- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Inter Press Service » Middle East & North Africa
The United Nations, which is providing humanitarian aid to over 50 million refugees worldwide, is struggling to cope with a new crisis in hand: death and destruction in Yemen. In an urgent appeal for 274 million dollars in international ... - Friday, April 17, 2015 from Gulf News, News in Gulf, Latest Middle East News, Daily News | World News - Times of IndiaA car bomb killed three people on Friday outside the US consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region that is allied with Washington in a war against Islamic State, which claimed the attack.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from NYT > Middle EastThe language was unusually blunt about the consequences of Western powers choosing “the path of confrontation.”
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from CNN.com - WORLD/Middle EastHugging the coast, a CNN team avoids Saudi air strikes to enter the battle-torn city of Aden, where street by street fighting and shelling is pushing desperate civilians out.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from BBC News - Middle EastThe Italian navy recaptures a Sicilian fishing boat hours after it was seized by the Libyan coastguard.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from NYT > Middle EastNot since the wave of people fleeing war in Vietnam have the world’s industrialized countries been under such intense pressure to share the burden of taking in refugees, experts say.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from NPR Topics: Middle EastWe highlight a 160-mile cycling race, reminiscences of an interview with the Oklahoma City bomber, the Finnish prison system, the nuclear deal with Iran, and the meaning of calling someone "trash."
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined 'Differences' emerge in Libya peace talks as HoR does not want to be GNC to be represented in legislature - in addition to government
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined Rafid Jabbouri was appointed in October 2014 as spokesman for Haidar al-Abadi after working as a journalist with BBC for many years
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from NYT > Middle EastIranian leaders have insisted in recent days that the sanctions be lifted as soon as a written accord is signed, a position that the country’s foreign minister reinforced on Friday.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East - Voice of AmericaThe Iranian government is increasing the frequency and sophistication of its hacking attacks targeting the U.S. and its allies, according to a study released on Friday. The study, “The Growing Cyber Threat From Iran,” was co-authored by...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastIraqi officials say they believe Saddam's top deputy has been killed after years on the run
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from BBC News - Middle EastFugitive Iraqi militant leader Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, a former right-hand man to Saddam Hussein, has been killed, Iraqi officials say.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from JPost.com - Middle EastSince the White House said on Tuesday that Obama would sign the bill, it has sought to reassure anxious negotiating partners.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from BBC News - Middle EastPresident Obama says Gulf nations should use their "influence" to help resolve the instability in Libya, warning that military action is not enough.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from BBC News - Middle EastThe UN launches an appeal for nearly $275m to help civilians after fighting and air strikes worsen the country's humanitarian crisis.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianI wish to stress the sheer despair experienced by Palestinians trapped in the hellhole of Yarmouk, in Syria, abandoned by the world at large ( Report , 13 April). That the neighbouring countries around them do not react is hardly surpris...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined Members of Turkey's Marxist-Leninist DHKP-C were reportedly in possession of files detailing murder plots against state officials and MPs
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EASTA car bomb killed three people on Friday outside the US consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, a key ally of Washington in the war against the Islamic State group (IS).
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from International Business TimesA suicide bomber struck Friday near the U.S. Consulate in Irbil, northern Iraq, killing at least three civilians -- including a Westerner dining across the street from the diplomatic building. The blast also wounded five people, said rep...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined Tunisian military prosecution releases Yassine Ayari after spending three months in jail out of his original six-month sentence
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from BBC News - Middle EastIs there a future for Syria's devastated Yarmouk camp?
