Darfur rebel group 'preparing to free 35 prisoners of war'
KHARTOUM: Darfur's main rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement, is preparing to free 35 captured members of the Sudanese army, JEM officials said on Tuesday. "We have 35 prisoners…
Gaza barrier to be completed by end summer, says Egypt official
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Egyptian construction of an underground barrier on the border with the Gaza Strip will be completed "by the end of the summer," a security official said on Monday.…
US nudges Egypt over political reforms
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: US Vice President Joe Biden on Monday called on Cairo to accept "more open" political competition as Egypt braces for key legislative and presidential elections. Biden, who was…
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…