Latest Arab News
RSS-
Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone
Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone GAZA - Palestinian Government in Gaza announced that the tunnels between Egypt and Gaza were closed, and the border was declared as a military zone."The tunnels between Gaza and Egypt, where the smuggling and shipment of some goods were made, were closed, and the border was declared as a closed military ...
-
U.S. pays Israeli firm to supply Arab militaries
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON -- In an unprecedented step, an Israeli subsidiary has been contracted by the United States to supply equipment to Arab militaries. The U.S. Defense Department has awarded the U.S. subsidiary of Elbit Systems a contract to supply aircraft components to such Arab League states as Iraq and Kuwait. The $31 million contract to Vision Systems International ...
-
Saudi Arabia signs deal to stop exploitation of Filipina maids
MANILA // The Philippines said yesterday it had signed a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia that would protect thousands of Filipina maids from being exploited in the kingdom. The agreement guarantees Filipinas a day off each week and prevents their hiring costs from being deducted from their salary among other safeguards, said labour secretary Rosalinda Baldoz. "We are very confident ...
More Arab News
RSS-
Construction disputes in Middle East drag on
Going nowhere: a pronounced escalation in stalled construction projects during the financial downturn has led to a plethora of protracted legal disputes. Jeff Topping / The ...
-
Deputy Knesset Speaker Feiglin on Iran Arab Spring U.S. Aid and More
JERUSALEM -- Deputy Speaker of the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) Moshe Feiglin, who leads the Manhigut Yehudit (the Jewish Leadership) faction of the ruling Likud Party, spoke ...
-
UK set to deport radical Muslim cleric to Jordan
LONDON - Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada could be deported to Jordan to face trial on terrorism charges within weeks, a British court heard on Monday, and it ruled he should remain in jail in the meantime to prevent him from absconding.Abu Qatada's deportation to Jordan, which the British government has been trying to achieve for eight years, is expected to take place within weeks when ...
-
Car bomb blasts claim more than 60 lives in Iraq
More than 60 people were killed in a series of car bomb explosions targeting Shiite Muslims across Iraq on Monday, police and medics said, part of the worst sectarian violence since US troops pulled out in December 2011.The attacks brought the number killed in sectarian clashes in the past week to over 200.No group claimed responsibility for the bombings. Iraq is home to a number of Sunni ...
-
Interior Ministrys Health and Social Affairs Directorate Takes Part in an Arab Conference in Tunis
Manama, May 20. (BNA) -- Director of Health and Social Affairs at the Interior Ministry Dr. Mohamed Al-Olayyan has participated in fourth conference of Arab Directors of Health and Social Care Centres of security bodies, hosted by the Secretariat General of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers in its headquarters in Tunis on May 15 and 16. Dr. Mohammed Al-Olayyan said that the Health and ...
-
Saudi Arabia Welcomes UN General Assemblys Resolution on Syria
Jeddah, May 20. (BNA) -- Saudi Arabia has welcomed the approval of the General Assembly of the United Nations of an Arab resolution condemning the escalation of violence and killings in Syria. In a statement following the Saudi Cabinet's meeting, chaired here today by Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Defence Minister HRH Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Minister of ...
-
Abu Qatada to remain in prison until he returns to Jordan
Jordan to stand trial on terror charges, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) has ruled.Mr Justice Irwin said Abu Qatada, who has been repeatedly detained as an international terror suspect in prison in Britain over the past 12 years, remained a threat to national security with a wide support network and could not be trusted not to abscond.Abu Qatada informed the home secretary, ...
-
30 women teachers demonstrate in Saudi Arabia demanding full time jobs benefits
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - About 30 Saudi women teachers have demonstrated outside the kingdom's Education Ministry, demanding full time jobs. An Associated Press reporter saw women holding posters Monday calling for full time contracts and benefits that include steady pay and retirement packages. Some say they have been teaching part time in government schools for more than 10 years. The ...
-
Ghana Mahama Got It Wrong - Abu Ramadan
Kumasi - The National Youth Organiser of the People's National Convention (PNC) and leading member of the Alliance For Accountable Government (AFAG), Abu Ramadan, has challenged a remark made by His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama, that sought to suggest that the Supreme Court was being given the opportunity to hear the electoral petition currently before it. The PNC youth leader ...
-
Restricting Speech Restricts Arab Freedom
The sight of hundreds of thousands of Arabs marching on the streets of a number of Arab countries, demanding their dignity and rights, will remain among the iconic images of the twenty-first century. The willingness of so many citizens to take such tremendous risks to their own lives, with thousands dying for their freedom, stunned a world long accustomed to the image of the resigned, ...
-
SP lowers Jordan sovereign credit rating to BB-minus from BB
NEW YORK | Mon May 20, 2013 12:00pm EDT NEW YORK May 20 (Reuters) - Rating agency Standard & Poor's on Monday lowered Jordan's sovereign credit rating to BB-minus from BB. (Reporting by Caryn Trokie and Pam Niimi; writing by Luciana Lopez; Editing by Chizu ...
