Monday, 19 November 2012
Hassan Hussein cuts down 40 trees every month to fuel his charcoal business, fully aware of the impact his action has on the environment. But for the livestock keeper, the forests are the last remaining resource. And he is not alone. Hundreds of thousands of Somalia’s traditional pastoralist ... Read More
Saturday, 17 November 2012
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent remarks on a possible reintroduction of capital punishment have triggered an outcry in the European Union, a leading advocate for its abolition. Erdogan, famous for his provocative talk, triggered controversy earlier this month when he suggested the death ... Read More
Friday, 16 November 2012
A Muslim Barber in Ontario, Canada, was sued by a woman after he refused to cut her hair saying his religion does not allow him to touch women, according to media reports. Omar Mahrouk, co-owner of the Terminal Barber shop said his staff and himself are of Muslim faith which prohibits them from touching a woman who is not a ... Read More
Thursday, 15 November 2012
An unprecedented display of Saudi artifacts and relics discovered recently are on exhibit this month in the Sackler hall at the famed Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. The exhibit sheds light on an unknown era of the Arabian Peninsula's history, featuring Stone Age spearheads and stone Sarcophaguses crafted in the ... Read More
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
What will shape the global economic outlook in 2013 and how will these factors impact the employment crisis, particularly among youth? The World Economic Forum hosts this televised session in partnership with Al Arabiya. The session will Read More
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Taliban insurgents on Wednesday dragged two young Afghan men from their car and shot them dead because they worked for NATO troops as interpreters, police said. The bloodied bodies of the men were found next to their car on the side of a road in Logar province, less than 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of the ... Read More
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
North Korea tried to export ballistic missile parts to Syria in May in violation of U.N. sanctions, Japanese media said Wednesday, citing diplomats who have seen a classified U.N. report. South Korean authorities inspected North Korean cargo bound for Syria and confiscated hundreds of cylinders that could be ... Read More
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Syrian rebels are in control of nearly all of the villages along the border with Israel, the Jewish state’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday, during a tour of the Golan Heights region with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Jerusalem Post reported Barak saying that the Syrian military is becoming less ... Read More
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
The U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, is under investigation for “inappropriate” emails to a woman linked to the sex scandal involving former CIA director David Petraeus, a defense official said Tuesday. The revelation represented yet another stunning turn in a widening scandal that has jolted ... Read More
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Ultra-Orthodox Israeli soldiers were reportedly offended after they witnessed a female comrade braiding a fellow soldier’s hair in public, Israeli media reported this week. The female recruit was ordered to hand in a written apology, which consisted of a “five page essay,” her mother was quoted as saying on the Ynet news ... Read More
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Jill Kelley is a fixture on the Tampa, Florida, military scene, volunteering for community relations work with foreign military officers and their families stationed at MacDill Air Force base. She is also a friend of David Petraeus, and yet, she appears to have contributed to his stunning downfall and departure as ... Read More
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Iran expressed hope on Monday that a planned meeting with the U.N. nuclear watchdog next month would lead to a "framework of cooperation" on a possible visit by inspectors to the Parchin military site, stressing any decision to hold direct talks with the U.S. on Tehran's disputed nuclear program would have to be ... Read More
Monday, 12 November 2012
As British Prime Minister David Cameron prepares to use the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Syria to put an end to the massacres the Syrian regime is committing throughout the country, British Special Forces are training rebels to assassinate the Syrian president and his commanders, the London Daily Star reported. UK government ... Read More
Monday, 12 November 2012
Muslims and other ethnic minorities residing in Britain should become conditioned to the lifestyle of Christians and include Christmas in their list of celebrated traditional holidays, a Britain Cabinet Minister has said. Baroness Warsi, Britain’s first Muslim Cabinet minister, told The Mail on Sunday that it was time to ... Read More
Monday, 12 November 2012
A radical Muslim cleric described as an “enormous risk” to UK security won a last-minute appeal on Monday against deportation to face terrorism charges in Jordan, in a blow to Britain which has being trying to remove him for a decade. A senior judge at a special London court said there was a risk that evidence obtained ... Read More
Monday, 12 November 2012
Through a video monitor in a military courtroom near Seattle, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales saw young Afghan girls smile beneath bright head coverings before they described the bloodbath he’s accused of committing. He saw boys fidget as they remembered how they hid behind curtains when a gunman killed 16 people in ... Read More
Monday, 12 November 2012
Pakistan plans to honor Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl education campaigner shot by the Taliban, by opening special schools in her name for poor children, officials said on Monday. The “Malala Schools” are planned for 16 areas around Pakistan affected by conflict or natural disasters, Nafisa Shah, chairwoman ... Read More
Monday, 12 November 2012
A shooting rampage in March that left 16 Afghans dead in two villages was the work of more than one person, an Afghan police investigator testified on Sunday, contradicting the U.S. government’s account. Military prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, accusing him of killing the ... Read More
Saturday, 10 November 2012
CIA Director David Petraeus resigned his post as head of the nation’s leading spy agency on Friday, saying he had engaged in an extramarital affair and acknowledging that he “showed extremely poor judgment.” In a letter to the CIA workforce, Petraeus, 60, said that he met with President Barack Obama at the White House on ... Read More
Friday, 09 November 2012
Turkish actor Kivanc Tatlitug, better known as “Muhannad” the romantic hero who stars in popular Turkish soap operas, has tied the knot with former Miss World Azra Akin. Turkish newspapers reported on Friday that Tatlitug had informed his parents of his will to marry Akin on their return from a romantic holiday in Holland, ... Read More