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Aid groups urge EU to fulfil commitments to Palestinians
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A group of 80 international aid agencies urged the European Union on Saturday to follow through on pledges it made last year to back Palestinian communities seen as vulnerable to Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West ...
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Syrian opposition resumes unity talks key to peace conference
George Sabra (L), a veteran Christian opposition figure and acting President of the Syrian National Coalition, speaks during the opening session of a meeting by members of the Syrian opposition in Istanbul May 23, ...
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Egypt to return taxes collected from Qatar bank deal
CAIRO | Sat May 25, 2013 7:34am EDT CAIRO May 25 (Reuters) - Egypt will refund taxes collected from Qatar National Bank 's acquisition of National Societe Generale Bank to shareholders on Sunday, an official from a clearing company told Reuters on Saturday. The clearing company will return 10.2 million Egyptian pounds ($1.5 million) total in taxes it collected from NSGB ...
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Qatars Nakilat set to enter luxury yacht business
Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) is to diversify from its primary operation of overseeing the world's largest fleet of LNG vessels and start building luxury yachts, the company's managing director told Arabian ...
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Qatar drops bid to host UN aviation body
Qatar has dropped a bid to move the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organisation from Montreal to Doha, Canadian and ICAO officials said on ...
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African dreams of Egypt-like revolt
All over Africa, the dramatic events in Tunisia and Egypt are followed, with opposition groups and dissidents hoping the same could happen in their country. Mostly, these are only dreams, but some could come ...
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Jordan king says extremism grown fat on Israel-Palestinian conflict
SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan - Jordan's King Abdullah II says extremism has "grown fat" off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. "Good faith talks must get going," he said in Saturday remarks at the opening of a two-day meeting of the Geneva-based World Economic Forum on the shores of the Dead Sea. He pointed to an Arab peace initiative that ...
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If Egypt can we can do it too - Swazi opposition
"Tunisia and Egypt are a big 'we can do it too,' not just for Swaziland, but for the rest of the African continent and the repressed Arab world," according to the Swazi ...
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No exodus of Indians from Saudi Arabia Officials
Kingdom has increased "significantly" in the last few months. "There is no exodus of people. The number of Indians who have come to Saudi Arabia in the past three months have risen significantly according to Saudi authorities," said Sibi George, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission at ...
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Still double standards in Egypt justice
Egyptian activists are enraged by continued double standards by the judiciary, as strikers and protesters are still sent to military tribunals while an ex-Minister ordering the shooting of protesters is ...
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Qatar Gaza Aid Via Egypt Not Israel
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Arab Lawmakers Say Early Vote Boosts Netanyahus Chances
Some Arab members of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, said Wednesday that Prime Minister Netanyahu's call for early elections was a simple political calculation. Netanyahu called on Tuesday for an early election, seeking to strengthen his political position after signaling that any military action against Iran could be months away.Opinion polls suggest Netanyahu's right-wing Likud ...
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Deaths in Israel-Egypt Border Shootout
One Israeli soldier and three armed men have been killed in clashes along the Israel-Egypt border. Israeli troops shot the three heavily armed men when they crossed the Egyptian border and ambushed the soldiers, averting "a very big terror attack", an Israeli military spokeswoman said on Friday. The incident took place on the Israeli side of the frontier at a place called Har Harif, ...
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Kuwait says port project to continue despite Iraqi opposition
Kuwait said Wednesday it was " determined to go ahead with" the construction of a port which neighboring Iraq said would affect its shipping lanes.Kuwaiti government spokesman Ali Al-Rashid said the Gulf emirate "won't be intimidated by any remarks," referring to those from Baghdad earlier Wednesday which called the construction of the Mubarak Al-Kabir port on ...
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Iran and Egypt Old Foes New Competitors
Demonstrators storm the offices of the Muslim Brotherhood's political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party, in protest of President Morsi's expansion of powers in Alexandria, Egypt, on Nov. 23. (Photo: Mohamed Hanno, ...
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8 killed across Iraq as violence escalates fresh deaths come after bloodiest day in months
Iraqi armed tribesmen pose for a picture in front of a truck in a road north of Ramadi (Azhar Shallal/AFP) Eight people were killed across Iraq Saturday, hours after a series of bombings rocked Baghdad in the bloodiest day there in months, officials said.Calls for a halt to sectarian violence went unheeded, with gunmen storming the home of a top police anti-terrorism official and killing him, ...
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Lebanese singer Razan introduces dubstep to the Arab World with new video
Who would have thought that scandalous Razan would be the one introducing dubstep to the Arab world? The Lebanese bombshell Razan Moghrabi had been trying to lay low ...
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Revenge Landmines of the Arab Spring - By Joe Sheffer
In the mountains of Yemen, a strange and deadly face-off between elite soldiers and rebellious villagers could have big international ...
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Lebanese president accuses local politicians of turning country
Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman said Friday that local politicians are turning Lebanon into battleground through the unrest in the northern city of Tripoli and fighting in the Syrian region of al-Qusayr.On the occasion of the Resistance and Liberation Day, Suleiman said that Lebanese people have not liberated themselves from their allegiances to political powers, stressing that ...
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Death toll reaches 23 in clashes in Lebanons Tripoli
The death toll from clashes in Lebanon's Tripoli has risen to 23 as cautious calm prevailed in the northern city Friday after fierce battles between pro- and anti-Syria neighborhoods, a local security source told Xinhua.According to the source, the calm had been occasionally violated by intermittent sniper bullets and a rocket that hit Naji Center, where only material damage was caused.At ...
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Food poisoning hits 150 female students in Egypt
At least 150 female students were hit by food poisoning on Friday at Zagazig University in Egypt's Nile Delta province of Sharqiya, senior health ministry official told Xinhua."150 female students were hit by food poisoning in Zagazig University and no death cases have been reported," Health Ministry 's spokesman Yahya Moussa told Xinhua on Friday.Moussa noted that 100 ...
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ECLECTIC RANT Time for Israel to Accept the Arab Peace Initiative as s Basis for Peace Negotiations
) unanimously endorsed by the 22-member Arab League in 2002 at the Beirut Summit of the Arab League? It is time for Israel to accept the API as a basis for peace negotiations. The Arab League latest proposed API to Israel states in brief that if Israel ends the occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, and allows the Palestinians to build their own state, the Arab world will ...
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Royal Congratulatory Messages To Jordan
Bandar Seri Begawan - His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam has consented to send a congratulatory message to His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and member of the royal family, as well as the people of Jordan, on the occasion of Jordan's Independence ...
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US Turkey Qatar seek urgent UN rights debate on Syria
The United States, Turkey and Qatar called Friday for an urgent debate on Syria at the UN's top human rights body next week, citing the escalating conflict and the regime's assault on the central town of ...
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Bahrains GPZ in deal with 1800 workers to end strike
Bahraini labour ministry has said around 1,800 workers at G P Zachariades (GPZ) contracting firm who went on strike last week, claiming they hadn't been paid for the past two months, have returned to work, Gulf Daily News has reported. "There was an agreement that the company would pay one and a half months salary and the balance would be paid in a couple of days," said the ...
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