Iraq police arrest three suspects in deadly car bombing
KUT: Iraqi police arrested three suspected Al-Qaeda members implicated in a deadly car bombing earlier this week in a pre-dawn raid south of Baghdad on Friday, a senior officer said.…
UN anti-racism panel calls on Iran to counter hatred
GENEVA: The UN anti-racism panel Friday called on Iran to counter racism and ethnic discrimination, including incitement to hatred by officials and "double discrimination suffered by women from minorities. The…
Iraq gunmen kill three anti-Qaeda militiamen
TIKRIT: Gunmen killed three anti-Qaeda militiamen in northern Iraq overnight in the latest revenge attack against the force credited with turning the tide against the jihadists, police said on Friday.…
Peace this Time?
JERUSALEM: The imminent resumption in Washington of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is good news. But whether these talks will lead to an agreement, let alone within one year as US…
Put women’s rights back on the Afghan agenda
WASHINGTON, DC: When the Taliban fell in 2001, my family and I were already settled in Pakistan after having fled our home country, Afghanistan, like so many others. The new…
Anti-terror camp in UK trains youth to counter extremism
LONDON: What drives a Western born-and-bred youngster, with all the privileges of an education, a modern lifestyle and freedom of speech, to violently attack his fellow countrymen? The growing phenomenon…
Tokyo, old and new, can be enjoyed on the cheap
One of the most fascinating things about Tokyo is the way it combines both the ancient and the modern. Or rather, the way it does not combine them at all,…
It Bag, watch out: France’s folding fan is back
Forget Balenciaga's "Giant City" and the other luxury purses that vie for the title of "It Bag" of the moment. If two young Parisian fashionistas have their way, next season's…
Man accuses policeman of putting his live mother in the morgue refrigerator
CAIRO: A journalist filed a complaint to the Minister of Interior accusing a policeman in Qaliubiya governorate of allegedly having his mother placed in the morgue refrigerator following a…
Mountain hiking? How about doing it for a cause?
CAIRO: On Sept. 12, a group of 25 young people will take on the challenge of summiting Mount Kilimanjaro over the course of seven days in an effort to raise…