Conference discusses women's rights in MENA region
CAIRO: The Alliance for Arab Women, Karama and UNIFEM organized two conferences…
Monument lifted from Cleopatra's underwater city
ALEXANDRIA: Archaeologists on Thursday hoisted a 9-ton temple pylon from the waters…
Violence against women is not a tenet of Islam
GLENDALE HEIGHTS, Illinois: Listening to the radio one day, I was shocked…
A velvet climate revolution?
BUDAPEST: In the discussions now underway in Copenhagen, the fate of Earth's…
Abbas says peace deal possible in 6 months
JERUSALEM: A comprehensive peace deal can be reached between Israel and the…
Needed for Mideast peace: a sense of urgency
WASHINGTON, DC: How can President Obama drag the Middle East peace wagon…
World Bank to help Islamic finance standardize
MANAMA: The World Bank plans to support standard-setting bodies of the Islamic…
Is the Swiss ban an opportunity?
CAIRO/LONDON: The recent vote in Switzerland banning the construction of new minarets…
Switzerland says January decision on Polanski extradition
Swiss authorities said Wednesday they would announce a decision in January on…