Suez Canal revenue up to $427.3 mln in October
CAIRO: The Suez Canal, a major indicator for the state of Egypt’s economy, brought in $427.3 million of revenue in October, up from $398.9 during the same month in 2009,…
Hamas and the social Islamization of Gaza
By Mkhaimar Abusada GAZA CITY: The Gaza Strip was known as a very traditional and conservative society long before Hamas seized control of it in June 2007. The densely-populated Strip is…
How Turkey is changing
By Soner Cagaptay, Hale Arifagaoglu and Cansin Ersoz WASHINGTON, DC: The Justice and Development Party (AKP) rose to power in Turkey in 2002, introducing new social, political and foreign policy currents…
Austerity politics, then and now
By Harold James PRINCETON: Britain’s policy of fiscal consolidation, recently announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, sent shock waves around the world. Osborne argued that Britain was on the…
The opportunity in Seoul
By Yoon Young-kwan SEOUL: Hubris usually gives birth to disaster. The root cause of the current global crisis was intellectual hubris in the form of the blind belief that markets would…
Hollywood actors, studios reach new contract
Hollywood actors' unions and major studios announced Sunday they had reached a new, three-year contract averting the kind of strike that paralyzed the US entertainment industry for 100 days in…
New Michael Jackson record to be released
A new album by Michael Jackson is to be released next month, including never-before-heard songs by the self-styled King of Pop before his death last year, his record company said…
Americans clean up as Lady Gaga tops MTV Europe Awards
Americans cleaned up at the MTV Europe Awards in Madrid on Sunday, as Lady Gaga picked up three top prizes and awards crowned Katy Perry, Canadian teen idol Justin Bieber…
Journeys in Mecca and Medina with Faruk Aksoy
Omer Faruk Aksoy is a man who has had the privilege of performing the Hajj many times. He is a veteran photographer and documentary filmmaker originally from Istanbul and has…
Lieberman warns against setting borders of Palestinian state
JERUSALEM: Israel's hardline Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned on Monday that negotiating the borders of a Palestinian state without security arrangements for Israel would be a "historic mistake." "It would…