Who murdered the Arabic language?
In Beirut, Lebanon, mock 'murder scenes' raise awareness that Arabic is ceasing to be a working language here. An Arabic-language festival wants to help change that.
Disease threatens survivors
Lack of drinking water for Pakistan flood victims is spreading disease
US and Iraq battle over casualty figures
Baghdad says Washington’s tally of 222 Iraqis killed in July is impossible and an attempt to save face.
Surge in wheat prices continues in August
Wheat prices opened August with another big jump, hitting a 2-year high Monday as worsening weather conditions ravaged the Russia's grain crops.
Shock at French eviction video
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been accused of pandering to the far-right in an attempt to boost his popularity, as video emergence of a police eviction of African immigrants.
Somali pirates capture cargo ship
Somali pirates hijack the Panama-flagged MV Suez cargo ship sailing in a recommended shipping lane in the Gulf of Aden, the European Union naval force says.
Fish prices double as waters heat up
The price of fish has doubled over the past two months as demand rises during the annual migration of stock to cooler waters.
New wave of evictions threatens gypsies
Human rights campaigners have condemned a wave of evictions and court actions against Gypsies and Irish Travellers which they say are threatening to extinguish a whole way of life
Turkish Military Council debates promotions of coup suspects
A routine meeting of Turkey’s top-ranking officers is turning into a power struggle between the military and the government.
Villages evacuated in Greek island fire
Fire Service officials in Greece say several villages have been evacuated on the island of Samos as a wildfire swept across forest land on the western part of the island.
India offers Maoist rebels cash for weapons
Two state governments reveal details of a weapons-buyback and job-training program that will attempt to tackle Maoist violence.
Ruling expected on 'Ground Zero' mosque
New York commission to rule on whether site can be rebuilt as mosque.
Israel fears Turks could pass its secrets to Iran
Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak has voiced concern that once-stalwart ally Turkey could share Israeli intelligence secrets with Iran, revealing a deep distrust as Ankara's regional interests shift.
Nasa scientists braced for 'solar tsunami' to hit earth
The earth could be hit by a wave of violent space weather on Tuesday.
'After studying medicine they go into sales'
Wang Chunchun, 23, has decided to quit traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) after she completes her internship at a Beijing hospital.
Medvedev undecided about second term
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday he had not yet decided whether to stand for re-election in 2012, but confirmed he would not run if his mentor Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was also on the ballot.
Sustainable agriculture - UAE setting up 40 organic farms by 2011
The UAE has 13 organic farms at present and is planning to have 23 more by June 2011, raising to 40 the total number of organic farms in the country.
Egypt to invest in Kurdistan region
Egypt and Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region are to ink a cooperation protocol in human resources rehabilitation domain according to a report by an Egyptian investment
Khamenei condemns teaching of music
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said today that music is "not compatible" with the values of the Islamic republic, and should not be practised or taught in the country.
Tycoon buys Newsweek 'for a dollar'
The struggling US current affairs magazine Newsweek has been rescued by 91-year-old audio equipment tycoon, Sidney Harman, who bought the title last night for a nominal amount reported to be just a single dollar.
National Geographic to go Arabic from October
An Arabic-language edition of The National Geographic magazine, which dates back to 1888, is to be published from October and distributed across the GCC as well as in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.
US to push for lift of BlackBerry ban
The US is to push the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to lift the proposed ban on people using BlackBerry email, messaging and web services.
A universe could exist 'inside every black hole,' claims scientist
A hidden universe could exist inside every black hole, a Polish cosmologist has claimed.
Holocaust Museum to Romania: scrap 'racist' coin
A leading Holocaust group has demanded that Romania's central bank withdraws from circulation a commemorative coin of a former church leader, claiming he held anti-Semitic views and called for Jews to leave Romania.
Wilberforce 'condoned slavery'
New research may stain the character of the British politician and evangelical philanthropist, with claims that he was himself implicated in slave trading – after the abolition of the trade.
Boy Returned to Russia Sent to Orphanage
A boy who was sent back to Russia by his American adoptive mother has been placed back in an orphanage, a Tennessee newspaper reported. The return of the 8-year-old, Artyom Savelyev, caused Russia to suspend adoptions to the United States.
Pressure mounts on two ministers to resign
Jurists have said Defense Minister Vecdi Gönül and Interior Minister Beşir Atalay should resign in the wake of their failure to ensure the capture of 102 military officers for whom an arrest warrant was issued by an İstanbul court as part of a coup probe in late July, terming this situation “unacceptable.”
Bringing a Forgotten Genocide to Justice
The impoverished country starts war crimes proceedings almost 40 years after an atrocity that may have killed as many as 3 million people
Brazilians swapped at birth now work and live together
Two years back, Dimas Aliprandi and Elton Plaster didn't know of each other's existence. Then they learned they had been accidentally switched at birth more than 20 years ago.
Jellyfish invasion closes beaches across Spain
Holidaymakers have been banned from swimming at beaches across Spain amid what is expected to be the worst jellyfish invasion for two years.
Iran's President Ahmadinejad challenges Barack Obama to TV debate
The Iranian president invites his US counterpart to debate world affairs.
Man travels around world for free using Twitter
A British man called Paul Smith has travelled around the world almost totally free using only Twitter to get journeys from fellow users.
High-End Matchmaking Agencies Report Business Is Up
Even in this economy, high-end matchmakers are reporting that business is up
Only scientist in Commons 'alarmed' at MPs' ignorance
The only scientist in the House of Commons has called for all MPs to be required to take a crash course in basic scientific techniques.
iPhone 4 jailbreak app goes live
Jailbreakme 2.0, the new software app that lets iPhone and iPod touch owners running iOS4 use unrestricted applications, is released.
Will sky-high cocoa prices lift West African farmers?
West African cocoa farmers and their families should be cheering that a 'market cartel' has emerged, pushing cocoa prices up. Capitalism, so often the instrument of their oppression, is now working dramatically in their favor.
Derham defends female newsreaders
Proms presenter and former news anchor Katie Derham says criticism of young female newsreaders is "arrant nonsense".
Spike in Android phone shipments
Shipments of Google's Android operating system for smartphones have rocketed by 886% in the last year, figures suggest.
Israel endorses UN flotilla probe
Israel announces it will co-operate with a UN panel of investigation into its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May which killed nine Turkish activists
Three-quarters of non-Muslims believe Islam negative for Britain
Muslim organisation calls for efforts to improve awareness as four-fifths of those polled admit to little knowledge of the faith
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