Clooney arrested in protest at Sudanese Embassy in US
By Agencies WASHINGTON: Actor George Clooney and his father have been arrested at a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington. The protesters accuse Sudan's president, Omar Al-Bashir, of provoking…
Tunisia, Egypt, Libya urge Arab solution to Syria crisis
By AFP TUNIS: Foreign ministers from Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, meeting in Tunis said Friday the Syrian crisis should be resolved in an "Arab framework" and opposed foreign military intervention…
INTERVIEW: Young lawyer inspires hope among activists
By Dina Zayed / Reuters CAIRO: Revolutionaries who forced Hosni Mubarak out of office last year are struggling to find a voice to represent them in the presidential race that will…
State radio struggles to find own voice
By Dina Zayed / Reuters CAIRO: Despite the bigger margin of freedom facilitated to state radio by the 2011 uprising, especially when discussing previous taboos such as politics, censorship remains an…
Numbers of expats registered to vote ‘pitiful,’ say experts
CAIRO: The low number of Egyptian expats registering to vote in the upcoming presidential elections is “pitiful,” dismayed political analysts said. According to the official online outlet of the Presidential…
Number of expats registered to vote ‘pitiful,’ say experts
By Heba Hesham CAIRO: The low number of Egyptian expats registering to vote in the upcoming presidential elections is “pitiful,” dismayed political analysts said. According to the official online outlet of…
Clashes flare in Bahrain on Arab Spring anniversary
By Andrew Hammond / Reuters DUBAI: Shia Muslims clashed with riot police in villages across Bahrain on Thursday, the anniversary of a government crackdown last year on a pro-democracy uprising in…
Taliban talks off; Karzai tells NATO to pull back
By Amir Shah and Deb Riechmann / AP KABUL: The American campaign in Afghanistan has suffered a double blow: The Taliban broke off talks with the US, and President Hamid Karzai…
Islamists claim Iraq attack that killed at least 27
By Nour Merza / Reuters DUBAI: An Iraqi Islamist group linked to Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for attacks in western Iraq on March 5 that killed dozens of policemen, a statement posted…
Qaeda suspects kidnap Swiss woman: Yemeni officials
By AFP ADEN: Suspected Al-Qaeda militants have kidnapped a Swiss woman and are holding her in the southeastern province of Shabwa, a provincial chief and a security official told AFP…