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South Asia
Armed militants attack security checkpoint in Pakistan, 6 soldiers dead
An injured policeman receives medical treatment at a hospital in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on July 3, 2013. At least six troops were killed, ten others injured and three went missing when a large group of militants stormed a checkpost in Pakistan’s northwest city of Peshawar early Wednesday morning, reported local…
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West Asia
Palestinian President Abbas urges Israel to prove sincerity in peace
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a joint press conference with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, unseen, at the Presidential Palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Abbas said he has done everything possible to facilitate the mission of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry who has…
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West Asia
Egyptian President Morsi ousted by military after barely a year in office
Egypt’s first democratically elected president was ousted Wednesday by the military after barely a year in office, felled by the same kind of popular revolt that first brought him to power in the Arab Spring. The armed forces announced it would install a temporary civilian government to replace Islamist President…
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West Asia
Turkish court rules cancellation of Gezi Park demolition plan in question
The controversial demolition plan of Gezi Park in Istanbul’s Taksim Square had been cancelled by a Turkish court on June 8, Turkish Today’s Zaman revealed Wednesday. According to the report, Istanbul First Regional Court ruled that the plan to redevelop the Taksim Square had violated preservation rules, the square’s identity…
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West Asia
Relatives of Palestinian youth killed by Israeli army jeep mourn during funeral
Palestinians carry the body of Mo’taz Sharawneh during his funeral in the West Bank city of Hebron on July 2, 2013. Sharawneh, 19, was killed on Tuesday morning after an Israeli army jeep ran over him in Hebron, medical sources and witnesses said. Witnesses said that the incident happened during…
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West Asia
Series of attacks in Iraq kills 56, raising concern over sectarian bloodshed
Insurgents unleashed a new wave of attacks on Tuesday in Iraq, killing at least 49 people, officials said, the latest in a surge in violence across the country that has raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed. Also, seven militants were killed. There was no claim of responsibility for…
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West Asia
12 dead in Afghan Taliban’s suicide attack on NATO supplier’s compound
A suicide truck bomber followed by heavily armed men stormed a NATO supplier’s compound Tuesday in Kabul, prompting a gunbattle that left a dozen people dead in the latest Taliban attack on a high-profile target in the Afghan capital. The bold strikes have signaled the Islamic militant movement has no…
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West Asia
Egyption President Morsi rejects demands of protersters and military
His fate hanging in the balance, embattled President Mohammed Morsi vowed not to resign Tuesday, hours before a deadline to yield to the demands of millions of protesters or see the military suspend the constitution, disband parliament and install a new leadership. The Islamist leader demanded that the powerful armed…
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West Asia
Egyptian military issues ultimatum for Morsi to meet people’s demand
Egypt’s military issued a “last-chance” ultimatum Monday to President Mohammed Morsi, giving him 48 hours to meet the demands of millions of protesters in the streets seeking the ouster of the Islamist leader or the generals will intervene and impose their own plan for the country. The military’s statement, read…
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West Asia
The Quest for Arab Knowledge Cities
Humanity’s awareness of science and the world changed as ages changed. Scientists have been describing ages according to the major innovation that occurred in it: the printing age, the machine age, the Industrial Revolution age, the technology age, the computer decade, the atom age, the Internet age, up to the…
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