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| Staff shortage hitting projects |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| A shortage of ministry staff is crippling development projects across Bahrain, says a top government official.... |
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| Tehran to host 'friends of Syria' conference |
| Source : Tehran Times |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| Tehran will host a "friends of Syria" conference on May 29, Al-Alam News Network quoted Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi as saying on Wednesday.... |
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| U.S. lawmakers urge White House to tighten pressure on Iran |
| Source : Tehran Times |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| Congressional leaders prodded the Obama administration on Wednesday to tighten the squeeze on Iran's economy, saying that even last year's dramatic sanctions against Iranian banks and oil companies weren't enough... |
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| Guardian Council is even-handed in screening candidates: Jannati |
| Source : Tehran Times |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| The Guardian Council has adopted an even-handed approach in vetting presidential candidates, GC Secretary Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said on Friday.... |
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| SEC to open 11 new kindergartens |
| Source : Gulf Times |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| The Supreme Education Council (SEC) will open new 11 kindergartens, local Arabic daily Al-Sharq reported yesterday.... |
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| Humanitarian dimension 'key element of foreign policy' |
| Source : Gulf Times |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah said yesterday that the "humanitarian dimension" represented "an important and essential aspect" in Qatar's foreign policy as per... |
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| Mobile users asked to guard against recharge fraudsters |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| Fraudsters are robbing mobile phone users of their hard-earned cash by getting them to pay for recharge vouchers in exchange for bogus cash prizes.... |
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| UN, Russia for urgent Syria meet; France opposes Iran's presence |
| Source : The Peninsula |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Russia agreed yesterday that a peace conference on Syria should be held "as soon as possible", even as Moscow defied growing global pressure over its... |
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| Syria refugee numbers top 1.5m: UN |
| Source : Gulf Today |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| More than 1.5 million Syrians have fled their conflict-ravaged homeland, the UN's refugee agency said on Friday, warning that the real figure could be even higher as the tally only... |
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| Munich security conference to focus on Gulf challenges |
| Source : Gulf Times |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| The Munich Security Conference (MSC) continues its MSC core group meeting series in 2013 with a new regional focus on the Arabian Gulf. On May 21 and 22, the MSC... |
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| Repatriation of Indians in Saudi Arabian prisons proposed |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| Riyadh and New Delhi are working on a proposal to repatriate Indian prisoners to India and to allow them to serve their remaining jail terms that adhere to an existing... |
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| Rights group blasts Kuwait proposed tough media law |
| Source : Kuwait Times |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Human Rights Watch said yesterday a proposed media law by Kuwait would increase state control and curtail the right to free speech, as authorities suspended a popular talk show program... |
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| Violence continues in Iraq; 17 more dead |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Car bombs struck the Iraqi capital and a northern city yesterday, killing 16 people, while gunmen in another Baghdad incident shot dead the brother of a lawmaker, officials said.... |
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| Iranian cleric says women can't be president |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| A member of Iran's constitutional watchdog group insists that women cannot be presidential candidates, a report said Thursday, effectively killing the largely symbolic bids by about 30 women seeking to... |
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| Troops push back rebels from Aleppo prison |
| Source : Gulf Today |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Syrian rebels withdrew from a prison in the northern city of Aleppo on Thursday after heavy fighting with government troops, an activist group said, as it more than doubled its... |
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| Iran ready to pursue nuke talks, says Jalili |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Iran is prepared to pursue nuclear diplomacy with world powers before or after next month's presidential election in the Islamic Republic, its chief negotiator said on Thursday.... |
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| UAE committed to peace, stability and security in the region: Gargash |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| On the opening of the third and concluding day of the 2013 WCO IT Conference and Exhibition, hosted by Dubai Customs under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin... |
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| Obama, Erdogan meet as Syrian war rages |
| Source : Arab Times |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| President Barack Obama met Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday as world leaders scramble to find a way to ease Bashar Assad from power and end Syria's bloody civil... |
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| Senior US general visits Baghdad for security talks |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| General Lloyd Austin, the officer who oversaw the US military withdrawal from Iraq, visited Baghdad for talks on defense cooperation and security issues including Syria, the US Embassy said Thursday.... |
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| Illegal workers use grace period to make money |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Illegal workers here are trying to make as much money as possible before July 3, the end of the three-month grace period, which requires them to either rectify their status... |
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