The Omar El-Bashir indictment: a precedent for global accountability?
WASHINGTON, DC: The world deserves a supranational and neutral international court in which political interests and stakeholders are unable to deter investigations into the actions of leaders who sanction murder…
Misusing the inaction argument
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica: One commonly repeated argument for doing something about climate change sounds compelling, but turns out to be almost fraudulent. It is based on comparing the cost…
A Gazan education
GAZA: This was supposed to be my first year of medical school. Instead, I am stuck here in Gaza, in my father's house inside the Jabalia refugee camp, with few…
Summit regroups to gain momentum in Egypt's IT sector
CAIRO: When Summit Technology Solutions entered the Egyptian IT market five years ago, they were greeted with a boardroom nightmare. A young and fractious industry had yielded a phenomenon known…
UN warns of increasing use of synthetic drugs in the region
CAIRO: While the use of synthetic drugs is either stabilized or decreasing in countries around the world, it is booming in East and South East Asia and the Middle East,…
Duweiqa residents clash with security forces razing the site
CAIRO: Residents of the Duweiqa shantytown, the site of the rockslide disaster, clashed with security forces Saturday night as they attempted to raze the area.Residents from Duweiqa called relatives who…
Draft law proposes moving mental patients to public hospitals
CAIRO: Egypt s cabinet is discussing a new mental health law that would allow patients suffering from mental and psychological ailments to receive treatment at specialized departments in public hospitals…
Only courts can order death for 'depraved' TV bosses, says Saudi cleric
RIYADH: A top Saudi cleric and judge sought Sunday to tone down a controversial religious edict sanctioning the killing of owners of television stations that air debauchery, saying they could…
Abo Fana Arabs refuse to sign agreement
CAIRO: Arab tribes in Abo Fana refused to sign a reconciliation and land distribution agreement on Saturday because, they said, it would imply an admission that Arab detainees were responsible…