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East - Voice of AmericaAs thousands of Iraqis continue to flee the contested area around Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, the Pentagon says Sunni tribesmen are critical to efforts to secure the area. Days after the Islamic State group captured three vill...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianThe EU’s de facto policy is to let migrants drown to stop others coming. How many more deaths can we stomach? In the desert, the smugglers lace their water with petrol so the smuggled won’t gulp it down and cost more. Sometimes the truck...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EASTPresident Bashar al Assad has accused Turkey of sabotaging a ceasefire for Aleppo as rebels intensify attacks on the city’s western, regime-held districts. Residents across the besieged town now fear they have been abandoned to a bloody ...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East Online :: Main English ChannelDNA tests are underway to confirm the identity of the body claimed to be Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, as Iraqi forces battle Islamic State in Salahuddin province.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined Izzat al-Douri was reportedly killed east of Saddam's home town Tikrit
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East News: News and Headlines from Iraq, Iran, Israel, Lebanon & More - The Washington PostSADR AL-YUSUFIYAH — Thousands of families fleeing Iraq’s western city of Ramadi choked checkpoints leading to Baghdad on Friday, after an Islamic State advance spread panic and left security forces clinging to control.Read full article &...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from International Business TimesItalian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Friday that restoring stability to the war-struck nation of Libya was key to stopping Italy’s ongoing migrant crisis. Speaking at a joint press conference with U.S. President Barack Obama in W...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastAP Was There: 20 years later, the original AP dispatch reporting Oklahoma City bombing
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from NYT > Middle EastAs the Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen entered a fourth week, civilians shared anguished, close-up views of life during wartime on social networks.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from NYT > Middle EastWith no abatement to the fighting in Yemen, the United Nations and other aid agencies said the humanitarian crisis there was worsening.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from BBC News - Middle EastThe United Arab Emirates you've probably never heard of
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East - Los Angeles TimesAl Qaeda militants consolidated gains in a southeastern port city Friday, seizing weapons caches in the wake of their takeover of an oil terminal, an airport and a military base, security officials said.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastCorrection: AP Was There-Oklahoma City Bombing story
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesAccording to recent statistics published by the United Nations High Council for Refugees (UNHCR), of the 3.8 million Syrians who have fled their homes in the four years since the beginning of the Syrian uprising, nearly half – close to t...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Inter Press Service » Middle East & North Africa
More than 25,000 fighters seeking to wage “jihad” or an Islamic holy war have left home to join terrorist networks abroad. The foreign fighters, mostly bound for Islamic extremist groups like the Syria-based al-Nusra Front and the self-t... - Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East0 While the United Nations Security Council has vowed to take action against those behind deadly chemical weapons in Syria, members of the Syrian Civil Defense volunteers tell RFI that the grim situation requires swift action. Combat bet...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East - Voice of AmericaA terrorist-monitoring group says the self-proclaimed Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a bombing near the U.S. consulate in Irbil, Iraq that killed three people and wounded five. Smoke billowed from the bombsite Friday eve...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastIran urges UN chief to try to end 'senseless' Saudi-led bombing in Yemen and get a cease-fire
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Middle East newsPolice arrested five teenagers in the country's second-largest city of Melbourne over an alleged terrorist plot to target police officers
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from NPR Topics: Middle EastThe U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says estimates for the number of internally displaced persons ranges from 120,000 to 150,000. Separately, Oxfam puts the figure at 121,000.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from International Business TimesA former top aide to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been killed in fighting in Iraq, officials there said Friday. Izzat Ibrahim al Douri, 72, had long been wanted by the United States after the ouster of Saddam in 2003. He was said to...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesAlgeria over the last two weeks has relayed a number of messages between Saudi Arabia and regional rival Iran in hopes of averting an all-out regional war in crisis-hit Yemen, an Algerian diplomat revealed Friday. Messages between the tw...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalSputnik unravels the truth about Iran’s all-female squad of martial artists three years after Western media published a story claiming Tehran was training ninjas to kill enemies of the Islamic Republic.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastAl-Qaida seizes large weapons depot in eastern Yemen as Saudi-led airstrikes target rebels
