Street art and the power to mobilize
By Mennatallah Fouad Youssef It’s after sunset on a Friday night. A few…
Bahrain denies hunger striker’s health is critical
By AP MANAMA: Bahrain is claiming that a jailed activist on a…
Iraq parliament approves rights commission
By AFP BAGHDAD: Iraqi MPs have approved the first independent human rights…
Islamist attack on Yemen army checkpoint kills 13
By Mohammed Ghobari / Reuters SANAA: At least eight Yemeni soldiers and five…
Libya violence puts poll timing at risk: analysts
By Dominique Soguel / AFP TRIPOLI: Violence in Libya risks escalating and could…
Lady Chichester and Danny Wyler on Royal Opera’s ‘Beloved Friend’
By Joseph Fahim The Royal Opera House’s highly touted production “Beloved Friend” was…
Syria violence endangers Annan’s ceasefire deadline
By Oliver Holmes / Reuters BEIRUT: Syrian troops bombarded two restive cities on…
ElBaradei to co-found new Egypt ‘revolutionary’ party
By Mennatallah Fouad Youssef CAIRO: Top Egyptian dissident and Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei…
Britain can extradite radical cleric Abu Hamza to US: court
By Agencies STRASBOURG: Britain can extradite jailed radical Muslim preacher Abu Hamza…
Army ‘neutral’ towards candidates for president
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt's ruling military is not fielding a candidate in…