News Archive - 26 May 2013

>JERUSALEM (Reuters) - When Israeli jets bomb Syria to deny it or its allies "game-changer" weapons, they play according to one core rule: ensuring the Jewish state maintains the military superiority to swiftly prevail in any war. On Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's target list are four types of advanced arms,...

>BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two rockets hit a Shi'ite Muslim district of southern Beirut on Sunday and wounded several people, residents said, a day after the leader of Lebanese Shi'ite militant movement Hezbollah said his group would continue fighting in Syria until victory. It was the first attack to apparently target...

Six women Nobel Peace laureates, including Mairead Maguire, attend a major peace conference in Northern Ireland.

UN chief says he is "deeply concerned" by Hezbollah's growing role in Syria's civil war and urges greater efforts to halt the spread of the conflict toward other countries.

Increased levels of online activity have US spooks alert, just a little alarmed Iranian hackers are launching state-sanctioned attacks on US energy firms and hope to sabotage critical infrastructure by targeting industrial control systems, according to American officials.…

A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today        

Call it the perfect storm of Olympic politics.

Tehran has dismissed the allegation by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius about Iran's involvement in the crisis in Syria as an attempt to divert attention from France’s meddling in the Arab country.

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. National Security Adviser Tom Donilon began discussions with Chinese officials Monday for a summit between their two presidents that will confront divisive security issues while trying to overcome a growing distrust between the governments.

1. Fyodor Maximova and Alexei Sokovnin article headlined "Leaking account opened for Andrei Borodin" says former head of the Bank of Moscow Andrei Borodin may lose a large sum of his money.

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Malditas coach Ernie Nierras expressed belief that despite falling short of their objective in the AFC Asian Women’s Cup qualifiers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, things still look up for the Pinay booters.

Derby regulars and riding enthusiasts are a worried lot as municipal authorities contemplate replacing the iconic Mahalaxmi Race Course with a public park, says Ranjita Ganesan.

LOMA LINDA, CA – May 24, 2013 – Loma Linda University is recognizing 13 people for their exemplary service, contribution, and accomplishments that reflect well on the institution.

* No change to 30 million bpd output target expected * U.S. oil boom leaves OPEC sidelined from demand growth * Saudi adjusts supply quietly to keep market balanced * Trouble ahead in 2014, cuts may be needed-delegate By Alex Lawler and Peg Mackey LONDON, May 27 (Reuters) -...

Rafsanjani, a former president and the country’s richest man, is said to have grudgingly thrown his name into the hat at the urging of reformists like former president Mohammad Khatami, who believed that he had the best chance of winning.

Australia recognises the critical role that the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons plays in preventing uncontrolled proliferation and promoting disarmament, and upholding the treaty has long been a core foreign policy goal. However Australia's disarmament diplomacy has hit a difficult patch. This paper proposes a way forward, focusing...

THE Rainforest World Music Festival, held annually in the foothills of Mount Santubong, 45 minutes from Kuching, Sarawak, gets bigger in its 16th edition with the inauguration of the Borneo World Music Expo to be held from June 24 to 26 at the Pullman Hotel in Kuching.

Red, white and blue — the colors of the United States — were a common theme at the 61st annual Memorial Day Parade in St. Clair Shores on Sunday afternoon.

2 FBI agents killed in Virginia were on 'very, very elite team' involved in arrest of Boston bombing suspect 20 May 2013 Two members of the FBI's elite counterterrorism unit died Friday while practicing how to quickly drop from a helicopter to a ship using a rope, the FBI announced...

Travel Warning U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular AffairsIran May 24, 2013 The Department of State warns U.S. citizens to carefully consider the risks of travel to Iran. Dual national Iranian-American citizens may encounter difficulty in departing Iran....

Premier Li Keqiang met German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday amid a looming trade spat between Beijing and the European Union. The leaders were ...

