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A high-protein diet is often recommended by bodybuilders and nutritionists to build muscle, tone the body and lose fat. Cutting up on carbs, sugar and fat can help you lose weight but going on a high protein diet will help tame the hunger and boost protein in the body gradually. Proteins are available in many sources. When following this diet, ... Read More »

Spending a day at the spa is not just relaxing and fun, it also costs big bucks. If money is one of your concerns, try to turn your home into a spa. Most of what you need is probably already in your kitchen. So with these simple tips get ready for a homemade spa day.  Essential oils are a time-tested ... Read More »

ZURICH: Trinidadian Jack Warner, once one of the most powerful men in world soccer, has been banned from all football-related activities for life, the ethics committee of the global governing body FIFA said on Tuesday. In the biggest corruption scandal to hit the sport, Warner and 13 other soccer officials and sports marketing executives were indicted in the United States ... Read More »

WELLINGTON: New Zealand has unveiled plans to create a South Pacific marine sanctuary the size of France, saying it would protect one of the world’s most pristine ocean environments. Prime Minister John Key said the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary would cover an area of 620,000 square kilometers (240,000 square miles) about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) off New Zealand’s northeast coast. Announcing ... Read More »

RIYADH: Even before the revelation of findings of Saudi Arabia’s committee tasked with investigating the Mina tragedy, social media users have been active in debating the issue among themselves. Some of them posted outdated video footage, and images of victims and incidents which happened a long time ago, or even elsewhere in the world — claiming they were images of ... Read More »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates: The United Arab Emirates is introducing labor reforms aimed at tightening oversight of employment agreements for the millions of temporary migrant workers who make up the bulk of the country’s workforce, a top Emirati official said Tuesday. Like its oil-rich Gulf Arab neighbors, the Emirates has long faced criticism over its treatment of low-paid laborers ... Read More »

BAGHDAD: Sixteen Turkish workers abducted in Baghdad earlier this month have appeared in an online video promising their release, days after the United Nations backed a deal to extricate Syrian villagers under siege from rebels supported by Ankara. The men were kidnapped on Sept. 2 from a stadium they were building on the outskirts of the capital along with two ... Read More »

JEDDAH: The Haramain high-speed railway will replace most buses transporting pilgrims between Makkah and Madinah by December 2016. There would be 35 trains operational next year to serve more than 2 million pilgrims, a local Haramain official was quoted as saying recently by a local publication. Each train would have 15 carriages and three first class carriages, he said. Work ... Read More »

JEDDAH: Official records show that the name of the former Iranian ambassador to Beirut Ghazanfar Abadi does not appear among this year’s pilgrims, sources have told Al Arabiya News. If his presence during the pilgrimage is confirmed, that would mean he entered the Kingdom by “unknown ways,” possibly registering with a different name and description. He is feared to have ... Read More »

JEDDAH: The Directorate General of Immigration has said that the guidelines do not allow any pilgrims coming from abroad to overstay the validity of their visas. They are also not allowed to work in any part of the Kingdom or move beyond the circuit of Makkah, Jeddah and Madinah, according to an online newspaper. The directorate has warned companies and ... Read More »

RIYADH: Chinese Ambassador Li Chengwen has said that about 14,000 Chinese Muslims came to Saudi Arabia to perform Haj this year, and more than 20 million Chinese Muslims celebrated Eid Al-Adha with their Muslim brothers and sisters all over the world. Chengwen made his observation prior to his country’s 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China ... Read More »

NEW DELHI: In the past decade, nearly 1 billion people have been connected to wireless phone service as part of India’s mobile communications revolution, making it the second-largest mobile phone market in the world.  But a recent combination of rapidly rising growth and bad infrastructure has turned India’s dreams of wireless phone expansion into something of a nightmare. Anguish over ... Read More »

MUMBAI: There’s some good news for those who think that Ranbir Kapoor’s latest film “Tamasha” with Deepika Padukone is in the same space as “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.” According to NDTV, filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani is getting ready to shoot the much talked about Sanjay Dutt biopic. And at a media interaction recently Hirani said, “The script for the Sanjay Dutt ... Read More »

NEW TORK: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin launched a new coalition to battle the Daesh in Syria on Sunday, as he prepared to confront US rival Barack Obama at the United Nations. The dramatic diplomatic gambit underlined the speed with which Russia has seized the initiative on Syria, even as US Secretary of State John Kerry was to meet his counterpart ... Read More »

PARIS: Six French jet fighters targeted and destroyed a Daesh training camp in eastern Syria, President Francois Hollande said Sunday, making good on a promise to go after the group that the president has said is planning attacks against several countries, including France. The airstrikes were the first in Syria by France as it expands its mission against Daesh. “The ... Read More »