France releases Iranian assassin amid deal controversy
PARIS: A French court on Tuesday freed an Iranian agent jailed for the murder of an exiled prime minister as controversy raged over whether the decision was tied to Iran's…
Yemen court sentences six Somali pirates to death
SANAA: A Yemeni court Tuesday sentenced six Somali pirates to death and jailed six others for 10 years each for hijacking a Yemeni oil tanker and killing two cabin crew…
Rescuers race to reach trapped Turkish miners
ANKARA: Hundreds of rescuers on Tuesday raced to dig out 30 miners trapped underground after a powerful gas explosion triggered a cave-in at a coal mine in northern Turkey. Rescuers…
Search resumes for downed Afghan passenger plane
SALANG PASS, Afghanistan: Relatives of passengers aboard an Afghan plane that crashed with 44 on board joined a desperate search for the wreckage Tuesday as government and NATO rescue helicopters…
Against terror, liberty is America's best defence
FREMONT, California: The arrest of Faisal Shahzad, a 30-year-old US citizen of Pakistani descent and the alleged driver of the vehicle used in the failed New York Times Square bombing…
Deterring Arab democracy
CAMBRIDGE: The lack of democracy in the Arab world results from an unholy alliance between Western interests and local autocrats, justified by what both sides claim to be the region’s…
Europe's historic gamble
BERKELEY: The last few weeks have been the most amazing — and important — period of the euro’s 11-year existence. First came the Greek crisis, followed by the Greek bailout.…
Beyond negotiations: Palestinian strategies for advancing peace
WASHINGTON, DC: The Obama administration was successful in arranging for the resumption of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations through “proximity talks”, which began last week, but expectations in all quarters are correctly low…
Israel rejects Qatar diplomatic overtures, says report
JERUSALEM: Israel has rejected two offers from Qatar to re-establish diplomatic ties and reopen an Israeli trade office in the Gulf state, Haaretz newspaper reported Tuesday. The overtures were rejected…
Egypt won't allow Saudi budget flights
CAIRO: Egypt's aviation minister vowed on Monday that his country won't allow Saudi budget flights to land at Cairo's airport without a bilateral aviation agreement, voiding the open sky policy…
