Arab News:
Saudi Arabia tops in flood promises to Pakistan (but fails to deliver)
JEDDAH: Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior Prince Naif met with Secretary-General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu at his office here Tuesday and highlighted Saudi Arabia’s efforts to send relief for Pakistan’s flood victims. Â (Promises, promises…)
30 killed as bombers wreak havoc in Lahore
LAHORE: At least 30 people were killed and over 200 injured as three suicide bombers targeted a Shiite mourning procession in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday evening.
4 killed in Algeria suicide attack, 20 wounded
ALGIERS: An Algerian security official says a suicide attack on a military convoy in the north of the country killed at least four people and wounded 20.
62 roasted as jets pound Taleban hide-outs
PESHAWAR: Pakistani government air raids have killed up to 62 militants, their family members and other civilians with no ties to the fighters, officials said on Wednesday.
The revolving doors of Pali prisons: crackdown on Hamas after shooting
RAMALLAH, West Bank: Palestinian security forces arrested more than 150 Hamas members in an overnight sweep throughout the West Bank after the militant group claimed responsibility for shooting dead four Israelis on the eve of new Mideast peace talks.
Lankan maid’s torture charges baseless: Saudi officials
RIYADH: Saudi officials have refuted claims that a sponsor in Riyadh hammered nails into the body of his Sri Lankan housemaid as punishment.












