Wayne Rooney scored his first goal since March as Manchester United cruised to victory to remain two points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea. Rooney converted a 33rd-minute penalty to end a 13-game drought after Jonathan Spector fouled Ryan Giggs. Nani’s cool finish from Rooney’s neat pass made it 2-0 while Kieron Dyer hit the post [...]
Financial and political crisis are threatening to put an end to the far-right British National Party as a major player in the British political scene. The party is at least £500,000 in the red and could face up to 12 claims of unfair dismissal from workers who were fired after the BNP appeared hopeless in [...]
Muslim countries, organizations and individuals have pledged nearly $1 billion in cash and relief supplies to help Pakistan respond to the worst floods in the nation’s history, the head of a group of Islamic states said. The announcement came as floodwaters inundated a large town in Pakistan and authorities struggled to build new levees with [...]
The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) in Qatar has announced it’s planning to secure international accreditation for all primary healthcare centres in the country, as well as private clinics and hospitals, a senior health official has said. Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), the leading healthcare provider in Qatar, has been successful in getting all its hospitals [...]
Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with him, once left his house in the burning heat of the midday sun and went to the mosque. Umar saw him and asked, “Abu Bakr, what has brought you out at this hour? Abu Bakr said he had left his house because he was terribly hungry and [...]
Complaints about NHS hospitals and community health services have reached a record high, according to the latest figures. The number rose from 89,139 to 101,077 between 2008/09 and 2009/10, a rise of 13.4%. It is the biggest year-on-year increase since records began 12 years ago. According to a report, 44% of the complaints were [...]
Jordan’s King Abdallah arrived in Jeddah on Sunday to perform umrah. He was received by Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal at the King Abdul Aziz International Airport. King Abdallah, who arrived here in his ihram, traveled to Makkah to perform the pilgrimage, a pious act during the holy month of Ramadan. He was accompanied [...]
Meshaal said in a speech in Damascus that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was too weak to stand up to Israel and negotiate a just deal at the talks in Washington on Sept. 2. “If the talks succeed they will succeed to Israeli standards and liquidate the Palestinian cause. They’ll give us parts of 1967 lands. [...]
