Gulf States urge Britain to expel Bahrain dissidents
JEDDAH: Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council have called on Britain to expel two leaders of Bahrain's Shia opposition charged with plotting to oust the kingdom's Sunni government. The…
Iran says vetting UN nuclear inspectors is its right
TEHRAN: Iran said on Tuesday that it was within its rights to vet UN inspectors who monitor its nuclear facilities after the UN watchdog said its work was being hampered…
Gaza rocket strikes Israel, no casualties, says military
JERUSALEM: A rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip struck Israel on Tuesday without causing any casualties or damage, the military said. A spokesman said the projectile landed…
Press watchdog urges Egyptian ‘insult’ reporter’s acquittal
VIENNA: Press watchdog IPI called on Monday for the acquittal of an Egyptian journalist accused of insulting a minister, as it stressed the need for freedom of opinion ahead of…
Egyptian papyrus found in ancient Irish bog
DUBLIN: Irish scientists have found fragments of Egyptian papyrus in the leather cover of an ancient book of psalms that was unearthed from a peat bog, Ireland's National Museum said…
Sliding toward climate catastrophe
Unprecedented heatwaves in Russia, fatal floods in Pakistan, the breaking up of the Greenland ice-sheet. The coincidence and severity of such natural disasters in recent months has prompted renewed debate…
The skills deficit
BRUSSELS: Two years after the world economy suffered a nervous breakdown in the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, global financial markets remain unsettled, and the recovery that started…
Reflections on the Mideast peace talks
VERMONT: As the direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington begin, the US mediation team will need to be attentive to several invisible elements. Even as the parties are talking about…
104,000 attempted to commit suicide in 2009; over 5,000 died
CAIRO: Around 104,000 Egyptians attempted to commit suicide in 2009, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). More than 60 percent of these cases were between…
