Foreign minister says Yemen studying mediation offer
SANAA: Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al-Kurbi said Yemen's government is studying an initiative by Gulf Arab states to end a months-long confrontation with anti-regime protesters, in a statement published Friday.…
Iraqi forces clash with residents at Iranian camp
BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces clashed with residents of an Iranian dissident camp north of Baghdad overnight on Friday, the Iraqi government said, and an Iranian opposition group said residents were…
UN rights investigators to start probe in Libya
GENEVA: UN investigators said on Friday they would start next week to probe alleged human rights violations committed in Libya by both forces loyal to Moammar Qaddafi and rebels trying…
NATO says no apology for strike on Libyan rebel tanks
AJDABIYA: NATO refused Friday to apologize for a deadly airstrike on Libyan rebel tanks and dismissed talk of a military stalemate, as the insurgents regrouped their scattered forces in the…
Indonesian example counters fears of radical religious states in Tunisia/Egypt
By Testriono JAKARTA: Many scholars are pessimistic that Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution and the political transition in Egypt will successfully bring about democracy in these countries, and worry that there is a…
Learning to float
By Yu Yongding BEIJING: Despite shaky economic fundamentals, US government securities are usually regarded as a safe haven. Whenever a crisis erupts, the value of US Treasury bonds gets a boost.…
Measuring the revolutionary wave
By Ian Bremmer NEW YORK: A prediction three months ago that popular protests would soon topple a dictatorship in Tunisia, sweep Hosni Mubarak from power in Egypt, provoke civil war in…
THE REEL ESTATE: Cracking the Source Code
British filmmaker Duncan Jones — the son of British rock legend David Bowie — made a big splash two years ago with his acclaimed debut feature “Moon” starring Sam Rockwell.…
Crisis mis-management
By John Drake LONDON: It has been some time since so many crises affected the Middle East and North Africa and many companies have been caught out — and there is…
Japan’s political tremors
By Ian Buruma NEW YORK: Rarely — indeed, perhaps not since World War II — have the Japanese had such good press abroad. Even South Korean newspapers have been full of…