Beyond Bin Laden
By Richard Haass NEW YORK: The killing of Osama bin Laden by United States special forces constitutes a significant victory over global terrorism. But it is a milestone, not a turning…
Count on it: Open the Box
By Philip Whitfield Free and fair elections aren’t assured by access to the ballot box. They’re secured by counting the ballots openly with invigilators on hand to verify that each voter’s…
A history lesson revolution should revisit
By Ahmed Kadry If nothing else were to happen for the rest of 2011 in the Middle East, it would still qualify as the most important year this region has experienced…
Shots in Damascus suburb, arrests mount, say activists
DAMASCUS: Gunfire rang out in a suburb of Damascus Monday as Syrian troops carried out arrests of opponents of President Bashar Al-Assad in the coastal town of Banias and other…
NATO says Qaddafi’s time up as Misrata fighting rages
MISRATA: Time is running out for Libyan leader Moamer Qaddafi, NATO Chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, even as the strongman's forces laying siege to Misrata intensified their assault on the…
North, south Sudan agree Abyei troop withdrawal, says UN
KHARTOUM: North and south Sudan have agreed to start withdrawing unauthorized troops from the flashpoint Abyei border region, the United Nations said, a week after clashes there left 14 people…
Security forces fire on Yemen protest, one dead
SANAA: Yemeni forces opened fire on protesters blockading a government building on Monday, killing a shopkeeper in a city that has seen some of the largest rallies seeking to oust…
Grand Mufti warns of civil war
CAIRO: Egypt’s Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa called for protecting the country from schemes that could descend it into a civil war, saying that the incidents in Imbaba’s threaten Egypt’s future.…
Commentary: Saving the beautiful game: A radical revision of the rules of football (Part 1)
By Ricardo Guerra Nearly 25 years have passed since Diego Maradona scored the infamous “hand of God” goal that took England out of the World Cup in 1986. A few months…
Church burning deepens tumult of Egypt transition
By Maggie Michael and Sarah El Deeb / AP CAIRO: Relations between Egypt's Muslims and Christians have degenerated to a new low after riots left 12 people dead and a church…