Political Affairs

According to media reports, Pakistan’s government has suspended mobile phone services in major cities to prevent terror attacks on Muharram processions after 40 people were killed in last two days prior to the ban. In his recent press conference Interior...

ARAB NEWS Wednesday 20 February 2013 Last Update 19 February 2013 2:06 am The death of 84 people on Saturday in a terror attack that targeted Shiites in Quetta raises questions about the government’s ability to guarantee security — especially that of...

A supporter of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi confronts Hend Mokhtar (L), a journalist of Al-Youm Al-Sabea, whom the crowd does not want covering their rally in front of the Supreme Constitutional Court in Maadi, south of Cairo on Sunday. (Reuters)...

David Petraeus Wednesday 14 November 2012 Last Update 13 November 2012 4:29 pm According to media reports, the Pentagon has said that the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, is under investigation for alleged “inappropriate communications”...

Australia’s Shane Watson appeals for a LBW decision on Sri Lanka’s Thilan Samaraweera, left, on the fifth day of their cricket test match at Bellerive Oval in Hobart, Australia on Tuesday. (AP) ARAB NEWS Wednesday 19 December 2012 Last Update 18 December...

Burhanuddin Rabbani Burhanuddin Rabbani (Persian: برهان الدين رباني – Burhânuddîn Rabbânî) (b. 1940), is a former President of Afghanistan. [1] Burhanuddin Rabbani is the leader of Jamiat-e Islami Afghanistan (Islamic Society of Afghanistan). He also...

Hazara town road The relatives of those who were killed in the Hazara Town blast finally acceded to the persuasion of their elders and Ulema and decided to bury their dead at 9 am on Wednesday. Earlier, many members of the Hazara community had refused...

ABU DHABI: Former chairman and present consultant of Bahria Town, Malik Riaz Hussain has signed an agreement with His Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan; Chairman Abu-Dhabi group, Union National Bank & United Bank Limited. Under the agreement...

A Syrian footballer has been killed in a mortar strike on a stadium in Damascus, the state news agency says. Sana news agency says two shells landed in Tishreen stadium in central Baramkeh district while Al-Wathba team was training there. Several other...