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15 injured in clashes with Muslim Brotherhood over Morsi appointed govenor
The new Gharbiya governor, Ahmed al-Baily, was appointed by Morsi earlier this week. He is a former high ranking Brotherhood official. Image courtesy of Egypt Independent. 15 people were injured outside the Gharbiya governorate headquarters Tuesday afternoon during violent clashes between members of the Muslim Brotherhood and those who oppose the appointment of new governor Ahmed al-Baily.The ...
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Fears of violence as Egypt nears June 30 protests
The date is shaping up as the culmination of polarization that has sharpened throughout the year. Protests erupted repeatedly the past year - frequently leading to clashes with Islamist supporters of Morsi - but often they were fueled by particular issues like political maneuvers by Morsi or police ...
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Jordans World Cup Dream Alive as Win Sets Up Uzbekistan Playoff
(Reuters) - Jordan's hopes of a first World Cup finals appearance remain alive after they beat Oman 1-0 at home on Tuesday to book a qualifying playoff against Uzbekistan in September. Striker Ahmad Ibrahim scored the winning goal in the 57th minute, stooping low to head home a cross from Khalil Bani Ateyah that drew wild celebrations at the King Abdullah Stadium in Amman. The ...
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US to meet with Taliban as militants open Qatar office
KABUL (AFP) - US officials said Tuesday that they hoped to meet the Taliban within days, after the insurgents opened an office in Qatar and the Afghan government took control of nationwide security from NATO.The Islamist militia, which has been fighting against US-led NATO troops and the Afghan government for 12 years, broke off initial contacts with the Americans last year and have refused to ...
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China ramps up Mideast peace efforts
China's point man on Middle East affairs Tuesday said the country's new administration is adopting an active approach in supporting the Palestine-Israel peace process, but has no desire to compete with the US for influence in the region.Wu Sike, China's special envoy to the Middle East, made the remarks on the sidelines of the UN International Meeting In Support of ...
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Suicide bombs kill 31
Twin suicide bombings killed 31 people after midday prayers at a Shiite Muslim religious center in Baghdad on Tuesday, the latest in violence sparking fears of a revival of full-blown sectarian bloodshed.Tuesday's attacks struck at the Habib ibn al-Mudhaher husseiniyah, or Shiite Muslim religious hall, in north Baghdad. It lies next to Imam al-Sadiq University, a private teaching ...
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Syria regime in push to crush rebels near Damascus activists
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said troops battled rebels in Zamalka and Mleiha east of Damascus, maintained a siege on Douma, also in the east, and fired ...
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Syrians protest in Damascus backing Turkey demos
Damascus on Tuesday for a rare demonstration in support of Turkish protests against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan."Erdogan leave," the demonstrators chanted, waving Syrian flags and pictures of ...
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Jordan endorses extradition treaty with Britain
View Photo AFP/AFP/File - Jordan's King Abdullah II, pictured here on April 25, 2013, has endorsed a treaty with Britain expected to pave the way for the extradition of radical cleric Abu Qatada who has resisted ...
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Russias Putin torpedoes G8 efforts to push out Assad
1 of 9. British Prime Minister David Cameron (R), Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan (2nd R), U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto walk together during the G8 Summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 18, ...
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Afghan Taliban opens Qatar office in search of political solution
14/11/2012 18:17 CET The Afghan Taliban has announced its opened an office in Qatar to help restart talks on ending the 12-year-old war. Speaking at a news conference its representative Mohammed Naeem said the Islamist insurgency wanted a political solution that would bring a just government and end foreign occupation. It also wants good relations with Afghanistan’s neighbouring ...
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Egypts Muslim Brotherhood supporters clash with opposition over new Islamist governor
CAIRO - Clashes have erupted between supporters and opponents of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood over the recent appointment of an Islamist governor in a northern city. Security forces fired tear gas to separate the two groups on Tuesday in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, an anti-Brotherhood stronghold. The fighting broke out after opposition protesters chained up the gate to the new ...
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Arab village in Israel targeted in racial attackVandals daubed Arabs out graffiti and punctured tyres in an Arab village near Jerusalem on Tuesday targeting a community widely seen in Israel as a showcase for Jewish-Arab coexistence.
Jewish-Arab coexistence . Unlike similar attacks that have damaged Arab mosques, homes, vehicles and olive groves, the vandalism took place in an Arab village in Israel popular with Jewish visitors, rather than in a Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank. Abu Ghosh, where the tyres of 28 cars were punctured and anti-Arab slogans scrawled on walls, is located along the main Tel ...
