An offshoot of Al Qaida is regrouping in Pakistan

Edit Stars and Stripes 03 Jun 2016
KARACHI, Pakistan — Five years after most senior al-Qaida leaders are thought to have fled this port city, officials in Karachi worry the organization is regrouping and finding new support here and in neighboring Afghanistan ... "But it's a different, more localized al-Qaida." ... "The core al-Qaida, the thinkers and planners, are not coming to the front right now, but they are giving directions and ....

8 casualties in shelling on al-Castelo road and 20 persons killed in fierce fighting in the vicinity of Marea and “Turkish” bombing on the northern countryside of Aleppo (SOHR - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Jun 2016
Warplanes bombed areas in al-Castelo road which is the only main road between the city of Aleppo and its northern and northwestern countryside, and the bombing targeted a passenger bus which resulted in the death of 8 citizens at least and injured others, also warplanes bombed this morning areas in the town of Huraytan in the northern countryside ......

Differences in how ALS affects eye and limb muscles may provide important clues (Umeå universitet)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Jun 2016
Differences in how ALS affects eye and limb muscles may provide important clues. [2016-06-02] In an effort to better understand what happens during Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), researchers at Umeå University have compared the impact of ALS on the eye and limb muscles ... 'While skeletal muscles are severely affected in ALS, eye muscles are far less affected than limb muscles....

Eminent scholars to conduct Taraweehprayers in Makkah and Madinah

Edit Arabnews 03 Jun 2016
Announcing the names of the two imams, Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques, said that each will conduct prayers at the Holy Mosques in Madinah and well as in Makkah. According to the announcement, Yasir Al-Dossary, associate professor at King Saud University (KSU), will conduct the prayers at the Holy Mosque in ......

Mahdi Ali's young UAE side beaten by Jordan at King's Cup opener

Edit The National 03 Jun 2016
Al Shamsi 45' ... Abdulrahman (pen) 8', Al Dardour 50', Khairullah 68' ... A largely experimental side, captained by the returning Hamdan Al Kamali, suffered an early setback when the Al Wahda defender handled inside the penalty area in the seventh minute....

US asked Russia to stop attacking al-Nusra positions in Syria: Lavorv

Edit Press TV 03 Jun 2016
The United States has asked Russia to stop conducting airstrikes against the al-Nusra Front terrorists in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says. Fear of hitting the US-backed militants fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government prompted the American officials to make the request, Lavrov said in a televised speech on Friday....

Centcom Announces Yemen Counterterrorism Strikes (US Department of Defense)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Jun 2016
military conducted a counterterrorism strike against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, May 19 in the Shabwah Governorate in central Yemen that killed four al-Qaida operatives, U.S ... On May 6, Centcom also announcedfour strikes conducted between April 23-28 against AQAP, which killed 10 al-Qaida operatives and injured one ... 3 that killed six al-Qaida operatives in Shabwah Governorate in central Yemen;....

UAE Ambassador presents credentials to German President (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Jun 2016
Ali Abdullah Al Ahmad, Ambassador of the UAE to Germany ... President Gauck requested the Al Ahmad to convey greetings to Their Highnesses Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid. He praised the good relations between the two countries and wished for success for Al Ahmad in his new assignment....

Continued clashes between regime forces and Jabhat al-Nusra in southern Aleppo (SOHR - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Jun 2016
Clashes took place between regime forces and rebels in Bustan al-Basha ... Clashes continue between Jabhat al-Nusra backed by Islamic factions against regime forces backed by non-Syrian militiamen in the southern countryside of Aleppo amid targeting the area ......

UAE Ambassador presents credentials to President of Nepal (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Jun 2016
Saeed Hamdan Al Naqbi presented on Thursday his credentials as the UAE Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Kathmandu, to President Bidhya Devi Bhandari of Nepal here. Al Naqbi conveyed to President Bhandari greetings of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa ......

Qatar Airways seeks potential in Africa

Edit The National 03 Jun 2016
"We are not supermen," said Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways chief executive ... Mr Al Baker said he will walk away from the deal if it is not resolved by the end of the summer. "The current owner of Meridiana will not pump anymore money into the company," said Mr Al Baker ... But Mr Al Baker has aggressive planes for the Italian airline ... Mr Al Baker sees Africa in a great need for a major airport hub in the continent....

Two children killed in militants’ attacks in Syria's Aleppo

Edit Press TV 03 Jun 2016
The terrorists fired several rockets at the neighborhoods of al-Hamdaniyeh and Seif al-Dawla in the northern city of Aleppo, killing two children and injuring 15 others, Syria’s official news agency, SANA, quoted a police source as saying on Friday ... Meanwhile, the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra terrorists fired more than 30 rockets at the town ......

Dismantling Civil Society in Bahrain

Edit CounterPunch 03 Jun 2016
Like a vise which first grips its object and then slowly, deliberately and inexorably crushes it, the al-Khalifa regime has done similarly to civil society in Bahrain ... The stalwart activist Zainab al-Khawaja was given a sentence of three years and one month in Dec ... Al-Khawaja has just been on “humanitarian” grounds after serving 15 months in jail....
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