Egypt allows opposition MPs into Gaza but without cargo
RAFAH: Egypt allowed a delegation of nine opposition members of parliament to cross into Gaza on Tuesday a day after turning them back, an AFP correspondent at the border reported.…
Palestinian View: Enough
When is the world going to say to Israel, enough? When will the international community make clear that the situation in this part of the world is too dangerous to…
Israeli View: Critical lessons
In the aftermath of last week's violent suppression of the Gaza flotilla, Israel now confronts a number of critical lessons. Whether and how it deals with them is of far-reaching…
The Taliban Reborn
NEW DELHI: The lull in headline-grabbing terror attacks appears to be over. But do the recent suicide attack on the Bagram air base outside of Kabul, a key United States…
Can Emerging Markets Save the World Economy?
MILAN: Over the past two years, industrial countries have experienced bouts of severe financial instability. Currently, they are wrestling with widening sovereign-debt problems and high unemployment. Yet emerging economies, once…
Arabs Believe Obama is Powerless in the Middle East
The unprecedented enthusiasm in the Arab and Muslim world which greeted Barack Obama’s election win nearly 20 months ago has been replaced with disappointment and anger. Millions of Arabs and…
Israeli Leadership Defending the Indefensible
On May 31 the Israeli military attacked six civilian ships bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza. Nine aid workers were murdered and some 60 volunteers were injured. The attack is not…
Europe's Competitiveness Obsession
BRUSSELS: The President of the European Central Bank is said to show at each meeting of the European Council a graph depicting the evolution of relative wage costs across the…
Doctors group skeptical of ministry's pay increase
CAIRO: Lobby group Doctors Without Rights (DWR) has expressed skepticism about whether doctors will receive pay increases announced by the Ministry of Health. “It is a relatively positive decision if…
200 university students banned from finals for wearing niqab
CAIRO: The Administrative Court at the State Council supported the decision of three universities to ban female students wearing the niqab (face veil) from sitting for their final exams. Presidents…