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined Deputy head of Iranian Republican Guards says Sisi is a man of great experience and thus would not take part in ground operation in Yemen
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East newsHe was the Iraqi tyrant's lackey who went on to mastermind Iraq's insurgency and attacks on US government forces - even joining Isil towards the 'end' of his life
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East News: News and Headlines from Iraq, Iran, Israel, Lebanon & More - The Washington PostBAGHDAD — Iraqi officials said they were carrying out DNA tests on a body they believe could belong to a top aide of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.Izzat Ibrahim Douri was reportedly killed during fighting against Sunni insurgent for...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle East - Voice of AmericaThe Iranian trial of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian is set to start soon, but Rezaian has yet to meet with his lawyer, and his family still does not know the exact charges against him. His brother, Ali Rezaian, told VOA's Persia...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Middle East"Hamas negotiates with the enemy with arms, not talks," declares deputy Hamas leader.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Middle EastFormer Yemen president Saleh says he will not leave the country in a post on his official Facebook page, contradicting reports in the Gulf Arab media that he sought a safe exit.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Middle EastMilitary units protecting Yemen's Masila oil fields, the country's largest, withdrew and handed over security responsibilities to armed local tribes, the tribesmen and oil company employees say.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from JPost.com - Israel NewsAs part of their initial decrees against the Jews, the Nazis forced them to wear yellow stars.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from LebanonMarada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh has said he would back the extension of Army chief Gen. Jean Qahwaji's term to avoid vacuum in the military leadership but would also call on the minister representing him in the cabinet to res...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from NNANNA - The funerals of late eminent director Raymonf Jbara kicked off on Friday in his hometown in Qornet Shehwan, amid crowds of officials, artists and fans. Antelias Parish Bishop Camille Ziadeh is
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from WorldMore than 11,000 migrants have been rescued from the Mediterranean and taken to Italy in the past six days, coastguards said, with hundreds more expected Friday. As the wave of refugees trying to get to Europe grows, the Italian navy sai...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> WorldIndian police arrested a top Kashmiri separatist leader for leading an anti-India demonstration and detained two others to prevent a planned protest in the Himalayan region.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from JPost.com - Israel NewsIn an interview with Channel One, the Israeli-American media tycoon suggested he has intimate knowledge of the Democratic candidate's real stance on the Iran nuclear deal.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from WorldPakistani security forces have seized a vehicle packed with more than a ton of explosives in the country's restive southwestern province of Baluchistan, officials said Friday. Government paramilitary troops recovered the vehicle along wi...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from NNANNA - Minister of Finance, Ali Hassan Khalil, convened on Friday with head of Change and Reform Bloc, MP Michel Aoun, at his Rabiyeh residence. Present at the meeting was MP Ibrahim Kenaan. Discussion
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from JPost.com - Israel NewsThe two nationalist politicians were vocal critics of Netanyahu’s handling of Operation Protective Edge.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Global AgendaPresident Obama says he is “surprised” that Russia had waited as long as it did to seal a deal to sell missile defense systems to Iran.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle EastTwo suspected al-Qaida militants were killed overnight in Yemen in a drone strike believed to have been carried out by the United States, a tribal source said on Friday. The late night strike targeted a vehicle in Habban, southeast of At...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyond'SNCF committed, conspired to commit and aided and abetted others who committed, war crimes'
