Iranian women’s rights activist released on bail
TEHRAN: A vocal Iranian women's rights activist and journalist, charged with "warring against God", has been released after posting bail of around 500,000 dollars, an opposition website reported. "Shiva Nazar-Ahari…
Ministry frees 10 more Bedouin detainees in spirit of Eid Al-Fitr
CAIRO: Ten more Bedouin detainees were released over the Eid Al-Fitr holiday, but local activists say the total 210 Bedouins freed so far is not enough to defuse the tension.…
African giants Ahly, Mazembe into semis
CAIRO: Record six-time winners Al-Ahly of Egypt and title holders TP Mazembe of Democratic Republic of Congo reached the African Champions League semi-finals Sunday with narrow home victories. Mazembe held…
Gaza rocket strikes Israel after deadly clashes, says military
JERUSALEM: Palestinian militants fired a rocket at Israel early on Monday without wounding anyone hours after three Palestinians were killed by tank fire near the tense border of the Hamas-ruled…
Ripping pages of Quran ‘despicable’, says Al-Azhar Sheikh
CAIRO: A senior Egyptian cleric on Sunday condemned a group of Christians who tore up pages of the Quran outside the White House on the anniversary of 9/11 saying their…
Egypt protects water stations from Nile oil spill
LUXOR: Authorities have blocked off water purification stations along the Nile in southern Egypt to prevent some 100 tons of diesel oil that leaked from a barge from polluting drinking…
Can Turkey defuse Iran’s nuclear challenge
Now is the time for Turkey to play a meaningful role in curbing Iran's ambition to acquire nuclear weapons. As sanctions intensify — and before Israel or the United States…
Smarter thinking on climate change
COPENHAGEN: Politicians and commentators are understandably pessimistic about the chances of an international deal on carbon cuts emerging from the United Nations summit in Mexico this December. Nothing has been…
The cracks in the G-20
MADRID: The world financial crisis has served as a quick and efficient catalyst to the G-20. The first three G-20 summits of chiefs of state, in Washington, London, and Pittsburgh,…
Qurans for peace: what one person can do
CLIFTON, Virginia: I am a man of faith. I have been a Christian pastor for 25 years in the United Methodist Church. It is out of this deep commitment to…