UAE among top 20 medical tourism destinations Khaleej Times DUBAI - The UAE is among the world's top 20 destinations for medical tourism, according to a health tourism survey that has also revealed that the industry has yet to reach its full potential. | The survey done by a UAE-based health travel consultant has revealed that 94 per cent of medical tourism ...
Suspicious Envelope Received at U.S. Embassy in Paris The New York Times | PARIS — | Two employees of the United States Embassy in Paris underwent medical examinations on Friday after handling a suspicious envelope that arrived at the embassy, but officials said its contents did not appear to be harmful. | “There is no indication that the envelope contained s...
Children of AUB alumni take part in summer program Daily Star Lebanon | By Hana Murr | Special to The Daily Star | Saturday, July 31, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: The annual migratory return of Lebanese expatriates every summer is taking place amid a number of opportunities to connect the young Lebanese Diaspora to th...
Nejmeh in crisis talks, members looking to bring back Rustom Daily Star Lebanon | By Kenny Laurie and Carol Rizk | Daily Star staff | Saturday, July 31, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: The resigned administration of the Nejmeh Club has called for a meeting at the club’s office early next week to discuss the future of the ail...
Calm offers Lebanon a chance to mature Daily Star Lebanon | By Jamil K. Mroue | Publisher and editor in chief | Saturday, July 31, 2010 | - Powered by | Editorial | In parsing the significance of the Friday’s summit of Saudi King Abdullah, Syrian President Bashar Assad and Lebanon’s leaders, it ...
Israeli jets strike Gaza Al Jazeera | Israel has launched air attacks against targets in the Gaza Strip, injuring eight Palestinians, medical sources have said. | Sami Zyara, a Palestinian journalist in the Gaza Strip, told Al Jazeera that at least two rockets launched on Friday t...
AP / Manish Swarup
For Afghans, the situation is not getting any better Gulf News | Seven children killed by rockets in a mosque, a 16-year-old girl abused by a district police chief, more than 80 civilians killed in bomb attacks written off as insurgents. This ...
Hamas should not add to Palestinian suffering Gulf News | The definition is commonly agreed upon: totalitarian rule is a political system where the state, usually under the control of a single political leader, faction or class, recogni...
Do Iraq's politicians believe in Iraq? Gulf News | Nearly five months after parliamentary elections were held, Iraq is still without a government. Unfortunate as this may be, it is not entirely surprising because Iraq, seven year...
UN calls on Saudi Arabia to stop deporting Somalis The Star | GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations refugee agency called on Saudi Arabia on Friday to halt expulsions of Somalis to Mogadishu, rebuking the kingdom for deporting 1,000 a month by aircraft to the violent capital. Somali government soldiers patrol...
WWF apologises for incident against Saudi Arabia Zeenews Berlin: The environmental group WWF has apologised for an embarrassing incident at a recent climate conference involving an employee who vandalised Saudi Arabia's nameplate. | The WWF employee at UN conference in June in the German city of Bonn broke...
Saudi to restart direct flights to Iraq Middle East Online | RIYADH - Saudi airline Alwafeer will begin regular flights to Iraq this week, some 20 years after the kingdom stopped flights following Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, an airline official said Wednesday. | Jeddah-based Alwafeer, launched last year as mainly a carrier for Muslim pilgrims coming to Saudi Arabia, will make its inaugural flight ...
Qaeda vows more attacks on Yemen government - tape The Star | DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda threatened in an internet audio recording on Thursday to carry out more attacks on Yemeni forces following several suspected and confirmed Qaeda strikes on the government that have killed dozens. | Four assaults on state targets have been attributed to al Qaeda's Yemen based regional arm since June, though it has only c...
