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New Delhi, Sep 17(ANI): The Government on Thursday gave its approval to the amendments in the Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and Saudi Arabia.

In the MoU signed, the provision of the incorporation of ‘multiple designation [...]

Kolkata, Sep 7 (ANI): A United Arab Emirates Air Force plane was detained at the airport here on Sunday after a large cache of arms and ammunition was discovered. Nine crew members have been detained for questioning.

The plane, bound for Hanyang in China from Abu Dhabi, landed at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International [...]

Washington, July 2 (ANI): Cash-strapped Michael Jackson used to perform private one-night concerts for Arab sheikhs, and charge them 2.5 million dollars a time, say reports.

The King of Pop, who was nearly bankrupt at the time of his death, was said to have relied on handouts from his friend Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the [...]

Washington, May 25 (ANI): A new survey has found that just over half of the Arab respondents from six countries say they are “somewhat hopeful” or “very hopeful” about US President Barack Obama’s Middle East policy.

A Jerusalem Post report says that twenty-eight percent are neither hopeful nor discouraged, while 14 percent are somewhat discouraged or [...]

Jerusalem, May 18 (ANI): Only 31 percent of Israelis consider US President Barack Obama’s approach pro-Israel, a survey conducted ahead of the meeting between Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu revealed.

According to a Smith Research poll, 31 percent Israelis labeled Obama pro-Israel, while 14 percent said [...]

London, May 7 (ANI): A robot is being given its own Facebook profile page in a bid to bridge the divide between humans and robots.

With the development, researchers are hoping to foster meaningful relationships with people.

The page will be populated with interactions the robot has [...]

Hamburg – The Toyota and BMW-Sauber Formula One teams are looking to challenge at the front of the grid in this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix in Sakhir after mixed starts to a so far unpredictable 2009 season.
Both teams will be hoping to leave the rain in Malaysia and China behind them and instead take on [...]

Mumbai, Apr 21 (ANI): After watching the ongoing trouble and tribulations in the family of Slumdog Millionaire’s child artiste Rubina Ali through media, an NRI came forward to support Rubina with her education.

According to reports, Rubina’s father Rafiq Qureshi was caught on camera agreeing to sell his daughter to [...]

LONDON (Reuters) – Oil fell more than 4 percent toward $48 a barrel on Monday, weighed down by a rising U.S. dollar and growing caution about the pace of any economic recovery and its impact on oil demand.
President Barack Obama said on Sunday the U.S. economy remained under strain and his top economic adviser tempered [...]

Mumbai, Apr 19 (ANI): Father of child actor Rubina Ali Qureshi of the Oscar winning movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ fame has denied media reports that he put his daughter ever on sale.

A British newspaper had reported that Rafiq Qureshi tried to sell off his nine-yearld daughter for adoption to a family from Middle East for nearly [...]

AMMAN (Reuters) – King Abdullah of Jordan will meet U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington on April 21 to lobby on behalf of Arab states for a stronger U.S. role in Middle East peacemaking, palace officials said on Sunday.
They said the staunch U.S. ally, the first Arab leader to hold face-to-face talks in the White [...]

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The London Book Fair to be held April 20-22 will focus on Indian publishers and authors. The British Council (India) announced Thursday that 51 authors and around 90 publishers would be a part of the fair’s India Market Focus Programme.
The London Book Fair, an annual event held at Earl’s Court, [...]

Algiers – More than 20,000 police officers were deployed on Thursday in and around the Algerian capital Algiers as voters went to the polls to elect a new president.
The city was under a security alert because officials feared that Islamic terrorists would attempt to disrupt the vote.
In addition, some 200 international observers, including 85 sent [...]

Cairo – Egyptian security forces have arrested 49 men, including seven Israeli citizens and one Lebanese citizen, on charges of supporting Hamas and Hezbollah, the Interior Ministry and the lawyer for the men said on Wednesday.
The men, who were arrested in December from locations around Egypt, included 41 Egyptians, seven Arab Israelis, and at least [...]

Beirut – Visiting Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said that his country support and back Lebanon’s sovereignty and stability.
“Italy deeply supports reconciliation and stability in Lebanon and places its trust in the upcoming legislative elections, which must be free and democratic,” said Frattini after talks with Lebanese counterpart Fawzi Salloukh.
Lebanon is scheduled to have [...]

Baghdad – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Iraq in an unannounced visit on Sunday, in the first visit of a Palestinian official since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, an Iraqi official source told German Press Agency dpa.
Abbas had been scheduled to visit Iraq on March 28, but his visit was canceled for [...]

U.S. President Barack Obama and Saudi King Abdullah discussed cooperation on the global economic crisis and joint efforts against terrorism, in their first face-to-face talks on Thursday on the sidelines of a G20 summit, the White House said.
Obama also reiterated his support for a Saudi initiative for Arab-Israeli peace that has been stalled almost since [...]

Washington, Apr.2 (ANI): General David Petraeus, the top US commander in the Middle East, has told the US Congress that Israel could take matters into its own hands vis-à-vis Iran, should that country go ahead with its plans on the nuclear front.
“The Israeli government may ultimately see itself so threatened by the prospect of an [...]

Karachi, Mar.2o (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said the team for the Dubai series against Australia would only be announced after consulting captain Younis Khan.

“Younis is our captain and we will give his views due importance before finalising the squad,” The News [...]

Damascus – Presidents, important US senators, senior officials from the Arab League – lately it seems everyone is courting Syria.
In recent months Damascus has been the centre of a flurry of international diplomatic activity.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited. So did a delegation of European Union officials and foreign ministers. Arab League chief Amr Mussa, [...]