe Iranian Resistance calls on the U.S. government, UNAMI and UNHCR that have numerously and in writing committed themselves to the wellbeing and security of the residents to take the necessary steps to end this hostage taking and to se...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Al Bawaba - NewsTwo Jordanian prisoners who had been released from Israeli jails have arrived in the Kingdom after occupation forces denied them exit several times. Mohammad Tahir said he arrived in Jordan on March 8, although he was released on Septemb...
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsThe Turkish General Staff has announced that it expects those responsible for the fabrications in the Balyoz (Sledgehammer) coup plot case, in which all 236 suspects were acquitted during the retrial on April 1, to be punished.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRIA week of nuclear talks between the six world powers and the Iranian regime in Lausanne will conclude without any agreement, but with a press statement on Wednesday, the Iranian regime’s top negotiator said in an interview. Abbas Araqchi...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Syrian Arab News Agency
Hanoi, SANA – Hanoi, SANA – Speaker of the Syrian People’s Assembly on Wednesday held a number of meetings with heads of delegations participating in the 132nd session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union which will be concluded today in Han... -
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Syrian Arab News AgencyDamascus, SANA – An official source at the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said on Wednesday that the Jordanian authorities closed Nassib border crossing point from the Jordanian side. The source said that Syria holds the Jordanian auth...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from DailySabah - PoliticsIran has been an important player in the region since the ousting of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq in 1953 by a coup. The CIA much later acknowledged that the coup to overthrow Mosaddeq, who was nationalizing... Devamı için tıklayınız
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRIIndia halted oil imports from Iran for the first time in at least a decade in March as New Delhi responded to U.S. pressure to keep its shipments from Tehran within sanction limits during the last month of negotiations on a preliminary n...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily News16th century Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent died during the siege of the Szigetvar Fortress in 1566, but up to now it has been unknown where his internal organs were buried
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Al Bawaba - NewsA Daesh-affiliated militant group has vowed to carry out more attacks in Tunisia following a deadly assault on a Tunis museum earlier this month for which it had claimed responsibility. © Copyright Andolu Ajansi read more
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsRescuers were on April 2 searching freezing waters off Russia's Far East after a fishing boat sank in the Sea of Okhotsk, possibly after a collision, with the loss of at least 54 lives.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsTurkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has vowed that the government will not tolerate demonstrations in the street “whoever they are and whatever their intent is,” while slamming elements of the media and the opposition over the March 3...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from The Jordan Times - Latest News
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsParliament’s General Assembly accepted in the early hours of April 1 an international agreement between Turkey and Japan for the construction of Turkey’s second planned nuclear plant
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsRenowned Hollywood actor and musician Hugh Jackman will return to Istanbul for three shows on May 30, 31 and June 1 with his show, “An Evening with Hugh Jackman.”
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsWhen there was an attack on the Council of State in 2006 and a judge was killed, this is what I wrote: “This is the Sept. 11 of the regime.”
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Syrian Arab News AgencyDamascus, SANA- Terrorists destroyed the statue of Ibrahim Hanan, a hero of Syria’s independence and the struggle against French occupation, in Idleb province. This terrorist act against the statue of Hanano, who was born in Kafar Takhar...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsOut of the roughly 40 million tourists who visited Turkey last year, around half a million came for surgical procedures ranging from hair transplants and liposuction to cancer and orthopedic treatment, according to the Turkish Statistica...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Welcome to Iran FocusAn Iranian journalist who had been writing about the nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran has become a vocal critic of the talks. Amir Hossein Mottaghi has said that America's role is inappropriate.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsIstanbul prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz, who was killed in an operation against his two captors late on March 31, had made considerable progress in the cases of protesters wounded and killed during the Gezi Park protests in the summer of ...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Syrian Arab News AgencyDamascus, SANA- Ambassador of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in Damascus Zhang Meung Hu visited on Wednesday the headquarter of General Women Union in the framework of enhancing bilateral relations and discussing viewpoi...
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Monday, March 30, 2015 from DailySabah - PoliticsTurkish Cypriot football officials say they are determined to go ahead with attempts to reunite with the Greek Cypriot body known internationally as the Cyprus Football Association (CFA), which is recognized... Devamı için tıklayınız
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from The Jordan Times - Latest News
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Welcome to Iran FocusThe Iranian Resistance calls on the U.S. government, UNAMI and UNHCR that have numerously and in writing committed themselves to the wellbeing and security of the residents to take the necessary steps to end this hostage taking and to se...
