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Shun Persian fire festival: Ayatollah Khamenei

Alarabiya.net: 6 hours ago
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that Iranians should shun next week's Persian fire festival as it is un-Islamic and creates "a lot of harm." Chaharshanbe Soori, an ancient Pagan festival, is held on the eve of the last ... ...read article

Somali govt âinefficient & corruptâ: UN report

Alarabiya.net: 6 hours ago
Despite international assistance the Somali government's military forces are ineffective and corrupt, and it remains dependent on foreign troops for survival, a U.N. group concluded in a report. "Despite infusions of foreign training and assistance, ... ...read article

Israel orders probe into new settlements news

Alarabiya.net: 6 hours ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered an inquiry Saturday into why a contested settlement plan was announced during a landmark visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, a spokesman said. "The prime minister has decided to create a committee ... ...read article

Saudi ex-Gitmo prisoners get suspended jail time

Alarabiya.net: 20 hours ago
A Saudi court gave suspended prison sentences to 10 former Saudi Guantanamo detainees who had completed a rehabilitation program, Al-Hayat newspaper reported on Saturday. The men, who were returned to Saudi Arabia in 2008 and 2009 after serving time ... ...read article

Kuwait's Investment Dar files for legal protection

Alarabiya.net: 20 hours ago
Investment Dar, the troubled Kuwaiti firm that owns half of luxury British carmaker Aston Martin, said on Saturday it has filed for legal protection under Kuwait's financial stability law. "Investment Dar announces today that it has started a process ... ...read article

Clinton warns Israel over new settlement homes

Alarabiya.net: 20 hours ago
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has rebuked Israel for plans to build new settler homes, saying it sent a "deeply negative signal" about Israel's ties to its top ally. In unusually harsh words, Clinton told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ... ...read article

No wish to âAmericanizeâ Somali conflict: US

Alarabiya.net: 20 hours ago
The United States late on Friday denied coordinating plans by Somalia's embattled government to launch an offensive against Islamist fighters, saying it had no plans to "Americanize" the conflict. Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson described ... ...read article

Iran says US-funded cyber network group busted

Alarabiya.net: 20 hours ago
Iran has busted what it says was a U.S.-funded cyber network group linked to an exiled opposition movement that collected data on its nuclear scientists, state media reported on Saturday. Thirty members of the network with links to the outlawed ... ...read article

US to add $55 million for Palestinian UN aid

Alarabiya.net: 20 hours ago
The United States announced Friday it was providing an additional $55 million to a U.N. program aiding Palestinian refugees. Assistant Secretary of State Eric Schwartz said the funds would go through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for ... ...read article

EU says has leverage with Israel on talks

Alarabiya.net: 20 hours ago
The European Union could use closer trade ties as leverage to urge Israel to resume peace talks with the Palestinians, the EU's top diplomat said on Saturday ahead of a trip to the region. EU high representative for foreign affairs, Catherine Ashton, ... ...read article

Iraqi PM picks up steam in bid to retain post

Alarabiya.net: 20 hours ago
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's bid to retain his job picked up steam on Saturday, as early results put him ahead in the key Baghdad constituency and his bloc took its first steps toward forming a government. While the preliminary figures ... ...read article

Second US woman arrested in plot to kill Swede

Alarabiya.net: 1 day ago
A second American Muslim woman has been arrested in Ireland on charges in a suspected international plot to kill a Swedish for mocking the Prophet Mohammad, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The news of the second arrest came as three of ... ...read article

Clinton rebukes Israel over new settlement homes

Alarabiya.net: 1 day ago
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has rebuked Israel for plans to build new settler homes, saying it sent a "deeply negative signal" about Israel's ties to its top ally. In unusually harsh words, Clinton told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ... ...read article

Suicide bombings in Pakistan's Lahore kill 49

Alarabiya.net: 1 day ago
Two suicide bombings targeting the Pakistani military killed at least 49 people in Lahore on Friday, officials said, in a challenge to government assertions that crackdowns have weakened Taliban insurgents. A third bomb exploded near a police station ... ...read article

Israel tightens grip, seals off WBank for 48 hrs

Alarabiya.net: 1 day ago
Israeli forces sealed off the West Bank and massed riot squads around Jerusalem's Old City and Arab neighborhoods during Muslim weekly prayers on Friday, facing down Palestinian anger over Jewish settlement expansion, as U.S. State Secretary Hillary ... ...read article

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