Asian Lite News Archive

Category: Arab News

  • Palestinian unity government resigns

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    Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas accepted the resignation of the Palestinian unity government. The resignation of the Palestinian unity government was made following a meeting held in Ramallah on Wednesday between Abbas and Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah. A well-informed Palestinian official told Xinhua news agency that Hamdallah presented his government’s resignation to President Abbas during their…

  • Ramadan Mubarak from No10

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    Prime Minister David Cameron wishes the Muslim communities across the world – A Very Happy Ramadan….reports Asian Lite News The prime minister in a message to Asian Lite News said he would like to send his very best wishes to everyone observing the holy month of Ramadan. “It’s a hugely important time as Muslims in Britain and across…

  • US ‘deeply troubled’ over Morsi verdict

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     President Barack Obama’s administration said that it is “deeply troubled” by the death sentence handed down against deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, contending that it was politically motivated. At his daily press conference, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the result of Morsi’s trial is another example of a “politically motivated” sentence, and he expressed…

  • Morsi sentenced to death in jailbreak case

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    An Egyptian court sentenced former president Mohamed Morsi to death over a 2011 prison break case, confirming a preliminary death sentence issued in May. A probe led by Judge Hassan Samir Qadhi found the defendants in the jail break case plotted the killing of police personnel in Abu Zaabal, Wadi el Natroun and El Marg…

  • Bradford family urged to return

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    The husbands of three Bradford sisters feared to have travelled to Syria with their nine children said they “miss and love” them as they appealed for their return Khadija, Sugra and Zohra Dawood, from Bradford, and their children aged three to 15 have not made contact for a week. Their brother is understood to be fighting…

  • Dubai Links with London Tech

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    London Technology Week runs from 15-21 June at Shard in London. Hundreds of international companies and tens of thousands of visitors will come to London to take part in more than 200 events organised as part of London Technology Week….reports Asian Lite News Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), Dubai’s integrated free zone technology park, and the…

  • Israel to force feed prisoners

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    The Israeli government has voted in favour of adopting a bill which allows authorities to force feed security prisoners on hunger strike. According to the bill, authorities can force-feed prisoners on hunger strike through intravenous infusion or a feeding tube if their lives were in jeopardy, even if it was against their wishes, Xinhua news…

  • US airstrike kills Belmokhtar in Libya

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    The US military has launched an airstrike in Libya, killing a leader of Ansar al-Shariah, an offshoot of the Al Qaeda. “We are assessing the results of the operation and will provide additional information as and when appropriate,” Pentagon spokesman Steve Warren said in a statement. The statement did not specify if drones or manned…

  • Dewsbury in shock over UK’s ‘youngest suicide bomber’

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    Community leaders in the home town of a West Yorkshire teenager who reportedly carried out a suicide bombing in Iraq have spoken of their shock at the news. Dewsbury councillor Masood Ahmed said Talha Asmal, 17, was “no different” from other teenagers and that people in the town were “shocked and devastated”. And Asmal’s school…

  • Israel claims Gaza offensive ‘lawful’

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    Israel released an official report on its military campaign against the Gaza Strip last summer, claiming that its massive offensive was lawful, while accusing the Islamic Hamas movement of committing “war crimes and crimes against humanity”. The 277-page report was issued in an attempt to forestall the upcoming release of findings by a UN-appointed team…

  • Six Guantanamo detainees transferred to Oman

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    The US has transferred six lower-level detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where each were held for over 13 years, the US military announced. The departures to Oman were the first from the prison in six months and reduced the inmate population to 116, The New York Times reported. The six men are…

  • Role of doctors in CIA tortures condemned

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    Doctors, psychologists and lawyers played a key role in rationalising torture methods practised in clandestine CIA detention centres, according to an article published in the US-based New England Journal of Medicine. The publication based its article on data from a report last year by the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that revealed CIA tortures…

  • Ramadan advice for diabetics

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    Muslim diabetics have been urged not to put their health at risk by fasting during the forthcoming month of Ramadan…reports Asian Lite News Throughout Ramadan most Muslims are required to refrain from eating and drinking during daylight hours. But diabetics are exempt from this if fasting would put their health at risk. Going without food…

