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| More heads roll in oil sector shakeup |
| Source : Kuwait Times |
| Date : 2013-05-21 |
| State-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) yesterday made the biggest ever shakeup in the top positions of its eight subsidiaries and a number of leading posts in KPC itself.... |
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| Major powers trying to undermine regional stability: Jalili |
| Source : Tehran Times |
| Date : 2013-05-21 |
| The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council had said that major powers are using some tools, such as terrorism and the abuse of the concept of democracy, to destabilize... |
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| Kerry back in Mideast to advance Syria plan |
| Source : Gulf Today |
| Date : 2013-05-21 |
| US Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to the Middle East this week to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime... |
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| Hague warns Assad, as Lavrov advises opposition |
| Source : Gulf Today |
| Date : 2013-05-21 |
| Britain warned Syrian President Bashar Al Assad on Monday that "no option is off the table" over the possible arming of Syrian rebels while Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said... |
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| Russia reiterates call for involving Iran in Syria conference |
| Source : Tehran Times |
| Date : 2013-05-21 |
| Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has reiterated that Iran should participate in a proposed international conference on the Syrian crisis.... |
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| Friends of Syria pushes for talks, sets crucial meeting |
| Source : Gulf Today |
| Date : 2013-05-21 |
| The Friends of Syria group, which backs the Syrian uprising, meets on Wednesday in Amman for a new round of talks expected to focus on a US-Russian bid to resolve... |
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| Internet in 'coma' as Iran election looms |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-21 |
| Iran is tightening control of the Internet ahead of next month's presidential election, mindful of violent street protests that social networkers inspired last time around over claims of fraud, users... |
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| Iran's Guard warns against post-election turmoil |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-21 |
| A senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned that his forces will be on watch for possible unrest after next month’s presidential election, calling the outcome "unpredictable" and sending... |
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| 'Guardian Council will reject presidential hopefuls who can't work long hours' |
| Source : Tehran Times |
| Date : 2013-05-21 |
| If a presidential candidate is not able to work long hours, he should not expect that his qualifications will be approved by the Guardian Council, GC spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei... |
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| All persuasions must participate in election to create a political epic: Rafsanjani |
| Source : Tehran Times |
| Date : 2013-05-21 |
| In a statement issued on Monday, presidential hopeful Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said in order to create a political epic, groups from all political persuasions should be allowed to contest the... |
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| Intelligence Ministry captures two terrorist teams smuggling weapons into Iran |
| Source : Tehran Times |
| Date : 2013-05-21 |
| The public relations office of the Intelligence Ministry released a report late on Monday announcing that two terrorist teams which were trying to smuggle "light weapons'' into the country have... |
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| Iran's medicine imports fall by 54 percent |
| Source : Tehran Times |
| Date : 2013-05-21 |
| Iran imported $ 34.2 million worth of medicine in the first Iranian calendar month of Farvardin (March 21-April 20), down 54.7 percent year on year, ISNA reported.
Medicine imports were decreased... |
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| Car bombs in Baghdad kill 34 |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-20 |
| A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shia neighbourhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed at least 34 people and wounded dozens on Monday, Iraqi officials said.... |
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| GCC rails at Iranian threats to Bahrain |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-20 |
| The Gulf Cooperation Council yesterday condemned Iranian threats to Bahrain as un-Islamic and asked Tehran to reconsider its approach to Arabian Gulf countries.... |
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| Hezbollah militants step up Syria battle |
| Source : The Peninsula |
| Date : 2013-05-20 |
| Lebanese Hezbollah militants attacked a Syrian rebel-held town alongside Syrian troops yesterday and Israel threatened more attacks on Syria to rein the militia in, highlighting the risks of a wider... |
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| Kuwaiti MPs warn govt over oil appointments |
| Source : Kuwait Times |
| Date : 2013-05-20 |
| A number of MPs yesterday warned the government against what they called "rushed" appointments in the oil sector after the government reshuffled leading posts in the vital sector amid a... |
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| UAE calls for action to stop 'repressive Damascus' |
| Source : The Peninsula |
| Date : 2013-05-20 |
| The UAE yesterday called for political action to stop what it called "the repressive machine" in Damascus, ahead of an international conference aimed at resolving the Syrian conflict.... |
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| Saudi Arabia, Philippines sign watershed labor pact |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-20 |
| Philippine Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz and Saudi Deputy Labor Minister Mufarrej bin Saad Al-Haqbani signed a labor agreement Sunday on the hiring of Filipino household service workers (HSWs). Al-Haqbani signed... |
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| India keen to expand relations with Qatar |
| Source : Gulf Times |
| Date : 2013-05-20 |
| India has expressed keenness to further expand its already strong relationship with Qatar at a high-level meeting the country's Finance Minister P Chidambaram had in Doha yesterday.... |
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| Iraqi PM calls for joint Sunni-Shiite prayers to ease sectarian tension |
| Source : Kuwait News Agency |
| Date : 2013-05-20 |
| In a goodwill gesture, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki called Sunday for joint Sunni-Shiite prayers to ease the growing sectarian tension after a wave of tit-for-tat attacks on places of... |
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