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Middle EastIran has called for immediate peace talks between Yemen's warring parties, official media says, as rebels backed by Tehran battle loyalist forces supported by Saudi-led airstrikes.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Lebanon NewsThe Lebanese Army announced Friday that it would be receiving the first shipment of French arms as part of a military aid package from Saudi Arabia.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from JerusalemOnline.com RSS FeedMember of Betar movement marked Holocaust Memorial Day demonstrating against the formulating nuclear deal between the world powers and Iran outside the Iranian embassy in France. “The free world failed confronting Germany. We won’t let i...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Middle EastPresident Obama to welcome the six leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council kingdoms for talks on Iran's nuclear program.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from NNANNA - National News Agency field correspondent on Friday reported that an Israeli infantry unity attempted today to kidnap shepherd Samer Salah in the outskirts of Kfarshouba village, but he managed
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle EastThousands of civilians have fled escalating fighting between pro-government forces and jihadists in the Iraqi city of Ramadi over the past week, the United Nations said on Friday. The U.N. office for the coordination of humanitarian affa...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from LebanonThe Internal Security Forces denied on Friday delaying the implementation of the controversial new traffic law, which was expected to kick off on April 22. “No memo was issued concerning the matter,” ISF said, pointing out that any decis...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyond12 people arrested for trying to break into foreign-owned shops, police say
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Middle EastISIS issuing photo identity cards and a range of administrative documents to males in Syria's Raqa province, say activists.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondIraq PM vows to end sectarian divisions at end of US visit
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondFiery Cross was little more than a reef when China began to turn it into an island in late 2014
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> WorldGeneva, April 17, 2015 (AFP) - More than 8,000 Burundians have fled in the past two weeks to Rwanda and DR Congo following mounting tensions in the central African country ahead of a key vote, the UN said Friday.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondColumnist Oles Buzyna, 45, was a supporter of Ukraine's ousted Kremlin-backed president Viktor...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from WorldPolice in southern China on Friday shot dead at least two people described as suspected terrorists near the border with Vietnam, state media reported. The shootings took place when police were attempting to make arrests, China National R...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Haaretz.com headlines RSSAutocratic Saudi Arabia and Iran may be battling for control of Yemen, but American democracy appears to be what citizens actually want. Washington should help lead negotiations to bring Yemen back from state failure.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyond1,400 guests, among them relatives of the victims, gathered in northern Europe's largest Gothic...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Lebanon NewsIslamist inmates at Roumieh prison take 3 officers hostage during riot: security source
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondTehran's far-reaching hacking efforts indicate regime searching for vulnerable points for future...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Middle EastThousands of civilians have fled escalating fighting between pro-government forces and jihadis in Ramadi over the past week, the UN says.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Middle EastA senior Iraqi military official with the Salahuddin Command Center says Iraqi security forces have gained full control over a contested area south of the country's largest oil refinery.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Times of Israel » Israel & the RegionFrance to spend 100 million euros for program to combat rising extremism in wake of deadly Paris attacks
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Lebanon NewsThe talks for the release of the Lebanese soldiers and policemen held hostage by jihadis are progressing, General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim announced Friday without setting a deadline for the release.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Haaretz.com headlines RSSAssad blames 'huge' external support for loss of ground; UN chief calls for immediate cease-fire by all parties in Yemen.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from LebanonIsraeli troops on Friday made an incursion into Lebanese territory in a bid to abduct a shepherd but the attempt was foiled by the Lebanese man's dog, a media report said. "The Israeli army staged an ambush in the Jabal al-Rous area insi...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> WorldThe UN says the number of people killed in a year of fighting in Ukraine has now passed 6,100, and says it's increasingly worried that breaches in a cease-fire will further worsen the human rights situation in parts of the country's east.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Middle EastTwo suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed overnight in Yemen in a drone strike believed to have been carried out by the United States, a tribal source say.