  • Israel denies reports on cyber attacks

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    An Israeli official denied as “baseless” reports that linked Israel to a computer virus that was used to spy on the nuclear talks with Iran. “The international reports of Israeli involvement in the matter are baseless,” Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely told Army Radio. Kaspersky Lab, a computer security company, suggested on Wednesday that Israel…

  • US to send more troops to Iraq to tackle ISIS

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    The US will send up to 450 additional military personnel to train Iraqi forces combating IS militants, the White House said. President Barack Obama has authorised the deployment of up to 450 additional troops to train, advise, and assist Iraqi security forces at Taqaddum military base in Anbar province, aiming to improve the capabilities and…

  • The necessity of Iraqi Sunni independence

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    The Sunni Iraqis do not view Iran’s involvement as transient, and learning from their past experience, they will under no circumstances surrender their future to the whims of Tehran, which they consider a staunch enemy. Dr Alon Ben-Meir writes on the necessity of Iraqi Sunni independence that is is needed in Britain’s leading Asian newspaper…

  • US planning new base in Iraq

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    The US is planning to set up a new base in Anbar province in Iraq and send more trainers and advisors to help Iraqi troops in the fight against militants of the Islamic State, media reported. However, both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal that published the information on Tuesday citing anonymous…

  • Dubai based Sunny Varkey signs up for Giving Pledge

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    A Dubai-based Indian billionaire Sunny Varkey has become the latest to sign up for Bill Gates’s Giving Pledge, an initiative that encourages the world’s richest people to use their wealth for good causes. Kerala-born Sunny Varkey is chairman of the international education chain GEMS. He is the founder of the million-dollar Global Teacher Prize, the…

  • Bibi calls on Palestinians to resume peace talks

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    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the Palestinians to start “open-ended” direct peace talks with Israel “without preconditions”. Speaking to reporters before meeting Czech Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek, Netanyahu said Israel supports the two-state solution to its conflict with the Palestinians and accused the latter of having refused to negotiate with Israel for the…

  • Iran has fulfilled its commitments: US

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    A senior US official has said that Iran has met all of its obligations under an interim nuclear agreement with the negotiating countries….reports Asian Lite News “Iran has halted process on some aspects of its nuclear programme and has rolled it back in a certain way,” Deputy Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said. Blinken had…

  • Why Israel matters to India

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      Chaitanya Mallapur writes in Asian Lite on why Israel matters so much for India.    When Narendra Modi travels to Israel sometime later this year, he will be the first Indian prime minister to visit, formalising a relationship often conducted behind closed doors, through clandestine meetings and secret agreements. The announcement is already generating heat, with some criticising it,…

  • Israel reopens Gaza crossings

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    Israel has reopened crossings with the Gaza Strip after they were shut down for a day, an official spokesperson said. The crossings, Kerem Shalom and Erez, were closed after a rocket launched from Gaza hit an open area in Ashkelon, a city 50 km south of Tel Aviv. Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon ordered the military…

  • UK to send more troops to tame ISIL

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    Prime Minister David Cameron has authorised the deployment of up to 125 additional troops to join the counter-ISIL efforts in Iraq as the government steps up its efforts to provide training to the Iraqi security forces….reports Asian Lite News The UK is set to more than treble its counter-IED training effort with the deployment of…

  • Oh No! Qatar, Russia to taste the drubbings

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    Russia and Qatar could lose the 2018 and 2022 World Cups respectively if evidence emerges of bribery, leading Fifa official Domenico Scala has said….reports Asian Lite News Both Qatar and Russia deny wrongdoing in their bidding processes and Scala admits he has not seen evidence of corruption. Scala is the head of Fifa’s audit and compliance…

  • Setback for Erdogan in Turkey poll

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    Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 13-year-long honeymoon with the Turkish electorate is over as his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) loses majority in a surprise poll verdict….reports Asians Lite News  Turkey’s governing AK party is on course to lose its parliamentary majority, early projections suggest They also suggest the pro-Kurdish HDP is set to cross the 10% threshold,…

