UN nuclear watchdog to visit Iran: diplomats
VIENNA: A high-level UN nuclear agency delegation will visit Iran late this month to try to clear up claims of covert weapons activities that have stoked tensions between Tehran and…
‘Gaza hackers’ target Israel fire service website
JERUSALEM: Hackers claiming to be from the Gaza Strip defaced the website of the Israel Fire and Rescue services, posting a message saying "Death to Israel," a spokesman told AFP…
57 killed in tribal revenge attack in South Sudan
JUBA: Hundreds of armed attackers from a South Sudanese tribe that suffered a devastating assault last month charged into three villages, burned them to the ground and killed 57 people,…
Afghan minorities cautiously support peace talks
KABUL: Prominent Afghan opposition leaders said Friday that they support possible US-brokered peace negotiations with Taliban militants, but want to be part of any talks. Members of a coalition representing…
Saudi security forces kill protester in oil province
DUBAI: Saudi security forces killed a young protester and wounded three in the kingdom's oil-producing Eastern Province, home to a large Shia Muslim minority, websites and activists said on Friday.…
Tunisian president will pardon more than 1,000 prisoners
TUNIS: Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki will pardon more than 1,000 prisoners on Saturday's anniversary of the fall of the regime of Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, the justice ministry said. Priority…
Akbar Ahmed’s interfaith mission, in poetry and prose
SHAWNEE MISSION, Kansas: Praising Ambassador Akbar Ahmed’s new book of poetry, “Suspended Somewhere Between: A Book of Verse,” Greg Mortenson, author of “Three Cups of Tea,” opined, “Anyone wanting to…
First mosque part of the heritage of all Canadians
By Daood Hamdani OTTAWA: This May, as Muslims mark the 20th anniversary of the induction of Al-Rashid mosque in Fort Edmonton Park, the country’s largest living history museum, the spotlight will…
Asia’s new tripartite entente
By Brahma Chellaney NEW DELHI: The launch of trilateral strategic consultations among the United States, India, and Japan, and their decision to hold joint naval exercises this year, signals efforts to…
Mubarak and his ‘trial of the century’
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: I was there when the helicopter carrying Egypt’s 30-year tyrant flew overhead in an open space brimming with a motley crew of martyrs’ families, journalists, police,…