Saudi denies Gulf security compromised by Iran spy suspects
RIYADH: Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz late on Wednesday rejected claims by a Kuwaiti member of parliament that a suspected Iranian spy cell held in the emirate…
Israel's Olmert says he is victim of 'witch-hunt'
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 JERUSALEM: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared in court on Tuesday to answer charges of corruption, claiming he is the victim of a…
Yemen 'bans Arab conference on Darfur crisis'
SANAA: Yemen on Wednesday slapped a last-minute ban on a meeting of Arab parliamentarians to discuss the crisis in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, the head of one group due to…
UN watchdog seeks ideas to get Israel to join nuclear treaty
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 VIENNA: UN atomic watchdog chief Yukiya Amano is asking IAEA member states for ideas on how to persuade Israel to sign up to the…
Saudi clerics square off over gender mixing
RIYADH: Conservative Muslim Saudi Arabia's battle over men and women freely mixing mounted on Tuesday as a powerful Islamic judge rebuked a hardline cleric over his attacks on anti-segregationist reformers.…
Different mechanics of same woman
There seems to be a growing interest in art these days, so much so that “studio spaces” have opened up in the least expected locations. It’s both comforting as…
Algeria Cannes film sparks colonial row in France
A film about France's colonial past in Algeria sparked a row ahead of its Cannes film festival screening, with calls for it to be banned for rewriting history and politicians…
Saif AlIslam Qaddafi addresses reform in Libya at AUC talk
CAIRO: “Bringing democracy to this part of the world may be difficult,” a frank Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi said, “but there are serious problems with the way democracy has been applied…
Iran 'Twitter Revolution' comes to Paris
Iran's so-called "Twitter Revolution" came to a Paris shopping street last week in an exhibition that takes some of the thousands of mobile phone videos shot by anti-government protestors and…
Middle East status quo is untenable
AMMAN: During my recent trip to Washington, I had the pleasure of meeting President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and numerous other members of Congress. Our meetings recognize 60 years…