UK minister sued for sending Libyan back to torture
By Avril Ormsby, Guy Faulconbridge, Limei Hoang and Matt Falloon / Reuters LONDON: A Libyan military commander is suing former British foreign minister Jack Straw for allegedly authorizing his illegal…
S.Africa outraged by changes to UN Western Sahara report
UNITED NATIONS: South Africa's United Nations envoy voiced outrage on Tuesday at the watering-down of a UN report on the disputed territory of Western Sahara, which the Polisario Front independence…
Gentrifying Egyptian street food?
By Heba Elkayal As global food trends pedaled sushi to people far from Japan and open seas, and micro-gastronomy introduced hot mousses and foamy foods, sincerity and satisfaction were lost…
Colombian artist hits 80 with no plans to retire
By Philippe Zygel / AFP As he plans to celebrate his 80th birthday in his native Colombia this week, painter and sculptor Fernando Botero says the idea of retiring his…
US, NATO ready plan to hand off Afghanistan combat
By Anne Gearan and Slobodan Lekic / AP BRUSSELS: The United States and its NATO allies are readying plans to pull away from the front lines in Afghanistan next year…
History in the making; as written by the youth
By Anas Altikriti It might be a cliché and often an elaborate exaggeration to term a particular event “historic.” However, few can doubt that along with the Civil Rights movements,…
Pressure mounts to pull rival Sudans back from brink
By Ian Timberlake / AFP KHARTOUM: South Sudanese forces have made a diversionary attack near the contested Abyei region, state-linked media in Khartoum said, as international pressure mounted Wednesday to…
Despite truce, Syrian troops resume attack on Homs
By Karin Laub / AP BEIRUT: Nearly a week after a cease-fire took effect, Syrian troops pounded a rebel stronghold Wednesday as the country's foreign minister met with his Chinese…
A post-Arab Spring strategy
By Volker Perthes BERLIN: More than a year into the Arab revolts, their outcomes remain highly uncertain. But some initial lessons for international politics — and for Western, particularly European,…
Senegal’s resilient democracy
By Alfred Stepan and Etienne Smith DAKAR: Many commentators doubted whether democracy in Senegal, a country whose population is 95 percent Muslim, would survive its most recent presidential election, in…