Two students were taken to the hospital after their school bus crashed in the US city of Houston Thursday, local media reported. The incident happened Thursday morning on a loop near a freeway in southwest Houston, the website of the Houston Chronicle reported. The Houston Independent School District officials said seven students were aboard the bus headed to M.C. WilliamsRead more

The Colorado student who shot a teenage girl was heavily armed when he entered Arapahoe County High School looking for his debate coach, the local sheriff says. Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said Karl Pierson had written reminders on his arm of five classrooms and the library he planned to attack, the Denver Post reported Wednesday. Pierson brought with himRead more

A Harvard student was charged with making false bomb threats to the university that led to the evacuation of four campus buildings earlier this week, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday. The U.S. attorney's office said Eldo Kim sent emails to university officials, saying "shrapnel bombs" had been placed in four buildings on campus. The 20-year-old made the bomb hoax toRead more

Under the patronage of Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz, President of the Arab Gulf Programme for Development "AGFUND" and Chairman of the Council of Trustees of the Arab Open University, the Cairo branch of the university today celebrated its 7th batch graduation ceremony in the presence of Prince Turki bin Talal bin Abdulaziz, the Chairman of the Supervisory Committee for theRead more

Director General of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) Dr. Abdullah Mhareb called Tuesday for paying further attention to science and scientific research in the Arab countries. The Arab world does not have the proper desire to promote scientific research and development of relevant initiatives, Mhareb said in a statement on the occasion of the Arab ForumRead more

China may abolish its decades-old reeducation-through-labor program to safeguard human rights, the state media said. The official Xinhua News Agency reported the standing committee of the National People's Congress, the country's top legislature, next week will consider a motion drawn up by the State Council or Cabinet to get rid of the system called "laojiao," which was instituted in 1957.Read more

Five students were in intensive care and 13 others had minor injuries after a school bus-truck collision Monday in Libya, the Libya Herald reported. The bus was carrying the students from their homes in Ajdabiya to Brega when it collided with a large truck near the Eastern Gate checkpoint, said Abdul Latif Abughrara, a witness. Five of the students wereRead more

Minister of Education Dr. Majid Bin Ali Al-Nuaimi patronised a ceremony held by Physical Education, Scouts &Guides Directorate on the Kingdom of Bahrain's celebrations of its National Days on December 16 and 17, marking the anniversary of the establishment of the modern state of Bahrain as an Arab and Muslim country in 1783 by its founder Ahmed Al-Fateh, the 42ndRead more

Education Ministry officials held talks on Sunday with a World Bank team, engaged in the ministry future overhauling plan (2014-2018), on new educational realms and proposed priorities in the joint technical cooperation program, scheduled for the coming years. Emerging from the meeting with the WB officials, Education Undersecretary Mariam Al-Wtaid said the two sides examined projects and programs of theRead more

A schoolboy armed with a shotgun opened fire and wounded two fellow students  before killing himself, the latest US mass shooting on the eve of the Newtown school massacre anniversary. The shooter also set off a Molotov cocktail in the attack at Arapahoe High School in Colorado, a few miles from the sites of last year's Aurora cinema shooting andRead more