Pakistani Faiz Mohammad was arrested Sunday (May 9) at an airport in Karachi, Pakistan, after electrical circuits and batteries were found in the soles of his sneakers.
An initial probe found the devices were used to massage his feet, but authorities said they could also be used to construct bombs.
An engineer by profession and headed [...]
Female Jordanian body-builder Farah Malhass trains at a gym in Amman, Jordan.
The 26-year-old’s ambition is to become the first Arab woman to participate in international body-building competitions.
“Everyone is against me,” she says. “No one understands why I want to become an international star in figure body-building.”
Hailing from a well-off Jordanian family as one of [...]
A veiled Palestinian woman takes part in a demonstration on Friday (April 16) calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, in the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah.
Omani women meet a local sheik at the handicraft market before heading to the beauty contest arena at the Al Dhafra Festival during February 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The fifty most beautiful camels of the Al Dhafra Festival’s camel beauty contest, known as the Bayraq Lap, are walked back to their camp to [...]
In an attempt to boost battlefield intelligence, the U.S. Army is preparing to deploy a high-tech hybrid airship above Afghanistan within the next year and a half.
By the end of the year, the Army will award a contract for the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV), and Lockheed Martin’s design is likely to be the winner. [...]
Archaeologists digging in Jerusalem have uncovered a 3700-year-old wall that is the oldest example of massive fortifications ever found in the city.
The wall dates from a time in the Middle Bronze Age when Jerusalem was a small, fortified enclave controlled by the Canaanites, before they were conquered by the Israelites.
The wall apparently formed [...]
