British police investigate reason behind London attack on March 26, 2017LONDON: The British police are investigating the reason behind Wednesday’s terror attack in central London that left four people dead and at least 50 injured. Khalid Masood, 52, drove a rented SUV across the crowded Westminster Bridge, leaving a trail of dead and wounded. Then he jumped out and attacked Constable Keith Palmer, an officer […]
IS claims responsibility for blast near Bangladeshs principal airport in Dhaka on March 26, 2017 DHAKA: A suspected suicide bomber died after blowing himself up near Bangladesh’s principal airport in capital Dhaka on Friday night, police said, in the second attack within the span of a week claimed by Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. According to a jihadist threat monitoring portal, SITE Intelligence Group, IS claimed its responsibility of […]
Egypt advances in world happiness report on March 23, 2017CAIRO: Egypt has moved to a higher place in the index of the United Nations’ World Happiness Report to rank 104 out of 155 countries topped by Norway in 2017 compared to 120 out 157 in the previous report. Egyptians are mostly happy with the stability and the improving security conditions their country has achieved […]
One more reason for broccoli being good for health on March 23, 2017Researchers have found that sulforaphane, a dietary compound from broccoli that’s known to help prevent prostate cancer, may work through its influence on long, non-coding RNAs, or lncRNAs. Among findings published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, researchers from Oregon State University (OSU) reported extra evidence for how these lncRNAs, once thought to be a […]
Over 1,000 world and Vietnamese dishes to be on display at street food festival on March 23, 2017Visitors at Vietnam’s first-ever international street food festival will have chance to taste over 1,000 Vietnamese and world dishes, the National Administration of Vietnam Tourism (VNAT) said on Wednesday. VNAT, the sponsor of the event, was quoted by local Tien Phong (Pioneer) newspaper as saying that the Food Fest 2017 will take place in the […]
Afghans celebrate Nowruz amid ongoing insurgency on March 22, 2017KABUL: “The endemic war has destroyed our life, you see, it is more than three decades that the flames of war have been devouring the Afghans and this country. Today my greatest wish is to see ending of the war and restoring lasting peace in Afghanistan,” said a jubilant Kabul resident Mohammad Musa. Attired in […]
Female-only cafe breathes new life into Gaza society on March 22, 2017GAZA: The Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip has for long been a masculine community, however a 27-year-old kindergarten teacher Heba Fayez decided to open a cafe for females only, to enable conservative women to have a good time and maintain their privacy. Men are not allowed in the cafe, where most customers are housewives and even the […]
S Sudan conflict could worsen amid rise of militia groups, army defections on March 21, 2017JUBA: At least two new militia groups have been formed in South Sudan within two weeks, stoking fears their sudden rise would worsen the conflict in the country, analysts said Monday. Augustino Ting Mayai, analyst with Juba-based think tank Sudd Institute, told Xinhua that the current proliferation of militia groups will exacerbate violence and humanitarian […]
Sisi, Abbas stress two-state vision key to peace process on March 21, 2017CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi stressed on Monday the importance of a two-state solution to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, official Ahram newspaper reported. Sisi’s remarks came during his meeting with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas who arrived Sunday in Cairo for talks with his Egyptian counterpart ahead of the Amman Arab Summit meeting later this […]
Thai group clears landmines to help residents live normal life on March 19, 2017BANGKOK: A Thai civilian group said recently that they have found some 2,971 landmines in an area near Thai-Cambodia border since last September and was helping the military clear them all in several days. This area, marked Suspected Hazardous Area (SHA) 397-01-2AD and located in Chong-prik temporary border pass, Buached district of the northeastern Surin […]