Why Talk to Iran?
WASHINGTON, DC: June 12 marks the first anniversary of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election as Iran’s president. Despite the Iranian opposition’s continuing efforts to contest the outcome and advance political liberalization,…
Cordoba House, Ground Zero and overcoming the fear of Islam
LOS ANGELES, California: On June 6 some organizations, such as Stop Islamization of America, Jihad Watch and the Tea Party movement, have planned a demonstration in New York to protest…
Do-It-Yourself Genetic Tests
LONDON: If you were hoping to pick up a DNA kit along with your shampoo from the drugstore, you would be out of luck. The United States Food and Drug…
Israel's Debacle at Sea
HAIFA: Israel was dead wrong in launching an attack by naval commandos against a flotilla carrying pro-Palestinian activists who were making an attempt to break the Israeli-Egyptian siege of Gaza.…
Top health journal slams WHO's handling of pandemic
PARIS: The World Health Organization’s handling of the swine flu pandemic was deeply marred by secrecy and conflict of interest with drug companies, a top medical journal said Friday. The…
UN rights experts keep up pressure on secret detentions
GENEVA: UN rights experts called Thursday for action and prosecutions to end the secret detention of terror suspects, in which it alleges 66 countries including the United States are involved.…
Netanyahu considers easing Gaza blockade: television
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could ease the blockade imposed on Gaza following international criticism of the deadly raid on an aid flotilla, Israeli media reported on Thursday. The…
US journalist denied entry into Egypt
CAIRO: An American journalist arrested in 2008 while covering the aftermath of clashes between the police and residents of the Delta town of Mahalla has been prevented from entering Egypt.…
Opposition, activists criticize Obama's stance on flotilla raid
CAIRO: A number of opposition groups and activists criticized US President Barack Obama’s stance towards the Israeli raid on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla. In an interview with CNN Thursday evening,…
Egyptians protest flotilla raid as worldwide demos draw thousands
CAIRO: Egyptians demonstrated at Al-Azhar mosque after Friday prayers to condemn a deadly raid by Israeli commandos on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. Shouting anti-Israeli slogans and holding up the holy…