US Army sergeant to be charged in Afghan killings
By Lolita C. Baldor and Pauline Jelinek / AP WASHINGTON: Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is expected to be told he faces 17 counts of murder and six counts of attempted…
Drowning killed Houston but drugs took high toll
By Anthony McCartney / AP Drugs took many things from Whitney Houston — her pristine voice, clean image and her career — and coroner's officials revealed Thursday that cocaine also played…
Despite shootings, extremist Islam waning in France: experts
By Pauline Froissart / AFP PARIS: Muslims in French suburbs remain vulnerable to extremist indoctrination but those lured into radicalism are an "ultra-minority" and the spread of jihadism is declining, experts…
Esperanza Spalding invites pop into her realm
By Nekesa Mumbi Moody / AP If you didn't know much about Esperanza Spalding — and many people didn't before her surprise Grammy win last year — you might be inclined…
Zawahiri urges Afghans to rise against ‘Crusader pigs’
By AFP WASHINGTON: Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri urged Afghans in audio message Wednesday to rise up against "Crusader pigs" after US Marines were shown in an internet video urinating on the…
Appeals Court judges move to sack Abdel Moez Ibrahim
By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: A group of judges at the Appeals Court called for an urgent general assembly meeting to decide on sacking the court’s incumbent head, Chancellor Abdel Moez…
Buttered Up: Branching out with a makeshift dal makhni
By Sarah Khanna I never thought I would miss Malaysia but I find myself regressing, filling myself with nostalgic desires, hoping to smell the salty stench of tandoori chicken as I…
Mali’s Tuareg to fight on as world condemns military coup
By Serge Daniel / AFP BAMAKO: Mali's Tuareg rebels vowed to press on with a campaign to seize the north as putschists faced a global backlash Friday with Europe suspending aid…
Small amounts of Israeli fuel reaching Gaza
By Ibrahim Barzak / AP GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: Small amounts of Israeli fuel were trucked into the Gaza Strip on Friday, slightly easing an energy crisis provoked by a cut-off…
The American recovery
By Mohamed A. El-Erian NEWPORT BEACH: The United States has gone through an arduous period of intervention and rehabilitation since the global financial crisis in 2008 sent it to the economic…