EU and Israel-Palestine
By Rory Miller LONDON: It is not difficult to understand the European Union’s determination to play a constructive role in solving the Israel-Palestine conflict. Generations of European policy-makers have believed that…
ICLD workers protest after rejecting new gov’t contract
CAIRO: Around 1,000 Information Center for Local Development (ICLD) employees were prevented from reaching the public prosecution office on Wednesday by police officers who penned them in outside Cairo’s Lawyers’…
The Big Blink
By Raghuram Rajan CHICAGO: World growth is likely to remain subdued over the next few years, with industrial countries struggling to repair household and government balance sheets, and emerging markets weaning…
Students must pay for their education
By David B Roberts DURHAM: Some time ago, a tiny island called the United Kingdom ruled the world. Somehow an auspicious confluence of events transpired that meant that the sun…
We the People: restoring sanity in America
By Susan Koscis WASHINGTON, DC: “Hug a Muslim Today” was the first hand-held sign I saw upon arriving at the Rally to Restore Sanity, which was recently held on a beautiful…
Rights groups blast Egypt detention of blogger
By AP CAIRO: An Egyptian blogger who served his prison term is still under detention and being beaten by Egyptian security officers, two human rights groups said Wednesday. In a…
Angola celebrates 35 years of independence, eight of peace
LUANDA: Angola is celebrating 35 years of independence after banishing its long chapter of civil war to the history books and becoming one of the world's top oil producers, but…
American on trial in Yemen probed about Al-Qaeda
SAN'A: A 26-year old American from New Jersey came to Yemen in 2008 to study religion and language, his US lawyer said — but ended up detained as an Al-Qaeda…
Arctic mosque opens its doors
OTTAWA: The Canadian Arctic's first mosque opened on Wednesday in Inuvik to serve as spiritual home to the area's fledgling Islamic community, a mosque committee member said by telephone from…
Murder charge against ‘adulteress’ takes precedence, says Iran
TEHRAN: The Iranian judiciary is focusing on the murder conviction of a mother of two rather than adultery charges for which she has been sentenced to death by stoning, the…