Turkey’s most important agenda item
ISTANBUL, Turkey: In recent weeks, Turkey has been internationally reappraised after a Turkish Gaza-bound aid ship raided by Israeli troops led to nine deaths, and a Turkish-Brazilian brokered deal foreshadowed…
The nascent Liberian miracle
WASHINGTON, DC: In late 2003, Liberia began to emerge from two decades of brutal military government and civil war that had left the country with no functioning public services, spawned…
No to strategic suicide
The 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference that ran for most of the month of May produced a final document adopted by the member states by consensus. Although the NPT…
Islam, the Founding Fathers and the 4th of July
WASHINGTON, DC: This Fourth of July, Americans gathered at barbeques, watched firework displays and remembered the men who assembled in Philadelphia to sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776. For…
Egypt raids tunnel to smuggle cars to Gaza
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities have discovered a tunnel being used to smuggle cars into the Gaza Strip while a smuggling operation was underway, the official MENA news agency reported on Tuesday.…
Egypt to open two consulates in Iraq
CAIRO: Egypt, whose head of mission in Baghdad was killed in 2005, is to open two consulates in Iraq, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit announced on Tuesday. He told reporters…
Heroes welcome home for Ghana’s national squad
ACCRA: Thousands of football fans thronged Ghana's main airport Monday to welcome back home the national team who gallantly and narrowly lost to Uruguay in quarter finals at the World…
Fans flood into Cape Town for World Cup semi-final
CAPE TOWN: Fans for the Netherlands and Uruguay descended on Cape Town for their semi-final match Tuesday, with the city's airport welcoming a slew of charter flights and private planes…
Mature Germany ready to sink Spain
DURBAN: Germany's abrupt coming of age at this World Cup has caught almost everyone by surprise — everyone that is but their coach Joachim Loew. Written off as too inexperienced…
Nigeria lifts ban on national team
ABUJA: Nigeria's government on Monday lifted a two-year ban it imposed on its national football team after a dismal World Cup showing, avoiding a collision with world governing body FIFA…