Peace talk preparation: Former Yemeni President, UN Envoy meet in Sanaa

Edit Topix 15 Jul 2016
The former Yemeni president backing Houthi rebels and the UN envoy to Yemen met in the capital Sanaa on Thursday ahead of the second round of peace talks between the rebels and Yemeni government scheduled in Kuwait for Friday. Former President Ali Abdullah Saleh's General People's Congress tweeted that Saleh and the head of their Kuwait delegation Arif al-Zouka met the UN's Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed ... ....

Crown prince to run Saudi Arabia as king starts holiday in UK

Edit Kashmir Observer 15 Jul 2016
The SPA did not say how long the Saudi king will stay in the UK. The 80-year-old monarch, who rose to power in January 2015 after the death of his brother King Abdullah, has been on a number of controversial holidays abroad over the past two years ... ....

Jordan girls take to football pitch to end stereotypes

Edit Arabnews 15 Jul 2016
Attached Files. . ID. . 1468531784490806500. Publication Date. . Friday, July 15, 2016. AMMAN ... FIFA’s U-17 Women’s World Cup will kick off on Sept ... “Here in Jordan... it was frowned upon to see a girl play football ... For decades football was hands off for women but that changed in 2005 when the Jordanian federation — headed by Prince Ali, a half-brother of King Abdullah II — formed the first national female team ... Offbeat. ....

6 cops killed this year in Kashmir: Son of a labourer, a part-time Imam

Edit Indian Express 15 Jul 2016
Holding arguably the most unenviable jobs in the Valley, J&K;’s policemen have been at the receiving end whenever a crisis has broken out, apart from being targeted frequently by militants ... Lone, a police driver, was trapped inside ... Share This Article. Related Article. Kashmir ... 6, slideMargin ... A resident of Machil, a border town in Kupwara, Sheikh was the Personal Security Officer (PSO) of local politician Mohammad Abdullah Chatwal ... ....

What are pellet guns and why are they so lethal?

Edit Indian Express 15 Jul 2016
Kashmiri Muslim protesters, masked to protect their faces from pellet gun shots, shout pro freedom slogans in Srinagar. (Source. AP) ... WATCH VIDEO ...   ... Then the PDP president Mehbooba Mufti had attacked the then chief minister Omar Abdullah for ‘continuing with its brute pellet gun policy to render Kashmiri youth without eyesight.’ But, after coming to power the PDP has failed to stop the use of pellet guns in Kashmir ... ....

The new language of rage

Edit Indian Express 15 Jul 2016
Ever since 2006, young people have found agency around aesthetic questions. Faith, religious identity, issues of honour, particularly the protection of women’s chastity. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) ... His claims to sainthood were dubious, at best ... In 1990, even a second-rate martyr sufficed ... “Children carried placards saying ‘Indian dogs go home’ or ‘Mujahideen qaum zindabad’” ... Her predecessor, Omar Abdullah, often said much the same thing ... ....

Department of Defense Press Briefing by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook in the Pentagon Briefing Room (US Department of Defense)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Jul 2016
(Source. US Department of Defense) PETER COOK. Afternoon, everyone. I want to first welcome our guests who are here from the St. Albans School of Public Service. Happy to have you all here, hope you enjoyed the tour and look forward to talking with you all afterward ... He also met with Afghan President Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah, as well as the Minister of Defense Habibi, and Minister of Interior Jahid during that visit ... Tara?. Q ... MR. COOK....

HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed meets Hungarian counterpart (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Jul 2016
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met with Peter Szijjarto, the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, in Budapest ... Sheikh Abdullah said that his visit to Hungary reflects the UAE's desire to reach new horizons in relations and achieve broader cooperation and closer ties between the two sides....

HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed meets Hungarian Defence Minister (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Jul 2016
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met with Istvan Simicsko, the Defence Minister of Hungary, in Budapest ... Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed and his accompanying delegation, and the two sides discussed cooperation ... Sheikh Abdullah and Mr....

HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed meets Hungarian Minister of Economy (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Jul 2016
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, yesterday met with Mihaly Varga, the Hungarian Minister of National Economy, in the country's capital, Budapest ... Sheikh Abdullah added that the UAE is interested in expanding its cooperation with central European countries, including Hungary, especially in the economic, trade and investment sectors....

India pledges $25 million in fresh aid to Afghanistan

Edit Khaama Press 14 Jul 2016
Ten Memorandums of Understanding were signed in the presence of Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah, Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan Manpreet Vohra and some Afghan ministers ... CEO Abdullah hailed the assistance of India to Afghanistan and said the government of India has based its aids on the needs and priorities of the Afghan people....

Centre rushes AIIMS eye specialists to assist J&K; in treating pellet injuries

Edit Indian Express 14 Jul 2016
Omar Abdullah Share This Article ... Omar Abdullah Why a protester injured in violence in Kashmir threatened to beat me Kashmir protests ... Earlier today, former chief minister Omar Abdullah appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to send eye specialists to the state. Abdullah, in a series of tweets, asked PM Modi to send eye/trauma specialists just like he brought with him burn specialists after the Kollam fireworks tragedy....

Centre sends eye specialists to Kashmir after Omar’s request for ‘healing touch’

Edit Deccan Chronicle 14 Jul 2016
New Delhi ... (Photo. PTI) ... Former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi late Wednesday night on Twitter, for the quick response to his request for medical assistance.  ... https.//t.co/ajRXl78qg2 — Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) July 13, 2016 ... Please send eye/trauma specialists to Kashmir — Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) July 13, 2016 ... — Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) July 13, 2016 ... ....
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