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle EastSaudi-led warplanes pounded a rebel convoy headed to bolster an assault on loyalist forces in Yemen's battleground second city Aden, while fighting raged in the third city of Taez, officials said Friday. At least 20 rebels were killed, a...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from JPost.com - Israel NewsChannel 1 reported that investigators have compiled evidence that is likely to serve as the basis for an indictment against Gabi Ashkenazi, two others.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from JPost.com - Israel NewsDefense Ministry official Amos Gilad’s comments were reported on the website of Israel Radio.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from WorldThe United Nations on Friday expressed concern at the latest round of xenophobic attacks in South Africa, saying the violence had displaced 5,000 people. At least six people have been killed with the unrest spreading from the eastern por...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle EastSyrian President Bashar Assad accused neighboring Turkey of torpedoing a U.N. plan for a ceasefire with rebels in the second city of Aleppo, in comments published on Friday. Assad told the Swedish newspaper Expressen that Ankara had used...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from JerusalemOnline.com RSS FeedThe PM will also meet Lieberman. He might need to ask the president for a time extension, as his first 28-day period ends on Tuesday...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The International Middle East Media Center - IMEMC News
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Middle EastDavutoglu angrily condemns the European Parliament for adopting a resolution urging Turkey to recognize the mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondTurkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu hits out at European Parliament
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Al Jazeera EnglishThousands of Christianity's oldest artefacts and manuscripts under threat from ISIL's advance.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaCountry starts legal proceedings against two US and three UK companies drilling for oil and gas off Argentina coast
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaExperts question if police departments are making the best hires
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Most viewed RSS‘On Monday morning, I will hand Manny a cheque for $50 million’ says promoter Bob Arum
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Al Jazeera EnglishUN drivers killed and one other person wounded near the western city of Gao, UN says.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Most viewed RSSThey push train for some .04km after it halts in neutral zone
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Most viewed RSSMaglev line between Tokyo and the city of Nagoya planned to open in 2027
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle-EastThu, 2015-04-16 22:17 CAIRO: An Egyptian soldier was killed and three others wounded on Thursday when a roadside bomb hit an armored vehicle in the Northern Sinai, sources...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Most viewed RSSFire erupted at about 12:30pm from a food production factory behind Bowling Center
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaState has been hardest hit by outbreak, which has so far cost Midwest producers over 2 million turkeys and chickens
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsSaudi Arabia ranks third in the world in terms of tax payments by companies and individuals, and second regionally for setting up small and medium enterprises.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from UAE RSS feed - The NationalThe report called for businesses in the UAE to take action as it revealed companies were ill-prepared for the high-risk, high-growth mindset of the GenMobile workforce.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaAnalysis: To survive so long, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri allied with a shifting cast of characters jockeying for supremacy
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Most viewed RSSModerate winds to blow dust over some areas, reducing visibility, forecaster says
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Al Jazeera EnglishWorld number one to face Berdych in the final after beating eight-time winner Nadal in the semi-final.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle-EastWed, 2015-04-15 23:36 BAGHDAD: The Islamic State group launched an offensive in Iraq’s western Anbar province on Wednesday, capturing three villages near the provincial...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeWASHINGTON: The three West African countries hit hardest by the Ebola epidemic called for an $8 billion “Marshall Plan” on Friday to help rebuild their economies and boost prevention efforts. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf told...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaBaine Kerr, one of the lead attorneys for the accuser in the Jameis Winston case, speaks on sexual assault in sports
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from WorldFri, 2015-04-17 01:39 MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said Thursday the worst was over for Russia’s crisis-hit economy as he shrugged off widespread concerns over the...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle-EastWed, 2015-04-15 23:37 Women in GCC countries have broken through the glass ceiling and have established their credentials in traditionally male-dominated disciplines....
