Syria urges US not to interfere in Saudi visit

Saudi king in Syria prior to joint Lebanon mission

DAMASCUS (Agencies)
Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz arrived in Syria on Thursday for talks with President Bashar al-Assad on the eve of a joint mission to Lebanon aimed at containing political tensions there. Assad greeted the king at Damascus airport as the two leaders are to travel to Beirut on Friday as part of a flurry...More
SaudiKing Abdullah and Syria President Assad will visit head to Lebanon on Friday (File)
SaudiKing Abdullah and Syria President Assad will visit head to Lebanon on Friday (File)

Arabs agree to direct Israel-Palestinian talks, US "encouraged"

Israel ready to start direct talks within days: PM

Israel's prime minister said on Thursday he is ready to start direct Middle East talks within days after Arab officials agreed to such negotiations but left the timing up to the Palestinians. "In response to the Arab League decision, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he is ready to start, already in...More
AL Chief Moussa (R) speaks with President Abbas (C) and Egypt's FM Abul Gheit (L) before the Cairo meeting

14,117 voters in Alarabiya.net e-poll reveal a surprise

Majority of voters agree on burka ban in Europe

The e-poll of Alarabiya.net this week, regarding the European campaign against wearing the burka (niqab), has gathered the highest record, with the majority of participants (43%) voting to the choice of the ban being a legitimate right to the countries that imposed it. Experts and analysts from Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Egypt...More
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US Navy says warships were not close to Japan supertanker

Japan oil tanker hit by submarine or mine: UAE

The M Star oil tanker is seen in the sea near Japan in this December 2008
A Japanese supertanker, which triggered fears of an attack in the sensitive Strait of Hormuz oil shipping route, collided with something, possibly a submarine...More

Qaeda in Iraq vows more attacks on media organizations

Qaeda claims attack on Al Arabiya’s Iraq offices

Smoke billows after a car bombtargeted Al-Arabiya TV's office in central Baghdad
The Iraqi arm of al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack this week on the Baghdad office of satellite television channel Al Arabiya, and...More

Church event to commemorate Sept. 11 attacks

Florida church plans 'Burn a Quran' Day on 9/11

Church head Terry Jones posted "Islam is of the Devil" sign
A Florida church known for its anti-Islamic statements is planning a ceremony to burn copies of the Quran in commemoration of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Dove...More

Groups order women to wear black clothes

Jewish edict wants women covered head to toe

Several women in the Haredim community cover their entire bodies
Jewish ultra-Orthodox groups in Jerusalem issued a religious edict calling upon women to cover their bodies and hair in order to be cleared of their...More

US Biden bets on no explosion of violence in Iraq

Sixteen killed & 4 wounded in Baghdad attacks

The worst attack came in Baghdad’s Al-Adhamiya district (File)
Sixteen people, including nine security force members, were killed and 14 wounded on Thursday in a string of attacks in the Iraqi capital's Sunni district...More

US prepared to follow up on Iran fuel swap deal

The United States is ready to follow up with Iran on an abortive plan to provide fuel for a research reactor in Tehran in exchange for some of Iran's low-enriched uranium, the U.S. State...More

Tonga sends troops to Afghanistan for jobs

The tiny Pacific archipelago Kingdom of Tonga plans to send 275 soldiers to Afghanistan to help guard a British garrison as part of its plan to reduce unemployment. An initial...More

Indian students demand teachers wear burqas

Students at an Islamic university in eastern India have refused to allow a female lecturer to teach unless she wears an all-encompassing Muslim veil, the teacher said Thursday. The...More

Nepal lifts ban on travel to Iraq to save jobs

Thousands of Nepalese workers in Iraq will be able to keep their jobs after the government lifted a ban on travel to the war-torn country, the employment ministry said on Thursday. ...More

Ataturk tattoos rise in popularity in Turkey

Tattoos of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s signature, founder of the modern day secular Turkey, is becoming more of a popular choice among secular Turks. “This tattoo is getting more and more popular...More

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