Alba sponsors the UNPSD2013 to be hosted in the Kingdom of Bahrain in the period 24-27 June 2013

Bahrain News Agency - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Manama: June 19 -- (BNA) -- Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)'s decision to be a platinum sponsor of the United Nations Public Services Forum, Day and Awards Ceremony (UNPSD2013) taking place in the Kingdom of Bahrain from June 24 - 27, 2013 underlines the company's commitment to support global initiatives being formed to strengthen best practices in public service. Organized under ...

Qatar introduces bonds for trading in its market

albawaba - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Qatar Exchange has announced the introduction of government bonds issued by the Qatar Central Bank for trading on the exchange, which will commence on 20 June 2013, in a step that supports the development of the financial market in the State of Qatar on the one hand and diversification of investment tools available for banks, institutions and investors on the other.The trading of government ...

Refugee activist extraordinaire Angelina Jolie returns to Jordan

albawaba - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

During her stay, Jolie is said to be meeting with Jordanian officials to discuss the inflow of Syrian refugees across Jordan's northern border, as well as how the Kingdom has been ...

Israel-Palestine Peace Process Running Out of Time Blair

albawaba - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (File photo) Time is running out for the Middle East process, which faces collapse if there's no movement soon, former Biritsh PM Tony Blair said on Wednesday."The window of opportunity will be open for only a short space of time," he said, speaking in Jerusalem at the 2013 Presidential Conference, hosted by Israel's President Shimon ...

Families Can Sue Govt Over Iraq Troop Deaths

Orange News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Families of British soldiers killed fighting in Iraq can bring damages claims against the Government, the Supreme Court has ruled. Relatives want to sue for negligence and to make claims under human rights legislation. Supreme Court justices announced today that they can do both. Families started legal action as a result of the deaths of a number of British soldiers following the American-led ...

Equal number of Americans believe US Iran pose greatest security threat – poll

RT - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

USA A US poll has revealed that 10 percent of Americans view their country as the biggest threat to world peace, while similar numbers singled out Iran, China or North Korea as the most dangerous. One-third of Americans say terrorism is the greatest threat. In May 2013, Media and Public Opinion (MPO) Research Group asked 501 Americans what they consider the biggest threat to world security. ...

The Price of Loyalty in Syria

New York Times - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

I went there to meet a woman named Ibtisam Ali Aboud, who had fled her home after her husband -- a retired Alawite officer named Muhsin -- was killed in February by rebels. Ibtisam is a woman of 50, but she looked 20 years older, her face a pale canvas of anxious lines over her long, black mourning cloak. Her son was with her, a timid-looking 17-year-old named Jafar. We spoke in a dingy, ...

A Briton fights with Al Qaedas offshoot in Syria

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

SALQIN, Syria (Reuters) - The moment the young fighter walks in, it's clear he's different. He has a grey robe, a scraggly beard and a gun holster - hallmarks of the rebels who control this part of the northwest. But he wears Adidas trainers. And his accent and swagger are pure ...

Syrian rebels claim attack on Shiites in Lebanon

Baltimore Sun - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

civil war spills into its smaller, religiously divided neighbor. In the video, posted on Tuesday by a group calling itself the "Syrian Mujahideen Unit", a fighter says his brigade killed the four men as they were trying to enter Syria. He said they were members of Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shi'ite militant group that has actively helped Syrian ...

Syria state TV says explosion hits military depot near coastal city of Latakia

Canada.com - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

BEIRUT - Syrian state television says an accidental explosion at a military depot outside the northwestern coastal city of Latakia has left six people lightly injured. It says a "technical error" caused the Wednesday explosion at a military corps of engineers unit. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a number of activists on the ground, said at least ...

Kuwaits acting oil minister says prices fair

Arabian Business - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Kuwait's acting oil minister said on Wednesday current oil prices were "fair" and that the Gulf Arab state was producing around 3 million barrels of crude per ...

U.S. To Test The Waters With Irans New President Rohani

NPR - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Iran's newly elected president is signaling he might take a more pragmatic, moderate approach to nuclear negotiations with major world powers. But there's a lot of debate in Washington policy circles about what Hassan Rohani's election might mean for the ...

Ban Israeli-Palestinian peace remains urgent priority

New Kerala - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

New York, June 19 : With spiralling violence in Syria stoking tension in the Middle East, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday said "we must not lose sight of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," whose resolution was no less ...

Lebanon UN urges greater support for Syrian refugees

New Kerala - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

New York, June 19 : The United Nations refugee chief Tuesday urged greater support for those who have fled the conflict in Syria and for the countries hosting them, as he kicked off a visit to the region in Lebanon, where the pressure on local communities has become ...

Pagasa chief Servando resigns to take on teaching job in Qatar

Inquirer - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

MANILA, Philippines -- Brain drain has claimed another ranking official of the state-run weather bureau. Vicente Malano, officer-in-charge at the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration told INQUIRER.net on Wednesday in a phone interview that he received a text message from Pagasa administrator Nathaniel Servando Tuesday night informing him of his decision to ...

2 killed 16 wounded in shell explosion in Egypts Assiut

Global Times - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Two people, including an army recruit, were killed and 16 others wounded Tuesday after a shell hit a military unit in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut, the state-run Al-Ahram Online reported.A soldier and a civil servant were killed, Assiut Security Chief, Maj. Gen. Abul Qassim Abu Daif said.He added that the wounded have been sent to ...

HM King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein of Jordan departs from Amman to London today

Bahrain News Agency - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Amman: June 19 -- (BNA)-- HM King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan departed from Amman today embarking on an official visit to the British Capital, London. The Jordanian News Agency (Petra) reported that HM King Abdullah II is expected to hold talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Minister William Hague. The Jordanian King is also expected ...

Egypts Mubarak interview I quit power to save lives

albawaba - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Former Egyptian President waves from the dock (File photo: AFP) Toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said that his decision to step down was his own, adding that he could have remained in power if he had wanted to, in an interview ...

Deadly explosion rocks northern Yemen at least two killed

albawaba - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Yemeni Shiites hold a demonstration in the capital Sanaa to protest against the security services (Mohammed Huwais / AFP) A suicide attack on Wednesday rocked a local market in Yemen's northern city of Saada killing two civilians, a Zaidi Ansar Allah rebel told AFP.The attacker detonated a bomb-laden motorbike in the middle of the market, said the rebel, who spoke on condition of ...

Blast hits Syrian port city of Latakia

The Star - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A loud explosion was heard near a military site in the Syrian port city of Latakia on Wednesday, opposition groups and state media said, but the cause of the blast was unclear. Explosions in Latakia, part of President Bashar al-Assad's stronghold on the Mediterranean coast, have been rare during Syria's two-year-old conflict. State television said the blast was ...

S.Korea media blame Iran for angry World Cup scenes

Fox News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Iran players celebrate victory over South Korea in a World Cup qualifier in Ulsan, Korea, on Tuesday. South Korean media blamed Iran Wednesday for angry scenes at a tense World Cup qualifier which ended with fans pelting debris on to the pitch and the visiting coach under fire for a rude ...

Egypt tourism minister resigns over Luxor governor

Fox News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

The ancient temple in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's minister of tourism has resigned following the appointment of a new governor in the temple city of Luxor who belongs to an Islamist party linked to a deadly attack on tourists, state TV said ...