At Kempinski, brunch is heavenly
Brunch. The word connotes a thousand different things for me: lazy weekends, friends, family, and hearts— both broken and fluttering of course. It was at Kempinski’s new brunch on Friday…
A feast for the senses on the Venice lagoon
An array of sometimes disconcerting sights and sounds went on public display on the shores of the Venice lagoon for the Biennale contemporary art festival. From a picture of Jesus…
Family Guy’s escapades make leap to comic books
Steve White, editor of the upcoming "Family Guy" comic book, is keenly aware of the franchise's history of drawing laughs and making viewers cringe. That's why he says the new…
Syria says six dead as Israel opens fire on Golan
MAJDAL SHAMS: Israeli army gunfire killed six people and wounded about 100 others Sunday as demonstrators on the Syrian side tried to cross the ceasefire line on the annexed Golan,…
Abbas agrees to peace talks based on 1967 borders
RAMALLAH: Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has told France he is ready to attend a Paris peace conference if Israel accepts talks based on the 1967 borders, an aide told AFP…
NATO blasts shake Tripoli as Hague meets rebels
BENGHAZI: NATO pounded Tripoli on Sunday hours after Britain's top diplomat met rebel chiefs in Libya and Russia voiced concerns the alliance's military operation is sliding towards a land campaign.…
Arabs see Yemen as turning point for uprisings
CAIRO: Many ordinary Arabs claimed another scalp on Sunday in their quest to oust the region's autocrats and dismissed the idea that Yemen's president would ever return to power after…
Arab Peace Initiative: Consistent support
By Ghassan Khatib The Arab Peace Initiative adopted at an Arab summit conference in 2002 and reiterated in another summit in 2007 was never controversial among Palestinians in the occupied territories.…
Pakistan’s road to China
By Shahid Javed Burki ISLAMABAD: Large events sometimes have unintended strategic consequences. This is turning out to be the case following the killing of Osama bin Laden in a compound in…
AIDS at 30: No looking back
By Michel Sidibé We look back at the last 30 years of AIDS so that we can shape the future of the response. About 65 million people have been infected by…