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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| UAE believes in 'a responsible and open world,' says Nahyan |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-20 |
| The UAE believes in 'a responsible and open world, while we also believe in change,' the Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, said Shaikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan.... |
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| Kuwait urges more focus on peaceful nuclear training |
| Source : Kuwait News Agency |
| Date : 2013-05-20 |
| A Kuwaiti official called here on Sunday on Arab countries to attach more attention to training courses for peaceful nuclear energy usage programs.... |
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| New plan to cut unemployment in Bahrain |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-20 |
| Women account for the vast majority of unemployed Bahrainis because conservative families are preventing them accepting work in certain fields, according to a government minister.... |
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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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| 'Hundreds' deported from Kuwait for traffic offences |
| Source : Kuwait Times |
| Date : 2013-05-20 |
| Kuwait has deported hundreds of expats for traffic offences in the past month, a report said yesterday, drawing condemnation from a human rights group.... |
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| Iran will not relinquish its rights despite pressure: defense minister |
| Source : Tehran Times |
| Date : 2013-05-20 |
| The defense minister has said that Iran will not relinquish its inalienable rights despite the enemies' pressure and sanctions against the country.... |
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| Dubai workers launch rare strike over wages |
| Source : The Peninsula |
| Date : 2013-05-20 |
| Thousands of workers employed by Dubai's largest construction firm, Arabtec, stayed away from work yesterday to back wage demands, a rare labour protest in the Gulf emirate, where trade unions... |
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| Bahraini King receives GCC youth ministers |
| Source : Kuwait News Agency |
| Date : 2013-05-20 |
| Bahraini King Hamad bin Issa Al-Khalifa, received on Sunday GCC youth and sport ministers, heads of Olympic committees and undersecretaries who are attending their 27th council meeting.... |
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| Syrian refugees face dire health risks: aid group |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-20 |
| An international aid organization is appealing for more funds to help Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan, saying warmer weather will increase health risks due to lack of shelter, water... |
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| Qatar calls League meeting |
| Source : Gulf Times |
| Date : 2013-05-20 |
| An Arab League committee on Syria will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday ahead of an international peace conference on ending the country's civil war, the bloc's deputy leader said... |
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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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| Kuwait civil service body discuss wages' shortcomings |
| Source : Kuwait News Agency |
| Date : 2013-05-20 |
| The Civil Service council members discussed Sunday a proposed Strategic Alternative Project aimed at addressing shortcomings in current wages and variations in financial incentives between some government jobs, an official... |
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