AN ISRAELI VIEW: Growing signs of frustration
By Yossi Alpher In recent weeks and months, we have confronted a growing number of worrisome possible precursors of a new intifada or some similar round of violence on the West…
NYPD and the Muslim community: how to make good
By Marwa Helal New York: A few weeks ago, the New York Police Department (NYPD) made headlines when it was discovered that a controversial film, "The Third Jihad", which claims to…
Two killed in new Israeli strike on Gaza, say medics
By AFP GAZA CITY: A Palestinian man and his daughter were killed in a new Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip on Monday, medics said, bringing the toll from…
Syrian refugees see no end to bloodshed
By Ahmad Khatib / AFP RAMTHA: Syrian refugees in Jordan see a grim future in their homeland, saying the regime has not yet shown its "ugly face" and are bracing themselves…
Obama’s Afghanistan problem gets worse
By Anne Faherty and Lolita C. Baldor / AP WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has a public relations problem when it comes to Afghanistan, to say the least. Once the must-fight war…
Mideast Quartet to meet Monday as Gaza violence flares
By Tim Witcher / AFP UNITED NATIONS: Top officials from the United States, Russia, United Nations and European Union will meet Monday to discuss deadlocked efforts to end the Israel-Palestinian conflict,…
Iranian-Americans get the reality TV treatment
By Lynn Elber/ AP Reality TV's life lessons tend to be at least as synthetic as the shows themselves. Say you were intrigued by Snooki's problem-solving approach, if one existed, to…
Satire on capitalism at Rawabet
By Tom Dale “Gasping” is none too subtle but easily enjoyable satire on unbridled corporate greed, which is now coming to the end of its second run at the Rawabet Theatre…
Oil slips under $125 on growth concerns
By Christopher Johnson / Reuters LONDON: Oil prices fell on Monday, snapping four days of gains as worries over supplies from the Middle East eased and investors focused on the health…
Egypt’s Alcotexa sells 4,133 T cotton in past week
By Mohamed Samir / Reuters CAIRO: Egypt's Alexandria Cotton Exporters' Association (Alcotexa) committed to sell 4,133 tons of cotton in the week that ended on March 10, an Alcotexa official said…