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

Israeli navy performs "unusual" drill in Suez

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Al Arabiya, Agencies)
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...More
Israel's Dolphin-class submarines are widely assumed to carry nuclear missiles (File)
Israel's Dolphin-class submarines are widely assumed to carry nuclear missiles (File)

UK "concerned" as EU nations summon Iranian envoys

Iran says British embassy staff to go on trial

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 Union said it was seeking ways to object to Iran's crackdown on opposition. The head of Iran's powerful Guardians Council, Ahmad Jannati, said embassy...More
A Mousavi supporter protests in Istanbul on June 28

Singer Cheb Mami jailed for drugging and forced abortion

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

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 pleading for forgiveness at his trial near Paris. Known as the "Prince of Rai," the 42-year-old singer this week ended two years on the run and returned...More
Cheb Mami made the world famous "Desert Rose" with Britsh star Sting (File)

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

Owner accuses Jewish Defense League extremists

Pro-Palestinian bookstore attacked in Paris

Owner of attacked pro-Palestinian bookstore blames extremists of Jewish Defense League
Masked vandals trashed a Paris bookstore run by pro-Palestinian activists on Friday, in an attack blamed by the owners on Jewish extremists. A...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

Doctors warn sewage infested waters could lead to death

Gazans brave poisoned beach for fun in the sun

Palestinian children and youths spend their weekend on the beach of Gaza City
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...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

US missiles hit Taliban hideout in Pakistan

U.S. missiles pounded a Pakistani Taliban commander's hideout in the lawless tribal area of South Waziristan on Friday while U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban strongholds. The United...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

Jackson may get Muslim burial: reports

Michael Jackson’s funeral will be held next Tuesday at the Los Angeles Staples Center is to be the biggest funeral in history, and the pop icon family will reportedly have a traditional Muslim burial...More

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