An act of defiance toward US on Independence Day

North Korea test-fires five ballistic missiles

SEOUL (Agencies)
North Korea fired five ballistic missiles on Saturday, South Korea's defense ministry said, in an apparent act of defiance towards the United States that further stoked regional tensions already high due to its nuclear test in May. South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the missiles test-fired were...More
A photo showing a missile-firing drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea
A photo showing a missile-firing drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea

Jews and Arabs shouldn't live side by side: Israeli minister

Israeli navy performs "unusual" drill in Suez

An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defense sources said on Friday, as an Israeli minister warned against the expanding population of Arab Israelis that do not "love" Israel. A defense source said the Israeli navy held an exercise off Eilat last month and that one...More
Israel's Dolphin-class submarines are widely assumed to carry nuclear missiles (File)

Non-believers to get Muslim, Christian and Jewish guidance

Turkish game show to give atheists gift of God

What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists? Turkish television station Kanal T hopes the answer is a ratings success as it prepares to launch a game show where spiritual guides from the four faiths will seek to convert a group of...More
Some 200 people have so far applied to take part in the show and the 10 contestants will be chosen next month (File)

UK "concerned" as EU nations summon Iranian envoys

Iran says British embassy staff to go on trial

A Mousavi supporter protests in Istanbul on June 28
Iran said on Friday that some local British embassy staff arrested for allegedly playing a role in post-election violence will be put on trial as the European...More

Singer Cheb Mami jailed for drugging and forced abortion

France jails Algeria's "Prince of Rai" for five years

Cheb Mami made the world famous "Desert Rose" with Britsh star Sting (File)
Algerian music star Cheb Mami was sentenced Friday to five years in jail for drugging and trying to make his ex-girlfriend undergo a forced abortion, despite...More

Amano says no evidence found on IAEA documents

No evidence Iran seeks nukes: new IAEA head

Yukiya Amano of Japan is the newly elected director general of the IAEA
The incoming head of the United Nation's nuclear watchdog said on Friday he did not see any written evidence that Iran was trying to gain the ability to...More

Syrian president sends informal invite via British television

Assad unclenches fist invites Obama to Syria

A screenshot of the walk-and-talk style interview by Sky News
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has issued an informal invitation to American President Barack Obama to visit Damascus for talks, in a sign that relations...More

Radio Khyber hires women as it breaks social norms

Female DJs modernize tribal Pakistani region

The station's female broadcasters hail from local towns and other nearby cities
Hearing a female voice on the radio may be nothing new the world over but it is something of a novelty in the rugged mountainous terrain of Pakistan's...More

US Vice President makes surprise visit to Iraq

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Thursday to meet with Iraqi leaders and discuss the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces by the end of 2011, a day after Iraq’s defense...More

Pro-Palestinian bookstore attacked in Paris

Masked vandals trashed a Paris bookstore run by pro-Palestinian activists on Friday, in an attack blamed by the owners on Jewish extremists. A bystander told AFP he saw five men...More

Fireworks terrorize war weary Congo town

Independence day fireworks in Goma sent terrified Congolese sprinting for cover on Tuesday in fear that war had broken out again in their eastern city. Officials had organized the display to...More

Sizzling GCC states issue ban on outdoor work

Scorching hot Gulf States, Bahrain and the UAE, issued Wednesday a ban on outdoor construction work during the hottest time of the day in an effort to curb accidents and illness of the region's...More

Gazans brave poisoned beach for fun in the sun

The raw sewage dumped straight into the Mediterranean has failed to cure Gazans' itch for the beach and many in the Palestinian enclave brave nasty rashes for a dip in the polluted sea. ...More

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