  • Poor Morocco! They missed a World Cup

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    Rigged votes under the FIFA’s corrupt regime denied Morocco 2010 World Cup hosting rights…reports Asian Lite News Morocco won the bid to host the 2010 World Cup but votes were “deliberately miscounted” and it was awarded to South Africa, according to a sensational new media report claim, deepening the corruption muck at FIFA. Secret video…

  • It’s Time For A New Strategy

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    Alon Ben-Meir writes in Asian Lite, Britain’s top Asian newspaper Given the impasse between Israel and the Palestinians in the peace negotiations, the formation of a new right-wing Israeli government will make it further difficult for the two sides to come to terms on their own to reach a peace agreement.  Leaving them to their…

  • Tariq Azeez dies in prison

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    Former deputy prime minister of Iraq, Tariq Aziz, who served in Saddam Hussein’s regime, died after suffering a heart attack in prison, an Iraqi official said. “The authorities of Nasriyah prison admitted the prisoner Tariq Aziz to al-Hussein hospital in the city of Nasriyah, some 375 km south of Baghdad, after he suffered from heart…

  • Israel, Saudi Arabia met secretly in India on Iran threat

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    Israel and Saudi Arabia, countries that have no diplomatic relations, met five times secretly to discuss Iran which both consider a regional threat, especially given the approaching deadline for the nuclear deal with the international community, Israeli daily Jerusalem Post reported. The meetings have been held since the beginning of 2014 in India, Italy and…

  • MH370 search to be called off

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    The search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 led by Australia is expected to be called off early next year, the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) said. Australia’s JACC, which is leading the arduous and expensive search in the Indian Ocean for the Boeing 777, said it would not be expanded beyond its current area…

  • Coalition making progress against ISIS

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    The US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) is making progress on the ground and destroying the group’s military capabilities, Jordan’s minister of state for media affairs has said, media reported . Jordan is training Syrian people and several Syrian tribes to empower them to stand up to the IS in certain areas in Syria,…

  • Roadblocks remain in resolving Iran n-issue

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    By Aadil Mir   As the June 30 deadline to resolve the contentious Iran nuclear issue between Tehran and six world powers nears, there still remain several roadblocks which could hamper the progress made so far. The insistence by the five veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council and Germany for inspecting Iran’s military sites and…

  • Qatar lauds US role in global peace

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      Qatari prime minister says common interests between Islamic World and US contribute to international peace  Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani said on Monday that common interests between Islamic World and the United States have contributed to achieving international peace, WAM reported. “Mutual interests and…

  • India reiterates support for Palestine state

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     Following External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj’s reiteration that New Delhi’s policy towards Palestine is unchanged, India pledged Tuesday support for an independent Palestine nation “at peace with Israel” and urged them to resume the peace process for a comprehensive solution. “We firmly believe that dialogue is the only viable option in the search for a…

  • TASWEEK eyeing India’s ‘smart cities’

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    Dubai based TASWEEK Real Estate Development and Marketing, has announced that it is exploring the possibility of engaging in ‘smart city’ projects in India in collaboration with local partner MAMS Holdings Group, reports Asian Lite  one of the leading newspapers in UK read by British Asians. This is in support of Indian Prime Minister Narendra…

  • Death of a Decent Man

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    British Muslims join other communities and politicians to mourn the death of polite and gentle Charles Kennedy, the first Leader to oppose the Iraq War. He was the man behind the Lib Dem success in the 2010 elections after winning by-election after by-election during the Blair-Brown era Former Liberal Democrat Party leader Charles Kennedy has…

  • No plans to extend Iran n-talks: US

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    The US said that it is not considering an extension of Iran nuclear talks beyond the June 30 deadline. The P5+1 countries — the US, Britain, France, China, Russia, plus Germany — are making efforts to reach a final deal to curb Tehran’s nuclear programme by the deadline, State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said in a regular…

  • Iran n-talks may go beyond deadline

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    Talks to seal a deal over Tehran’s nuclear programme are likely to be extended beyond the self-imposed June 30 deadline, Iran’s senior nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said in Vienna, state IRIB TV reported. “The talks will continue until June 30 and may even go beyond that,” Araqchi said after arriving at Vienna airport for a…

