Reflections on the recent AU Summit
By Maite Nkoana-Mashabane We recently returned from Addis Ababa, the headquarters of the African Union (AU), as part of a high-level South African government delegation to the 18th Ordinary Session of…
Between two hells
By Issa Samandar One can't help but be astonished by the behavior of the United States and European governments over the vast changes occurring in Arab countries, especially their reactions towards…
Don’t blame it on Rio
By Michel Rocard PARIS: We are little more than a decade into the twenty-first century, but a terrible precedent has already been set: all of the major international negotiations and cooperative…
Innovation needed for Saudi women to join the work force
By Lulua Asaad VIENNA: Why do men in Saudi Arabia educate their female children if women aren’t able to work later? This is the question Khalid Al-Khudair, founder of the employment…
Homs under fire, Syria awaits referendum result
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis / Reuters AMMAN: Syrian artillery pummeled rebel-held areas of Homs on Monday before an expected government announcement that a vote - decried as a sham by the…
Russia ‘thwarts plot’ to assassinate Putin
By Dmitry Zaks / AFP MOSCOW: Russia on Monday said its secret services had thwarted a plot hatched in a Ukrainian port city by men with links to Chechnya to assassinate…
Yemen’s Saleh formally steps down after 33 years
By AFP SANAA: Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down after 33 years at the helm on Tuesday at a ceremony at the presidential palace in Sanaa, formally handing power to…
Jailed Turkish general stays fit for court battle
By Can Sezer and Ece Toksabay / Reuters ISTANBUL: General Ilker Basbug, the former head of Turkey's armed forces, said military discipline has helped him adapt to prison life, but he…
US says it’s steadfast in rebuilding Afghanistan
By Anne Flaherty / AP WASHINGTON: The top US diplomat in Kabul and a campaign adviser to President Barack Obama said Sunday that the US isn't rethinking its commitment to Afghanistan…
Clinton: ‘Fluid situation’ in US trials in Egypt
By Matthew Lee /AP RABAT, Morocco: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says American officials are evaluating the latest developments in the legal case in Egypt against 16 American democracy…