Category: Global News and Affairs
Saving the Newborns
One million babies do not survive their first day of birth. Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Pakistan, Nigeria, B'Desh, Afghanistan record high inc [...]
Pak Balls Reign Over FIFA Grounds
Pak is 159 on world football playing nations ranking.
Pakistan is no footballer's paradise. The country ranks 159 on the World Soccer Playing Nation [...]
OIC Releases Annual Report on Islamophobia
Jeddah: The OIC Observatory on Islamophobia released its 7th annual report covering the period from October 2013 to April 2014, on the sidelines of t [...]
IDB spends $156 million in Scholarship to Students
Jeddah: The IDB has spent $156 million in scholarship awards to students in member countries and Muslim communities in non-member countries in the las [...]
Jeddah Historic Area named World Heritage Site
Jeddah: The Jeddah Historical Area has been declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO, the United Nations cultural agency.
Prince Sultan Bin Salman, [...]
Manufacturing – Most Attractive Locations
Malaysia has emerged as the most attractive destination for locating manufacturing units among Asian countries. It is followed by Taiwan, South Kor [...]
Why Do People Always Look At Their Smart Phones?
By Ken Jorgustin
People drift into their own little world and zone-out when they are engaged with their smart-phone " completely ignoring what is [...]
Chinese and Swiss Professor, among winners of King Abdullah Translation Prizes
Riyadh: The winners of the 7th King Abdullah International Prize for Translation were announced at a function held at the headquarters of King Abdul [...]
Chelsea Muslim Footballer builds Mosque
London: Senegal national team and Chelsea Muslim striker Demba Ba has offered money to fund the construction of a mosque in his parents' hometown in [...]
Afghanistan’s ‘Forgotten’ Poor
Kabul: For all the billions of dollars in foreign aid that has poured into Afghanistan over the past 12 years, Sajeda, her head-to-toe burqa covered [...]