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Al Jazeera America'Significant increase' in cases tied to intravenous drug use, despite a temporary lift of needle-exchange ban
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Al Jazeera America200 police carry out raids in Melbourne to foil Australian teens' plot to use 'edged weapons' for Veterans Day attack
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Al Jazeera EnglishMessi scores his 400th goal for the club as Barcelona go five points clear of Real Madrid.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsFinance Minister Ali Hasan Khalil’s 2015 draft budget is not expected to be ratified by Cabinet or Parliament unless the bill is totally revised or amended to make it more realistic, insiders, former ministers and economists said.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comHis Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to Queen Margrethe II of Denmark on the occasion of her birthday
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Most viewed RSSThe Egyptian godess’ name is also an acronym for the radical Daesh group
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comA fishing boat transferring illegal aliens and smugglers in Daghmar was apprehended and three smugglers were arrested. The police identified the caches used by the smugglers to hide the narcotics
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Most viewed RSSThe epicentre of the 3.5 quake was between the Sea of Oman and Iran
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeANKARA: A Turkish man was sentenced on Friday to almost twelve years in jail for attempting to assassinate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan when he was still prime minister, state media said. An Istanbul court convicted Ferhat Yildiz of “a...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Saudi Press AgencyBeirut, Jumada II 28, 1436, April 17, 2015, SPA -- Advisor to Minister of Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and President of National Campaign to support our brothers in Syria Dr. Saed Al-Orabi Al-Harthi pointed out that his curren...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeCANBERRA: Kevin Rudd is not a candidate to be the next United Nations’ secretary-general, a spokeswoman said on Friday, despite the former Australian prime minister leaving the door open for the high-profile job in an interview. The 57-y...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Saudi Press AgencyISTANBUL, Jumada II 28, 1436, April 17, 2015, SPA -- A Turkish Airlines plane landed safely in Istanbul after being recalled due to a bomb threat while bound for Basel, a spokeswoman said, the latest in a series of such incidents that ha...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from WorldThu, 2015-04-16 23:45 ISLAMABAD: Chinese President Xi Jinping will launch energy and infrastructure projects worth $46 billion on a visit to Pakistan next week as China...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Most viewed RSSCity excels over 14 established metropolises in public transport services
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaResearchers find that heavy Facebook use has effect similar to fashion magazines on girls' self-esteem
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comThe second phase of the competition will now cover the interior regions of Dhofar, Al Batinah and Al Dakhiliyah
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaAs troops kick off annual joint exercises, US curfews imposed are thought to relate to alleged murder of trans Filipina
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaThe UN warns that if there is no change, there will be no drinkable water left in the Gaza Strip by 2016
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaMulti-city protests target major new trade agreements Obama is negotiating with Europe and Pacific nations
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Most viewed RSSHafeez Ahmad Bhatti and Khalida Hafeez, were riding on airport-bound train on Wednesday when a woman sitting nearby started to rant at them
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Most viewed RSSAbu-Dhabi based Nikita Gandhi ‘played it safe’ by picking up business over culinary school. But destiny had other plans
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from www.timesofoman.com
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Most viewed RSSAl Jaboori is a former BBC journalist who became Al Abadi’s spokesman less than six months ago
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Most viewed RSSThe expectation among his supporters is that over the next few months, the awe and amusement caused by his vanishing trick will subside
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Most viewed RSSDefendant grabbed woman’s hand by surprise, kissed it against her will when she picked up her pen
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaReports of gang rapes involving Montana football players led to a Justice Department overhaul of sexual assault policies
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeCANBERRA: A Muslim couple racially abused by a Sydney train passenger have thanked another commuter who defended them, with a video capturing the incident going viral on social media as police launched an investigation. The pair, Hafeez ...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Middle-EastWed, 2015-04-15 23:36 ADEN: Civil war may be tearing Yemen apart but every afternoon combatants set aside the struggle for the country’s future to stuff their cheeks with...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Al Jazeera EnglishThe unknown disease has so far killed 17 people in a southeastern Nigerian town and officials have ruled out Ebola.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeCOLOGNE: The passengers and crew killed in the Germanwings plane that crashed into the French Alps were remembered on Friday at a memorial service in which 150 candles were lit on the steps of the altar of Cologne Cathedral. With the gri...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from World Bulletin / WorldAden Haji Hussein was killed after he had taken his wife to hospital. The gunmen had blocked his path as he was returning to his car.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Takfiri group claimed responsibility for a terrorist bomb attack in Afghanistan that killed at least 30 people queuing to collect their wages and injured 100 more today.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from World Bulletin / WorldMauritanian news website Alakhbar posted an audio statement on Friday claiming the attack on peacekeepers was done on behalf of the armed group al-Mourabitoun.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from World Bulletin / WorldIn December, Israel began withholding around $130 million per month of taxes it collects on behalf of the Palestinians after the Palestinian Authority announced it was joining the International Criminal Court (ICC).