Ethan and Joel Coen's 'Inside Llewyn Davis' wins Grand Prize; Bruce Dern is honored for acting in 'Nebraska,' Bérénice Bejo for 'The Past.' CANNES, France — The hometown favorite won big time at the Festival de Cannes on Sunday night as France's "Blue Is the Warmest Color" walked off...

A father-son dispute turned violent at University Village when police say a father stabbed his son multiple times.

Iraqi Shiites’ involvement in Syria’s war is growing increasingly open as Iraqi fighters come to view their participation as part of a regional struggle to defeat al-Qaida and what they say is a broad effort by the region’s dominant Sunnis to wipe out Shiites.

NEW YORK, May 27: Murdered U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens had a “very romantic relationship” with Islam, according to a Libyan official who was a personal friend to the late American representative to Benghazi.

Lebanon Feels Echo of Syrian Fight

Iranian presidential candidate Ali Akbar Velayati says he will improve the Islamic Republic’s relations with the world if elected.

Visits to rallies and candidate headquarters reveal the many facets of the country’s politics and society.

Syria’s fractured opposition spent a fourth day Sunday haggling over how to expand their coalition as the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad accepted an invitation to send representatives to a peace conference to end the 26-month uprising, and announced that Syria would open its borders to “tourists” from Iraq,...

CANNES: French actress Berenice Bejo on Sunday won the prize for best actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's film "The Past".

WASHINGTON -- Republicans keep slamming President Barack Obama's push to move the government away from a war footing and refine and recalibrate counterterrorism strategy.

I support Hezbollah against Israel, but I oppose it on every other position and policy. For years, Hezbollah was able to avoid all the mistakes and sins that other national liberation movements had fallen into.

Hachemi Rafsanjani was prevented from running in the presidential elections in Iran due to his old age, considering that the position requires zeal and liveliness, even though its occupier only implements the decisions adopted by Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei.

His competition title, which won Berenice Bejo the best actress award, got positive reviews and more awards season buzz for the first Iranian Oscar winner. read more        

Former UN weapons inspector says UK will not be more protected if it extends life of Trident, at a cost of £100bn Former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix has said it is time for Britain to relinquish its Trident nuclear programme. Speaking at the Hay literary festival, the Swedish international...

Foreign secretary's campaign with France to partially supply rebels is met by continued resistance at home and across EU British efforts to persuade the European Union to lift the arms embargo to Syrian rebels are likely to be rejected on Monday in the face of continued opposition from EU members...

Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid. Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid speaks with Arab News during an exclusive interview at the Conference Palace in Jeddah on Sunday.

Latest VideoMay 26th, 2013     Ali Akbar Velayati confused with figures ,try to present himself as an influential politician in International scene The former foreign minister and adviser in foreign relation to  leader of Islamic Republic confuse figures during a campaign on TV on Sunday 26 May  and try to...

CANNES, France - An audacious lesbian love story featuring hardcore sex, "Blue is the Warmest Colour" by French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche, won the top prize Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival in a watershed year for gay rights.

Hezbollah is a political and militant Shi'ite Muslim group based in Lebanon. Hezbollah, whose name means “Party of God” in Arabic, was founded in 1982 following Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in the First Lebanon War.

Lebanon was dragged deeper into the Syrian conflict on Sunday when two rockets crashed into a Hizbollah heartland suburb of Beirut, just hours after the Shia movement's leader pledged to secure "victory" for President Bashar al-Assad.        

Officials warn of looming Armageddon. Critics say it's a subterfuge to erode online privacy and accountability        

The leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has decisively committed his followers to an all-out battle in Syria to salvage the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.        

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister designate Shahbaz Sharif Sunday said that strengthening ties with neighbouring countries had great importance in PML-N's foreign policy.

Even before the FBI conducted 550 interviews of officials and seized the phone records of Associated Press reporters in a leak investigation connected to a 2012 article about a Yemen bomb plot, agents had sought the same reporters' sources for two other articles about terrorism.        

Senior Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Nouri-Hamedani has called for a high voter turnout in the country’s forthcoming presidential and council elections.

