News archive for ‘Middle-East’

Turkish PM honored with a King Faisal Award for his “Service to Islam”

Turkish PM honored with a King Faisal Award for his “Service to Islam”

The new era comes in with the Turkey joining hands as a new Middle East force with other gulf countries that were reclusive due to objected relation with Israel. But now analysts see Turkey’s role as a key player in Middle East and want Turkey to be more involved,  Arab affairs now set in cement [...]

Dubai to seek the arrest of Israel Prime Minister

Dubai to seek the arrest of Israel Prime Minister

The Dubai police chief Dhahi Khalfan Tamim is seeking the arrest of the Israeli Prime minister and the Mossad chief over the killing of the Palestenian leader Al-Mabhouh.
Dhahi Khalfan Tamim said that he would be asking the Prosecution of Dubai to issue arrest warrants for the Isreali Premier Binyamin Netanyahu and the Mossad chief [...]

India’s Prime Minister Signs treaty with Saudi Arabia

India’s Prime Minister Signs treaty with Saudi Arabia

India’s Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh is the first Indian prime minister to visit the Kingdom since 1982. Both the countries have signed a treaty after having talks about improving ties between the two countries in capital city of Riyadh.
The talks which took place on Monday in the City of Riyadh between King Abdullah and Manmohan [...]

West Bank Protestors injured by Israeli Forces

West Bank Protestors injured by Israeli Forces

A small group of Palestinians protesting against Israeli’s forcible occupation in West Bank town of Bilin were fired tear gas and war Annunciations. They were protesting to mark 50 years of separate wall built by Israel in there Country.
When few demonstrators crossed the fenced and threw empty cans at the soldiers, the Israeli army fired [...]

An Islamic Megabank to be launched soon.

An Islamic Megabank to be launched soon.

A Megabank based on Islamic banking is in the advanced stages of being formed and would likely be launched within the next 6 to 10 months. The announcement was made by an executive of the firm responsible in the project, at the recently concluded Summit on Islamic Banking and Finance held in Bahrain . Sheikh [...]

Mossad terrorists behind assasination of Hamas commander: UK

Mossad terrorists behind assasination of Hamas commander: UK

British government sources say members of an alleged terror team, charged with murdering a senior Hamas commander in Dubai last month, were Israel’s Mossad agents.
The sources told The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday that three Irish passport holders who were allegedly part of an 11-member hit squad that murdered Mahmoud al-Mabhouh on the January-20 terror operation [...]

Israel Is A “Pedophile’s Paradise”: Advocacy Group

Israel Is A “Pedophile’s Paradise”: Advocacy Group

The National Council for the Child welcomed the arrest of Avinoam Braverman and called on government ministries to take steps to prevent pedophiles from trapping children on the Web.
“We have been saying for a long time that Israel is a pedophile’s paradise and everyone said we were exaggerating,” council head Yitzhak Kadman said.
“But we see [...]

Blackwater on trial, charged with bribery in Iraq

Blackwater on trial, charged with bribery in Iraq

US Justice department is investigating Blackwater, the US based security firm, which is presently known as Xe, for bribing the Iraqi officials.
In 2007 after a shooting pay offs were made in hope to secure the contracts which later resulted in expulsion of the company, according to New York Times.
Last year, the US Justice Department’s fraud [...]

Religious leaders not to exaggerate Islamic rules on Women – Saleh Kamil

Religious leaders not to exaggerate Islamic rules on Women – Saleh Kamil

Saleh Kamil, one of the founders of Islamic banking and finance and Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) Chairman criticized religious leaders for making the mingling of the sexes a big issue. Instead he asked them to concentrate on public issues like corruption, bribery and injustice. He added that Islam never prohibited unrelated men [...]

Iraq war was a correct decision – Blair

Iraq war was a correct decision – Blair

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday told  that the decision to support the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq was inspired by fears of another, even deadlier, terror attack. He was appearing in front of Britain’s Iraq Inquiry to provide evidences. He insisted that the war was backed by him mainly because of the [...]