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Anadolu Ajansı Güncel HaberlerTurkish Cypriots will exercise their voting rights in the country’s seventh presidential election, in which seven candidates, including five independents, are in the run.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, April 18, IRNA – Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has welcomed wearing Hijab (Islamic Dress Code) to visit Iran, according to WA Today.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, April 18, IRNA – Wall Street Journal wrote in its latest edition that Western oil companies are eager to invest in Iran.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, April 18, IRNA - President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to cooperate with all countries including Australia in the fight against violence, extremism and terrorism.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from www.irna.irShiraz, Fars Prov., April 18, IRNA – The High Council and Central Bureau of the Sunni Friday and Congregational Prayers Leaders in south Iran in a statement on Saturday condemned Saudi air raids on Yemen.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, April 18, IRNA – After three days of intensive talks between Iran and Pakistan from April 16-17 and at the end of the eighth Iran-Pakistan security conference in Islamabad, the two sides inked an agreement on security cooperation...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from World Bulletin / WorldThe Turkish Consulate General building in the Greek city of Thessaloniki has been damaged during a demonstration against high-security prisons Friday night.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Uploads by PressTV News VideosPutin warnes Israel against supplying lethal weapons to Ukraine Vladimir Putin says the move could be counterproductive and would only result in more confrontation and bloodshed in eastern Ukraine. He made the remarks after media outlets...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, April 18, IRNA – Iranian foreign minister said in a phone conversation with his Omani counterpart that Iran is ready to contribute to stop military operations in Yemen and initiate Yemeni-Yemeni peace talks.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- Norway is likely to recognize Palestine as an independent state if the Labor Party wins the next parliamentary elections, the party's leader said at its annual conference.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian Armed Forces stormed a convoy of rebels' vehicles in the Southern Province of al-Sweida and confiscated a number of rockets US-made.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from TODAYS ZAMANBritish academic and co-editor of the recently published book “Contemporary Protest and the Legacy of Dissent,” Professor Stuart Price recently took the time to sit with Sunday's Zaman to share his expertise in the field of political dis...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Uploads by PressTV News VideosA poll in France revealed a shocking level of sexual harassment on trains in Paris According to the poll commissioned by the High Council for Equality, 100 percent of the 600 women polled said they'd experienced some form of gender-b...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from TODAYS ZAMANVerbal attacks against veiled Turkish women are on the increase and tens of thousands of people are again taking to the streets of Dresden after a short break as the German far right anti-Islam movement Patriotic Europeans Against the Is...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- The human rights group, Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP), in a recent report disclosed that Israel has deliberately targeted the Palestinian children with live bullets throughout 2014.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Anadolu Ajansı Güncel HaberlerArmy spokesman Mohamed Samir said on Facebook that border patrol troops in Sinai had destroyed 69 entry points to underground tunnels on the border with the Gaza Strip between March 28 and April 15.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Anadolu Ajansı Güncel HaberlerToday, while the independence celebrations are being held under the theme "Consolidating Unity, Peace and Economic Sovereignty," Zimbabweans no longer speak with one voice and the country is divided and politically polarized.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from TODAYS ZAMANThe election manifesto of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) announced by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu features similar pledges to those made in previous elections, which the party has failed to fulfil. The AK Party, i...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Uploads by PressTV News VideosA teenage student has been killed by police in Indian-controlled Kashmir On the second day of violent clashes between Indian forces and protesters in the Indian-controlled Kashmir, a teenage student has been killed by police. The protest...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from iranDailyOnlineUS President Barack Obama has announced that Washington and its negotiating partners in nuclear talks with Iran are open to lifting sanctions immediately.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, April 18, IRNA – First Vice-President Es'haq Jahangiri said Saturday that giving support to promotion of new sciences is high on the agenda of the government.