Dubai economy grew 2.3 pct in first half
DUBAI: Dubai's economy grew 2.3 percent in the first six months of 2010 as trade and manufacturing improved along with tourism, the Dubai Statistics Center said, confirming earlier remarks by…
Kuwait official says new border deal struck with Iraq
KUWAIT CITY: Iraq and Kuwait have agreed to create a 500-metre (yard) no-man's land on each side of the border and move Iraqi farmers to new homes, a Kuwaiti official…
Israel razes Palestinian home in East Jerusalem
JERUSALEM: Israeli police on Wednesday razed an illegally-built house in occupied east Jerusalem, shortly before the Palestinian owner arrived home with a court order halting the demolition. Scores of police…
Turkish PM vows to ‘prevent war’ ahead of Lebanon visit
BEIRUT: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country will do everything in its power to prevent war in Lebanon in comments published Wednesday just ahead of an official…
Iran denies problem with uranium enrichment
TEHRAN: Iran denied on Tuesday claims that its sensitive uranium enrichment work has been hit by technical problems and said its nuclear program has not been harmed by the Stuxnet…
Yemen car bomb kills 17, rattling fragile truce with rebels
SANAA: A car bomb stuck a religious procession in a Shia rebel bastion of north Yemen on Wednesday killing 15 people and rattling a fragile truce with the government, a…
The irrepressible 1930s
By Robert Skidelsky LONDON: The just concluded G-20 meeting in Seoul broke up without agreement on either currencies or trade. China and the United States accused each other of deliberately manipulating…
The closing of the European mind
By Dominique Moisi PARIS: Kishore Mahbubani, a prominent Asian voice from Singapore, and a man often highly critical of Europe, was recently asked what Asia could learn from Europe. His reply:…
NATO’s dangerous Afghan dream
By Brahma Chellaney NEW DELHI: The agreement at the NATO summit meeting in Lisbon on a transition plan to help end the war in Afghanistan within the next four years raises…
In America, youth bring people together
By Eboo Patel and Samantha Kirby CHICAGO, Illinois: Last month, Zach Jordan, a senior at Elon University in North Carolina, found himself aghast at what he was hearing in the media…