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Hamilton pilot school chosen for Qatar deal
A Hamilton aviation training school is offering aspiring pilots the chance to fast-track their way into jets at fast-growing Gulf carrier Qatar. CTC has been selected to train six recruits every two months as part of the Qatar programme but they will have to pay their way. Qatar Airways will provide a conditional offer of employment to trainees who will train in Hamilton for about eight months ...
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US to start talks with Taliban in Qatar on Thursday
USA US officials will meet this week with Taliban representatives in Doha, Qatar, to kick off peace talks, senior officials said. The US is expected to call on the militant group to renounce violence and break ties with Al-Qaeda. The new talks were authorized by Taliban leader Mohammed Omar and will begin in the Qatari capital on Thursday, a Reuters cites US officials as saying. Senior ...
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EU mismanaging €1bn Egypt aid - report
The European Union is failing to ensure that hundreds of millions of euros in aid to Egypt is used effectively and to make the Islamist government tackle corruption and human rights abuses, a European Court of Auditors report ...
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EUs 1 bn euro aid to Egypt ineffective
Catherine Ashton of the EU with Egypt's Mohamed Kamel Amr at an aid deal signing ceremony in Cairo last November. A billion euros of EU aid channelled to Egypt before and after the January 2011 uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's reign failed to improve human rights and governance, or reduce corruption, auditors said ...
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Cardinal Fernando Filoni Visits United Arab Emirates
Will Consecrate Eighth Catholic Church in the RegionBy StaffABU DHABI, June 13, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, visited the United Arab Emirates this week to consecrate a new church dedicated to the St. Anthony of Padua. The consecration of the new Church is seen as crucial given that it is only the eighth Catholic ...
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Qatar bails out Germanys Solarworld
BERLIN (AFP) - German solar panel manufacturer Solarworld announced Tuesday a capital injection by Qatar, a move which will save the company from bankruptcy as the German sector struggles against Asian competition.Solarworld said in a stock exchange statement that it had agreed several measures with its biggest creditors, including the injection by Qatar Solar in return for a 29-percent stake in ...
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Saudi Arabia faces construction logjam
Saudi Arabia could suffer delays because of the introduction of a labour law restricting foreign employment, contractors warned yesterday. A backlog of about 450,000 foreign construction workers were still waiting for the correct paperwork, said Raed Al Aqeeli, the vice chairman of the contractors' committee in the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, with the new laws set to come into ...
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In pictures Middle East memories and nostalgia on Instagram
Dima Tannir's grandfather, wearing glasses, and mother, bottom left, in Chtaura, Lebanon, in the late 1960s. Black and white photos of simpler times where almost everyone wore traditional clothing and looked majestic, to colored photos of families on road trips next to cars or camels, and the more romantic pictures at weddings of couples posing for the ...
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China hosts Middle East peace talks
BEIJING // The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations praised China's growing involvement in the Middle East peace process, saying it enhances the efforts of other nations and should continue to expand. Riyad Mansour made the comments yesterday during a UN conference hosted by China promoting a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The two-day forum is part of ...
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17 new governors of Egypt sworn in
/enpproperty--> CAIRO -The 17 newly-appointed Egyptian governors were sworn in on Monday at presidency headquarters, state-run Nile TV reported. On Sunday, President Mohamed Morsi decided to appoint 17 new governors and keep the other 10 unchanged. The reshuffle includes the governors of Alexandria, Port Said, Ismailia, Matruh and Aswan. According to state-run Al-Ahram news website, seven ...
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Egypt court ends Mubarak detention in fraud case
An Egyptian court on Tuesday ended the detention of HosniMubarakin one corruption case, judicial sources told AFP, but the ousted president will remain in custody on other ...
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Egypt Foreign Ministry statement on UAE relations
Cairo: Egypt’s Foreign Ministry expressed its deep regret over statements on the condition of Egyptian prisoners in the UAE, and emphasised its deep and historic brotherly relations with the ...
Bahrain Spotlight
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Bahrain’s mortgage market weathers recession while other industries struggle
Bahrain’s sound fiscal health, as well as prudent investment decisions by industry leaders has created a situation in which the country is in a fairly strong position compared to other GCC states, especially with regards to the mortgage market, but it’s not all good news.
Bahrain’s mortgage market has achieved significant growth despite a challenging market and is now worth $1.4 billion dollars, making Bahrain one of the strongest countries in terms of realty in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council). There are a number of reasons for this. Read more
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