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Kurdpress News AganecyIraqi ground forces secured the perimeter around the country’s biggest oil refinery on April 18 and entered the vast complex amid heavy clashes with the Islamic State (IS) militants, said a senior Iraqi military official.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from iranDailyOnlineTwo drivers were shot dead in an attack on a peacekeeping supply convoy in northern Mali, the UN officials said Saturday.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- The Iraqi army started fresh military operations in the city of Ramadi in al-Anbar province on Saturday.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Rss feed .. Ammon News ..Jordan NewsAMMONNEWS - A Royal Decree was issued on Saturday dissolving Parliament's ordinary session as of May 2, 2015.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- The governor of the US state of Oklahoma has signed a law allowing death row prisoners to be executed with nitrogen gas, a report said.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Anadolu Ajansı Güncel HaberlerFire broke out at mosque before Friday prayers in Komotini city damaging roof and interior.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- Parisians are calling on the government to combat sexual harassment on public transport after a poll shows that 100 percent of the women said they experienced at least one incident, a media report said.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from InCyprus » Local
Cyprus’ bailout agenda was back on track Saturday after a tense vote in parliament saw controversial foreclosure legislation finally pass through as demanded by the country’s international lenders. The post Foreclosure law finally gets t... - Saturday, April 18, 2015 from iranDailyOnlineSix Iranian cineastes are to be honored at the closing ceremony of the First Iranian Photographers Celebration to be held in Tehran's Qasr Garden-Museum from May 15-22.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from World Bulletin / Middle EastPutting the Sinai-based group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis comes in light of Egypt's recently-approved Terrorist Entities Law issued by President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi in February.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from TODAYS ZAMANThe Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) has said an investigation launched against prominent charity organization Kimse Yok Mu on charges of terrorism aims to intimidate and limit the activities of a civil society organization. The...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from www.irna.irKuala Lumpur, April 18, IRNA – Iranian Ambassador to Australia Abdolhossein Vahaji says there are vast grounds for Iran-Australia cooperation in tourism, trade, culture, nano technology, agriculture and research fileds as well as exchang...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from iranDailyOnlineAcclaimed Iranian director Pouran Derakhshandeh said the 33rd Fajr International Film Festival provides Iranian and international filmmakers with the opportunity to interact effectively.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, April 18, IRNA – Commander of ground forces of Army Brigadier General Ahmad-Reza Pourdastan said Saturday that army respects sovereignty of other countries and will never attack any other country.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Yeni Safak - NewsTurkish Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek has accused foreign countries of using the Armenian "genocide" issue as a tool to...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, April 18, IRNA -- First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri said on Saturday that Iran and G5+1 are on the last step, they have reached agreements on all points except writing context of the deal.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Uploads by PressTV News VideosArgentina defends lawsuit against UK,US drilling on disputed islands Argentina has defended its decision to sue British and American companies for oil and gas drilling on the disputed Malvinas islands also known as the Falklands. Argenti...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from www.irna.irZanjan prov, April 18, IRNA – Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Saturday unveiled 'Basir' drone on the occasion of National Army Day.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Anadolu Ajansı Güncel HaberlerTurkish Parliament Speaker Cicek has accused foreign countries of using 1915 events as a tool to harm Turkey.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from iranDailyOnlineSouth African police detained more than 30 people overnight as xenophobic violence simmered around the economic hub Johannesburg, officials said on Saturday.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from World Bulletin / WorldAbdullah Zekri, the the head of the French National Observatory against Islamophobia has said that anti-Muslim acts rose by 500 percent.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Anadolu Ajansı Güncel HaberlerThe congress said the proposed presidential council would be tasked with tackling political and state issues.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from World Bulletin / TurkeyBullets were fired at main office of the HDP office based in Ankara
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Ground Force Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said Saudi Arabia and its allies will face a crushing defeat in their aggression against Yemen.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from RudawI’d never have expected the war reaching our cities inside the Kurdistan Region!
