‘Beaten’ but unbowed, Sudan activist fights on
By Ian Timberlake / AFP KHARTOUM: After almost two months in custody following a major protest which he helped to lead at the University of Khartoum, Sudanese student activist Tajalsir Jaafar…
Al-Qaeda confirms death of Pakistani insurgent
By Chris Brummitt / AP ISLAMABAD: Al-Qaeda has confirmed an American drone strike killed one of its commanders in Pakistan last month — a success in a CIA-led campaign that is…
No quick revival seen for Egypt, Tunisia tourism
By Victoria Bryan and Maria Sheahan / Reuters BERLIN: Egypt and Tunisia are unlikely to see tourism — a vital prop for their battered economies — revive anytime soon as holidaymakers…
Monkees star Davy Jones mourned in private funeral
By Matt Sedensky / AP Monkees singer Davy Jones was remembered in a small private Florida funeral as a laid-back daydreamer who brought fans into a world blissfully free of worries.…
Egypt buys 18-20 gas oil cargoes in tender
By Reuters CAIRO: State-owned Egyptian General Petroleum Corp (EGPC) has awarded a tender to buy 18-20 cargoes of gas oil between March and June, traders said on Thursday. Over half…
Muslim Brotherhood leaning toward IMF loan
By Patrick Werr and Marwa Awad / Reuters CAIRO: The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's political wing supports Egypt's request for an IMF loan, but first it wants the government to produce a…
The real lives behind new hit book on Mumbai slums
By Ben Sheppard / AFP In her Mumbai shack, Manju Waghekar wonders if she will regret revealing the grim secrets of corruption, alcoholism and death among her friends and family for…
At SXSW media zoo, convergence is annual buzz word
By Jake Coyle / AP Increasingly, the media zoo that is SXSW looks more like today's overlapping media world. The annual South by Southwest Conference and Festival, which begins Friday, gathers…
The age of authoritarian democracy
By Sergei Karaganov MOSCOW: The world is currently being shaken by tectonic changes almost too numerous to count: the ongoing economic crisis is accelerating the degradation of international governance and supranational…
‘Reel’ freedom in East Jerusalem
By Khaled Diab JERUSALEM: In East Jerusalem, the occupation has affected the city’s cultural landscape. Chronic underinvestment, expanding settlements and a massive wall — which Israel says it has constructed for…