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Security is being stepped up in major European cities ahead of New Year celebrations, with officials wary of possible terror plots. New Year fireworks and festivities have been cancelled in the Belgian capital Brussels because of an alert. Extra measures will also be in place in cities including Paris, London, Berlin and Moscow. Meanwhile in Turkey, security services say they ... Read More »

“People who loves to eat are always the best people.” If I were to ever come up with a quote about food, it’d probably be something about breakfast because I passionately love breakfast and believe in the benefits of having a healthy breakfast with variations every day. A new study shows that coffee is a pain reliever. So here I ... Read More »

There are many kinds of slimming drugs on the market but you cannot take them forever; moreover diet fads often don’t work or they only offer temporary benefits. In “Eat to Live”, the author explains first why we gain weight, then how to lose weight, and finally how to stay thin and healthy for life. Eating food that is rich ... Read More »

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Iranian naval vessels conducted rocket tests last week near US warships and commercial traffic passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the American military said Wednesday, causing new tension between the two nations after a landmark nuclear deal. The vital strait, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that is the route for nearly a third of ... Read More »

RIYADH: Bangladesh Ambassador Golam Moshi said on Tuesday that 36,000 maids are ready in Dhaka to be sent to the Kingdom for various Saudi homes for work. “We send around 4,000 maids a month to the Kingdom,” he said, pointing out that the total number of his country’s maids in the Kingdom has reached 20,000. Moshi was refuting a recent ... Read More »

KABUL: The Taliban denied reports that representatives had met Russian officials to discuss the common threat from Daesh in Afghanistan as a British newspaper reported that President Vladimir Putin had met the Taliban leader. Last week, a senior Russian official was quoted saying that Russia’s interests “objectively coincided” with the Taliban in the fight against Daesh, which has established a ... Read More »

BEIRUT, Lebanon: Hezbollah’s leader said on Sunday that Israel miscalculated by killing prominent militant Samir Qantar in Syria last week, saying that retaliation for his death was inevitable whatever the consequences. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, speaking in a ceremony to mark a week since Qantar’s death, said Israelis should brace themselves for a response either inside Israel or outside. “The response ... Read More »

BAGHDAD: Daesh terrorists pulled out of their last stronghold in Ramadi Sunday, bringing Iraqi federal forces within sight of their biggest victory since last year’s debacle. Ramadi lies about 100 km west of Baghdad and is the capital of Anbar, which is Iraq’s largest province and borders Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. A victory there would help boost Iraq’s military, ... Read More »

People with addiction have problems in controlling their drug taking behavior. They yearn and seek out drugs, alcohol, or other substances at any cost— regardless of its consequences that comprises; damaging friendships, hurting family, or losing jobs. At this point, we must stop and ask ourselves why addiction makes people behave in such ruinous ways. And why is it so ... Read More »

YANGON: Dozens of people are missing and feared dead after a landslide struck a remote jade mining region in northern Myanmar, the second such incident in a month, officials said Saturday. The landslide occurred Friday in Kachin state’s mining community of Hpakant, said Khin Maung Myint, a local member of the opposition National League for Democracy party. He joined rescue ... Read More »

AJACCIO: Demonstrators ransacked a Muslim prayer hall and attempted to burn copies of the Qur'an on the French island of Corsica Friday, police said, following a night of violence that left two firefighters injured. Tensions had mounted in Ajaccio on Christmas Day after two firefighters and a police officer were wounded overnight in Jardins de L’Empereur, a low-income neighborhood of ... Read More »

ADEN: Six civilians were killed and 16 were wounded when Houthi and Salah militias launched artillery shelling on residential neighborhoods in the Yemeni city of Taiz on Saturday. The shelling targeted the neighborhoods of Esefrah, Edh-ha and Thaabat, as the militia continues its siege of all the key city outlets and prevented the entry of medical and relief supplies to ... Read More »

MAKKAH: The longest-serving muezzin of the Gand Mosque in Makkah, Mohammed Siraj Ma'arof, died Friday at Al-Noor Specialist Hospital. He took over the job after the death of his father 34 years ago. He was buried at the Al-Ula Cemetery in Makkah after Fajr prayer on Saturday. Read More »

RIYADH: A renowned professor of King Saud University (KSU) here has warned of radiation danger from cell phone towers, saying that the radiation emissions from towers can cause many health hazards because of their dense installations and unscientific proliferation.  In a new study, Prof. Sultan Ayoub Meo, a professor at KSU’s College of Medicine, has for the first time proved ... Read More »

NEW YORK: Brent crude hit an 11-year low of $36.20 on Tuesday, in part because OPEC has ceased to function. So, ding dong, the group is dead. By all means sing and ring the bells out. Just not too loudly. This isn’t, of course, the first time that oil prices have suddenly taken a tumble. Nor would the Organization of ... Read More »