-
A 24-carat concierge gold iPads for Dubais Burj Al Arab guests
DUBAI // Guests of the Burj Al Arab will now be presented with 24-carat gold iPads when they check in at the lavish hotel. The gleaming tablets, which are engraved with the hotel's logo, come loaded with "interactive customer experience" software that enables visitors to call up information about the hotel and access services such as private dining and housekeeping. The Burj Al ...
-
Hizb ut Tahrir Wilayah of Egypt convened a seminar on the The economic crisis of Egypt its roots causes and solution
On Saturday 1st Rajab 1434 (11/05/13) Hizb ut Tahrir Wilayah of Egypt convened an economic seminar in the premises of the 'Lawyers Association' under the title: 'The economic crisis of Egypt, the roots, causes and the ...
-
Qatar sets up $1b fund for investment in infrastructure
Three Qatari state-backed entities, including the Gulf nation's acquisitive sovereign wealth fund, are setting up a $1 billion fund to invest in overseas energy infrastructure assets.The new fund will be run by Qatar Holding, Qatar Petroleum International (QPI) and Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC), a bourse filing from QEWC said on Monday.Qatar, with one of the highest per capita ...
-
Saudi Arabia authorities refuse to accept new Indian passports
Dubai: In fresh trouble for Indians in Saudi Arabia, the authorities there have refused to accept new passports issued by Indian diplomatic missions. Saudi Arabia authorities have declined to transfer data from old passports to the new ones submitted by Indian expatriates for updating, saying they have not received any official information on modification.In the old passport, the passport ...
-
Israel cancels planned visit by UNESCO delegation
The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Monday cancelled a planned visit by a UNESCO delegation to Jerusalem due to the efforts of Palestinian factions to politicize it, local media reported.The ministry said the Palestinians are trying to turn this visit into a "fact-finding mission of Israel's moves in Jerusalem. "In statements to Xinhua, a well-placed source said "the ...
-
MIDEAST STOCKS-Kuwait extends rally UAE mkts slip off multi-yr highs
By Nadia Saleem DUBAI | Mon May 20, 2013 10:26am EDT DUBAI May 20 (Reuters) - Kuwait's bourse extended sharp year-to-date gains in heavy trading on Monday, while profit-taking weighed on bourses in the United Arab Emirates and other markets were mixed. Kuwait's index rose 1.3 percent to hit a fresh 46-month high, trading 111 million dinars ($387.9 million). Companies owned by ...
-
Arabs Weaver finishes tied for 8th in state
Two bad holes kept Arab High's Zach Weaver from climbing higher on the leader board at the Class 5A state golf tournament at The Shoals in Muscle Shoals earlier this week.Still, the junior finished the tournament Tuesday tied for eighth place individually.Weaver, playing in his second state tournament, followed an outstanding 3-over 75 on Monday with a 78 on Tuesday to finish at 9-over 153, ...
-
Deployment comes hours after police camp came under fire with heavy weapons in dawn attack that further heightened tensions.
CAIRO - Egypt sent police reinforcements to the Sinai after an attack on a police camp on Monday in the wake of the kidnapping of seven security personnel in the lawless peninsula, officials ...
-
51 die in 2 South Sudan clashes army retakes town
JUBA, South Sudan -; Twenty-four people died in a battle between South Sudan's military and rebel fighters the government believes to be supported by neighboring Sudan, while a tribe-on-tribe cattle-raiding attack elsewhere in the country killed 27 people, officials said ...
-
Egypt boosts Sinai forces amid hostage crisis
EL-ARISH, Egypt - The Egyptian army sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula on Monday after President Mohamed Morsi said there would be no talks with militant Islamists ...
-
Two wounded as gunmen attack Libya gas site report
Police vehicles are seen next to a gas pipeline after an explosion, 18 km (11 miles) south of the city of Ajdabiyah April 3, 2013. REUTERS/Esam ...
Jordan Digest
-
Aqaba taking Jordan along for the ride
Aqaba is now officially the site of one of the largest infrastructure developments in the Middle East region, and certainly the largest development ever undertaken in Jordan’s history. Marsa Zayed is a mammoth project worth $10 billion and on its own is expected to more than double Jordan’s tourist revenues. Marsa Zayed is one in a long list of significant developments taking place in Aqaba, which is set to become the premier tourist destination of the country and a leading destination in the Gulf, but this project is notable for its sheer size.
Marsa Zayed envisions a marina development with room for 300 yachts and a cruise ship terminal all surrounded by a mixture of hotel, resort and luxury apartment complexes. The entire project is slated for completion in several years time, when Jordan first signed the development deal with Al Mabaar, a UAE-based real estate firm, in 2008, Jordan news media reported that it would be completed in 2013. Read more
News from around our Network
