Exclusive Interview: Art Dubai’s Antonia Carver
By Heba Elkayal If there’s anything that could be said about Art Dubai this year is that it’s overwhelming in the most positive sense: not least for the hundreds of carefully…
Jordan play pokes fun at Arab despots
By Kamal Taha / AFP AMMAN: Week after week Jordanians pack the Concorde theater in Amman where they shed their usual reserve to laugh uproariously at the shortcomings of their government…
Rebels enter Timbuktu as Mali junta ‘restores’ constitution
By AFP BAMAKO: Tuareg rebels made a dramatic push across northern Mali on Sunday and entered the legendary desert town of Timbuktu, locals said, as the disorganized junta indicated it…
US will hold Egypt politicians ‘accountable’, says Clinton
By Agencies ISTANBUL: Washington will monitor actions by Egyptian politicians and hold them "accountable," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday, after the Muslim Brotherhood entered Egypt's presidential…
Al-Shater nomination seen to only benefit candidates of old regime
By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: The surprising nomination of Deputy Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Khairat Al-Shater for the presidential elections will only be in favor of candidates affiliated with…
Palestinian sent to Gaza with end of hunger strike
By AFP GAZA CITY: Israel expelled a Palestinian prisoner Sunday to the Gaza Strip as part of a compromise deal that persuaded her to end her 43-day hunger strike. Under…
ANALYSIS: Arab revolts bring Islamist regional vision closer
By Edmund Blair and Tom Perry / Reuters CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood has quietly spread its influence far beyond Egypt in its 84-year history, but Arab revolts have opened broad new…
In Turkey, nations meet to plan for new Syria
By Bradley Klapper and Christopher Torchia/ Associated Press ISTANBUL: Dozens of countries on Sunday sought to set conditions for a new Syria, pushing for tighter sanctions and diplomatic pressure to further…
In Gaza, power cuts and rumors hamper reconciliation
By Selim Saheb Ettaba / AFP GAZA CITY: A smart white villa with a red roof sits uninhabited but under close guard in Gaza City, awaiting the return of its owner,…
Mali rebels seize key northern town
BAMAKO: Tuareg and Islamist fighters tightened their grip on northern Mali following the country's coup, seizing control of a key city Sunday and encircling the historic desert town of…