Middle East

Palestinians nix talks with Israel

Monday, 16 August 2010 11:03

Two Palestinian organizations have joined Hamas in its call on the acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas to avoid new talks with Israel.

Iraq: 11 people killed, 29 wounded in Iraq's violence

Monday, 16 August 2010 11:01

BAGHDAD, (Xinhua): Up to 11 Iraqis were killed and 29 others were wounded in gunfire and a series of bomb attacks across the country on late Saturday and Sunday, the poli...

Qaradawi to participate in a break siege convoy to Gaza

Sunday, 15 August 2010 10:39

RAFAH, (PIC) Ihsan Hendricks, the president of the Muslim Judicial Council of Cape Town, announced that Dr. Yousef Al-Qaradawi, the chairman of the international union of...

Egypt reopens largest Islamic art Museum

Sunday, 15 August 2010 10:35

CAIRO (AFP) The Egyptian capital's Museum of Islamic Art -- the world's largest -- was officially reopened by President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday after an eight-year rest...

Lebanon kills armed group leader

Sunday, 15 August 2010 10:33

Lebanese troops have killed one of the leaders of the armed group that battled the army in 2007 at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, a military spokesman has said.

Global artists compete to beautify Makkah

Saturday, 14 August 2010 12:50

DUBAI (Al Arabiya) Hundreds of artists from all over the world are competing in a contest for the beautification of Islam’s holiest city, Mecca.
"The objective of the comp...

Israel on alert ahead of Ramadan Friday prayers

Friday, 13 August 2010 10:49

OCCUPIED JEURSALEM (AFP) Israel deployed hundreds of extra police in mostly Arab east Jerusalem as Muslims flocked to the flashpoint al-Aqsa mosque compound for the first...