Bomb attack kills Afghan Muslim religious leader
KABUL: A bomb attack Wednesday in Afghanistan's volatile southern city of Kandahar killed the director of the local office for facilitating pilgrimages to Islamic holy sites, police said. One other…
For Gates the US war in Iraq is over but cloud remains
CAMP RAMADI: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that America's war in Iraq is over but admitted that the outcome will remain "clouded" by the reason it was waged…
Liberal ideas in Arab history of thought
One of the privileges of working in the international program of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty are the many opportunities to meet liberal organizations from all parts of the…
The risks of withdrawal
BERLIN: Entering a war is easy; getting out of it is the hard part. That axiom is particularly true for the United States today, as it muddles through three wars…
Hebron area sealed off after deadly attack against settlers
HEBRON: Israeli forces on Wednesday sealed off parts of the West Bank while Palestinian security forces arrested scores of Hamas supporters after four settlers were gunned down just ahead of…
A rising Turkey without Europe?
LONDON: In the midst of European antipathy regarding Turkish accession to the EU, Turkey is attempting to chart an alternative path to secular democracy and economic prosperity. Yet Turkey should…
Obama’s ‘No, we won’t’ moment in Iraq
The US political and military establishments have made numerous grave errors in judgment when it comes to Iraq policy, foremost of which is the choice to invade and occupy the…
Is low-wage China disappearing?
BEIJING: Reports about labor shortages, wage disputes, and wage increases for migrant workers in China have abounded of late. They naturally raised concerns, or expectations, that China’s labor-cost advantages may…
The single mother makeover
NEW YORK: In the 1992 United States presidential election, George H. W. Bush’s campaign made a political splash by going after the television show Murphy Brown — one of the…