Latest VideoMay 26th, 2013     Saeid Jalili endorse Ahmadinejad provincial trips and suggest ministerial voyages ! The candidate of presidency , which is known by lot of Iranians  as the future futre president of Islamic Republic , endorsed Ahmadinejad provincial voyages and suggest to replace provincial  trips by  ministerial voyages in...

Learning from the market's past to understand its present.        

Times reports that agents examined email and phone logs in effort to uncover the source of a leaked story about Iran FBI agents grilled government officials and examined their email and phone logs in an effort to uncover the source of a story on Iran leaked to the New York...

Republicans keep slamming President Barack Obama's push to move the government away from a war footing and refine and recalibrate counterterrorism strategy.

Tehran, May 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran has deployed "large numbers" of new long-range missile launchers,

A senior Iranian military commander says Iran is currently at the peak of its deterrence might, stressing that no power in the world is capable of countering Iran or inflicting harm on the country.

>The comments represent a departure from the traditional Arab view of Hezbollah as a main force against Israel and show the widening sectarian divisions in the region over the war in Syria.Sunni-ruled Bahrain has been rocked by political turmoil since majority Shi'ite Muslims took to the streets in 2011...

Latest VideoMay 26th, 2013     Ahmadinehjad inaugurated Oman Internet hub constructed with Russian participation Ahmadinehjad inaugurated 3 communication projects on Sunday 26 May including ٍEutrope – Sultanate of Oman 100 mbs  Internet hub ,  constructed by a consortium with with  Russian participation .

Group wants to be seen as ‘a key actor in the region and not just in Lebanon’

After a BBC study ranked Germany the world's most popular country, many in Germany are scratching their heads wondering how it happened. But Germans often don't see themselves the way non-Germans do.

France is to host a three-way push to hold an international peace conference aimed at ending Syria's conflict, but it has reservations over a role for Iran, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Sunday.

A Bahraini appeals court on Sunday reduced a seven-year jail term handed down to a policeman accused of killing a Shiite protester in 2011 to six months, a judicial source told AFP.

China's new Premier Li Keqiang will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday amid a looming trade spat between Asia's economic giant and the European Union. The leaders were expected to discuss economic ...

Latest VideoMay 26th, 2013     Similar of stabbing of British soldier in London , a French soldier stabbed in Paris In an incident , similar to stabbing of a British soldier in London on May 23  , a French soldier was stabbed in busy commercial area of La Defense in...

Iran accuses US and France of "interference" for criticising it for barring hundreds of candidates in presidential poll.

How to view President Barack Obama’s speech on counterterrorism can be likened to how you might think about a serious drug problem: you could deny that anything’s wrong and keep using; demand a cold-turkey withdrawal; or ratchet down the drug dosage over time to a minimal level.

Iraq is likely to increase oil supply to India by around 30 percent as shipments from regional rival Iran drop following sanctions from the US and European countries, a senior Iraqi minister has said.

Two rockets hit a Shi’ite Muslim district of southern Beirut on Sunday and wounded several people, residents said, a day after the leader of Lebanese Shi’ite militant movement Hezbollah said his group would continue fighting in Syria until victory.

The June 14 election campaigns will likely focus on the economy, as eight men seek the required majority to win.

Reels of 35 mm film whirred through projectors at the Cameo Art House Theatre in downtown Fayetteville for the last time this month. It was bittersweet for owners Nasim and Chris Kuenzel - and thrilling.

By Ruona Agbroko-Meyer and Ini Ekott Defying logic, and  objections from lawmakers, the Nigerian government has channelled nearly a quarter of a billion naira this year to fuelling and maintaining electricity generators in its embassies abroad, when many of the missions have no such need, as their host nations provide...

Latest VideoMay 26th, 2013     Body of seven fireman killed in garbage dump of the town of Shiraz was found Body of seven fireman killed in garbage dump of the town of Shiraz on Wednesday May 22 were found on Saturday 25 May under tons of rubbish .