‘Islamists need time to undo damage caused by ousted Arab regimes’

Post-Arab Spring Islamist rulers cannot be expected to improve the situation in their countries overnight, observers said on Saturday.

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Syria rebels fight on as peace talks pressure mounts

Syrian rebels kept up resistance Saturday to a Hizbollah-backed assault on a strategic central town as pressure grew on the opposition to attend a peace conference after the regime agreed to do so.

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Meeting expected to draw disaster risk reduction strategy

As the US is still reeling from a devastating tornado that hit the state of Oklahoma, around 5,000 government representatives, researchers and other stakeholders are meeting in Geneva to draw a strategy on disaster risk reduction (DRR).

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WEF, EBRD fire up private sector to curb unemployment in Arab world

Unemployment in the Arab world is the highest globally, according to the Arab World Competitiveness Report 2013 launched Saturday by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

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Salem wins 3rd round of Speed Test Championship

Jordan’s Husam Salem on Friday battled the scorching heat and 82 drivers from Palestine, Syria, Egypt, the UAE and Jordan to win the 3rd round of the Speed Test Championship “Zain Aqaba Speed Test”.

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Downside, health hazards and future of high-tech

The already known health issues caused by long hours of computing had so far been somewhat limited to the infamous carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and to back pain resulting from prolonged, bad sitting posture. Excessive gaming is also known for causing more or less severe, more or less permanent mental disorder, among the young more particularly.

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Official name

Having read the news item “Jordan’s ambassador to Macedonia presents credentials” (The Jordan Times, May 23, 2013), I would like to stress that no such country is a member of the United Nations.

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