The UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan has said that economy of the United Arab Emirates was strong including Dubai despite the global recession.
Previously known as the Trucial States, the United Arab Emirates was formed in 1971 comprising of  seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm Al Qaiwain. The president of the United Arab Emirates is Khalifa bin  Zayed Bin Al Nahayan, who was elected president after the death of his father Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in November 2004. …

A policeman in Kuwait refused to salute a female police officer just because she is a woman. He told the woman police officer that it is below his dignity to salute her she is a woman and I am a ‘man’. The male police officers citing local social values, cultural norms and local traditions to justify their stance.
The woman police officer has filed a formal complainted against the policeman. It will be interesting to see what will be the outcome of the complaint.
The women police officers were graduated on March …

Jordan’s King Abdullah II who is on an official visit of Romania said that an Arab peace initiative offers a solution for peace in the Middle East, emphasising that Israel should seize the opportunity or risk ongoing conflict in the region.
He said, “Israel must decide whether they want to observe this opportunity and become integrated in the region or whether they want to remain a fortress … and keep the Middle East hostage in conflict.”
The king met Romanian President Traian Basescu to discuss bilateral issues and the need …

Dr Abdullah M. Bin Mahfouz, Vice Chairman of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry has said that in spite of international markets reeling from the financial crisis, development and investment in Saudi Arabia’s real estate sector is expected to remain strong.
 Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate experts has pointed out in a recent report that Saudi Arabia has a large domestic economy and is less dependent on global flows of capital and labour.
There are also many opportunities for investors, developers and occupiers with a recent snap poll finding …

Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former top diplomat and intelligence chief, has said that the US needs to change its tune and exert more pressure on Israel or face a deterioration in its relations with the Middle East.
He called Israel’s three-week assault on Gaza which killed more than 1,300 Palestinians in the densely populated enclave, “barbaric” and a “catastrophe.”
He further said, “President Obama can do something and gain the confidence and support of the Arab and Muslim nations by showing that he has done things on the ground and not simply …

The UN Security Council passed a resolution last Thursday (January 8, 2009) calling for an immediate ceasefire in the three-week-old conflict in the Gaza Strip and an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza where more than 1000 Palestinians have been killed and thousands have wounded.
Fourteen of the council’s 15 members voted in favour of the resolution. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in a speech,
“In the night between Thursday and Friday, when the secretary of state wanted to lead the vote on a ceasefire at the Security Council, we did not want her to vote …

The death toll of Palestinians or Hamas millitants/terrorists has crossed 1000. This is the result of three weaks of continuous shelling and bombing of Gaza by Israel’s armed forces which claims that the operation is aimed at stopping the rocket fires into Israel by terrorists in Gaza. 
Nearly 300 of those killed are children and at least over 500 are civilians. The only crime of the civilians was that they elected Hamas as their ‘democratic’ government. The countries which claim that they are for democracy in Middle East refused to accept …

It has been two weeks since Israel started pounding 350 square kilometer area of Gaza strip. The official death toll is 765 palestinians as a result of shelling and bombing which was targeting Hamas. About 250 of the deads are children.
The advocates of Israel tell the world that Israelis phone Palestinians before attacking so that Palestinians can take shelter, wounded Palestinians are treated in top notch medical facilities of Israel and Israel takes all the precautions to avoid the common palestinians. Hamas fired over 6000 rockets into Israel since 2005.
How many …

Miguel D’escoto Brockmann, the president of the UN General Assembly, termed Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza was a “monstrosity” and a marked failure for the United Nations.
He said:
“I think it’s a monstrosity; there’s no other way to name it. Once again, the world is watching in dismay the dysfunctionality of the Security Council.”
The Security Council once again failed to reach an agreement as US once agained blocked any consensus during the late-night emergency meeting. US blames Hamas for all the violance in Gaza stating Hamas must stop smuggling arms into …

After eight days of bombing blitz killing more than 400 hundreds Palestinins and wreaking widespread destruction, Israel’s ground forces has invaded Gaza for ground assault. Accroding to reports has fought ‘fierce battles’ with hammas fighters.  Israel is using its right of self defence which Palestinians donot have.
The way world leaders and United Nation has reacted so far on this Israeli massacre in Gaza, it speaks of double standards on terrorism. No matter how condemnable firing of rockets by Hamas in Israel is, Israel’s reaction cannot be justified at all. However, …