Syria’s crisis begins to go international
DUBAI: The increasingly bloody crisis engulfing Syria has started to go international. A French initiative in the UN Security Council to secure condemnation of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's repression of…
Saleh health ‘stable’ as Yemenis demand successor
SANAA: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is "stable" after being treated in Riyadh for bomb wounds, a Saudi official said Wednesday as protesters pushed to form an interim ruling council.…
‘Mormon’ propels old college roomies to stardom
After every performance of the hit Broadway musical, "The Book of Mormon," Josh Gad and Rory O'Malley bow side-by-side, a nightly celebration of a journey the two began as college…
Unremarkable Negm biopic a tired history lesson
After months of endless speculation on the short-term fate of Egyptian cinema, the summer season finally arrives with a new batch of medium-sized, star-free films, all of which produced before…
A problem with Egypt’s credit card?
By Philip Whitfield Why are the media so coy? In war reporters’ lingo the leader of an army carted off the battlefield is toast. That’s what’s happened in Yemen. The headline…
The iron wall
By Tamar Hermann Since the Saudi peace initiative (later rebranded the Arab Peace Initiative) was put on the table in 2002, it is repeatedly referred to by Palestinian and Arab speakers,…
South Sudan’s gathering storm
By John Bradshaw and Michael Newton WASHINGTON, DC: With General Radko Mladić now in the dock in The Hague to face charges stemming from the atrocities committed by troops under his…
The right of others to disagree
By Sheikh Ibrahim Ramadan BEIRUT: Among the things I remember from my mother, may she rest in peace, is a meaningful story attributed to the Prophet Abraham. The story goes as…
Tunisia elections postponed to October 23: prime minister
TUNIS: Tunisia postponed on Wednesday its first election following the ouster of strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali by three months to Oct. 23 in a bid to ensure the…
Egypt, Hamas reopen Rafah border after agreement
RAFAH: The Rafah border crossing was reopened on Wednesday after disagreements between Egypt and Hamas were resolved, an Egyptian official said. The crossing is the only one into the Gaza…