Gold falls 1 pct as worries over Spain intensify
By Jan Harvey / Reuters LONDON: Gold prices fell 1 percent on Monday, extending the previous session's losses, as concerns intensified over the outlook for Spain ahead of a bond auction…
Egypt’s self-counter-revolution
By Khalil al-Anani DURHAM: When I left Egypt two weeks before the revolution, Egyptians were not allowed to discuss three issues publicly: politics, religion and sex. However, after two weeks in…
Iran warns Gulf states not to ‘complicate’ island dispute
By AFP TEHRAN: Tehran on Monday warned Arab states in the Gulf that things could become "very complicated" if they do not act cautiously over a simmering island dispute between…
Sudanese warplanes bomb UN camp in South Sudan
By Waakhe Wudu / AFP JUBA: Sudanese warplanes bombed a UN peacekeepers' base, damaging it but causing no casualties in the first such attack since a recent escalation of fighting with…
ANALYSIS: Arab revolts fail to stir divided Palestinians
By Noah Browning / Reuters RAMALLAH: Popular uprisings have transformed the Middle East and North Africa in the past year, unseating four veteran autocrats and capturing the imagination of a generation…
Shelling in Syria as UN monitors begin mission
By Zeina Karam / AP BEIRUT: An advance team of UN observers was negotiating the ground rules with Syrian authorities Monday for monitoring the country's 5-day-old cease-fire, which appeared to be…
IMF funds drive caught in global power shift
Lesley Wroughton / Reuters WASHINGTON: Tensions among some of the world's leading economies have boiled up over a plan to raise new resources for the International Monetary Fund to contain…
Egyptian street art alongside the pharaoh in Frankfurt
By Chitra Kalyani In September 2011, Khaled Said made an appearance on the famous Berlin Wall. This month, Egypt is once again taking its walls to Germany, this time alongside the…
Disney making ‘Iron Man 3’ with Chinese partner
By AP Walt Disney Co. said Monday it will co-produce its next "Iron Man" movie with a Chinese partner in Hollywood's latest effort to forge closer ties with China's fast-growing…
Nearly 40% of Egyptians undecided ahead of vote, says poll
By Agencies CAIRO: Nearly 40 percent of Egyptian voters are undecided less than six weeks before the first presidential election since the ouster of veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak, a poll…