Mediterranean summit delayed to allow Mideast dialogue
MADRID: A summit of the Mediterranean Union planned for next month in Barcelona has been postponed to give time for progress in indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinians, Spain…
Israel launches air raids on Gaza
GAZA CITY: The Israeli military launched aerial raids overnight in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, but no one was injured or killed in the sorties, witnesses and officials said Friday. Israeli…
Mubarak in Greece to expand economic cooperation
ATHENS: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met his Greek counterpart Carolos Papoulias Thursday for talks that looked at expanding economic cooperation between the two countries, the Greek government said. The 82-year-old…
Biden to visit World Cup, Egypt, Kenya
WASHINGTON: US Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill will visit Egypt, Kenya and the World Cup in South Africa in June, the White House said Thursday. Biden will…
Saudi Arabia and the United States: working toward a better world
JEDDAH: Two initiatives — US President Barack Obama’s vision of interfaith harmony as expounded in his historic June 2009 address to the Muslim world from Cairo, and the interfaith dialogue…
The price of clarity
LONDON: “Through the contrivance and cunning of stock jobbers there hath been brought in such a complication of knavery and cozenage, such a mystery of iniquity, and such an unintelligible…
Iran's nuclear deal and the new global power brokers
The visits to Iran of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva for meetings with Iran’s leaders on May 16, followed by the…
In defense of Facebook…and yes, I am a Muslim
CAIRO: In Pakistan, people are furious, and fury is contagious. A Facebook group aiming to mark May 20 as “Draw Mohammed Day” was created to elicit caricatures of the…
Cannes awards for controversial Danish war film, Vietnam movie
A controversial Danish movie set in Afghanistan and a first feature from a Vietnamese director on Thursday scooped awards in Cannes' Critics Week section. "Armadillo", about the growing cynicism and…
Watts stars as CIA operative Plame in Cannes film
Naomi Watts has gotten used to playing unstable women. But with the Cannes Film Festival entry "Fair Game," Watts is playing a woman as steady as they come in Valerie…
