Diamond, Cooper, Waits inducted into rock hall
Tom Waits went for laughs, Alice Cooper for shock value, Leon Russell was quietly humble and Neil Diamond may still be talking following their induction Monday into the Rock and…
De Niro and Penn back Palestinian film at UN
Sean Penn and Robert De Niro joined stars who appeared at the UN headquarters for the US premiere of a contested movie on the Middle East conflict that Israel tried…
Achaari, Alem win Arabic fiction prize
Moroccan author Mohammed Achaari and Saudi Arabian writer Raja Alem will share this year's International Prize for Arabic Fiction. The chair of the judges, Fadhil Al-Azzawi, says both books deal…
Scenes from the revolution
By Caroline Curran The Jan. 25 Revolution made artists out of many, especially those who brought a camera along. Just weeks on, some of these photographs have been collected in an…
IEA warns of oil price shock on global economy
LONDON: High oil prices are beginning to cripple the global economic recovery and will lead to a reduction in oil demand later this year, the West's energy watchdog said on…
European diplomacy’s first test
By Giles Merritt BRUSSELS: It took eight years of ill-tempered political wrangling to create the European Union’s new diplomatic service, but its fate — and that of its chief, Catherine Ashton…
Flydubai sets new Sohag route, replacing Assiut
CAIRO: UAE-based low-cost airline flydubai announced new twice weekly service between Dubai and Sohag beginning April 6, according to a statement. “The new route replaces flydubai’s current service to Assiut,…
Peace now for Palestine
By Marwan Muasher and Javier Solana MADRID/WASHINGTON, DC: As revolutionary change sweeps across the Arab world, it is easy to think that now is not the time to push for peace…
Japan’s nuclear morality tale
By Brahma Chellaney NEW DELHI: The troubles of the Fukushima nuclear-power plant — and other reactors — in northeast Japan have dealt a severe blow to the global nuclear industry, a…
“It’s dignity, stupid”
By Rana Jarbou In the Fall of 2006 post the July war in Lebanon, the March 14 alliance came out with an "I love life" campaign on Lebanon's billboards with a…