  • Libyan PM survives assassination

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    Libya’s internationally-recognised Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni has survived a shooting attack during a demonstration against the government, according to a government source. “A convoy of the prime minister was shot at as he was leaving Tobruk air base, the parliament’s temporary headquarter,” a senior government official told Xinhua news agency. “A bodyguard was injured,” the…

  • Israel strikes Gaza

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    Israeli warplanes  launched missile strikes on military training facilities in the Gaza Strip in response to earlier firing of four rockets into Israel, security officials said. Witnesses said that F16 fighter jets had intensively hovered over the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave, while several explosions were heard in southern and central Gaza Strip. Security officials confirmed that…

  • Bibi proposes borders with Palestinians

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    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has voiced his willingness to discuss the borders of Jewish settlement blocs in future peace talks with the Palestinians, an Israeli newspaper reported on Tuesday. Haaretz reported that Netanyahu made the proposal during a meeting with European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini who visited the region last week.…

  • War on terror is war of Muslims: Jordan

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    Jordan declared that all Muslims should be engaged in the war against terrorist organisations, which seek to defame the Islamic faith. Islam has nothing to do with terrorism and the violent practices conducted by terrorist groups which seek to tarnish the image of this faith. Therefore, it is the duty of Muslims to fight terrorism,…

  • Trial of US journalist opens in Iran

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    A Washington Post correspondent facing charges, including spying, appeared in an Iranian court on Tuesday, media reports said. Jason Rezaian appeared before Branch 15 of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Court, IRNA news agency reported. The US journalist was accompanied by his wife Yeganeh Salehi and a female press photographer. The charges levelled against Rezaian, a 39-year-old…

  • Palestinians oppose Bibi’s settlements remarks

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    Palestinians opposed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent remarks on the fate of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, a senior official said. Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, told Xinhua news agency over telephone that Netanyahu’s remarks on the settlement issue “are totally rejected and not accepted”. “Netanyahu’s calls on the Palestinians to accept…

  • UK ,Russia to resume talks over Syrian conflict

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    British and Russian officials are to resume efforts to find a solution to the crisis in Syria, David Cameron and Vladimir Putin have agreed. The resumption of talks between security advisers was discussed by the leaders in a telephone conversation, Downing Street said. President Putin had phoned Mr Cameron to congratulate him on winning the…

  • Mosque Killings in S. Arabia condemned

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    The KAICIID Board of Directors, consisting of representatives of five religions – Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism – unanimously condemn the deliberate attack on peaceful worshippers at a mosque in Qatif province in Saudi Arabia on 22 May 2015.  The attack that killed and wounded scores of worshippers was committed deliberately to harm the…

  • Ehud Olmert gets additional eight months in prison

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    Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to an additional eight months in prison following his recent conviction in a Jerusalem court for corruption. The new prison term will be added to another one of six years, which Olmert received in another graft case, and is set to start within 45 days, Xinhua reported.…

  • Muslim police chief warns of radicalisation of Youth

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    Islamist propaganda is so addictive it is influencing children as young as five and should be countered with intensified monitoring to detect the earliest signs of anti-western sentiment, Britain’s most senior Muslim police chief has warned. Scotland Yard commander Mak Chishty said children aged five had voiced opposition to marking Christmas, branding it as “haram” –…

  • Sajid Javid shuts Lord Dannatt on Iraq

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    British troops will not get back into Iraq despite the country teetering on the verge of collapse to ISIS, a top Cabinet minister revealed this morning. Business Secretary Sajid Javid admitted more troops were needed on the ground – but insisted: ‘This is not a war on the ground for British troops.’ It comes after ISIS…

  • ISIS kills 400 Syrians in Palmyra

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    Islamic State (IS) militants have killed about 400 people since they stormed the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria, media reported. Most of those killed in the millennia-old oasis city were women and children, Xinhua news agency reported citing the official Syrian TV. Last Wednesday, the IS militants took full control of the ancient…