Syrian killed by sniper in Homs, raids in Idlib: activists
NICOSIA: A Syrian civilian was killed by sniper fire on Friday in the flashpoint city of Homs, which has been the focus of military operations for weeks, the Syrian Observatory…
NATO declares October 31 end to Libya mission: diplomat
BRUSSELS: NATO decided Friday to end its seven-month mission in Libya on October 31, despite calls from the country's new rulers for air patrols to continue until the end of…
Dying to grow?
By Henry Miller STANFORD: We are constantly bombarded with information about the purported risks or protective effects of one or another food, dietary supplement, chemical, drug, or activity. In July, for…
Saudi Arabia’s old regime grows older
By Mai Yamani LONDON: The contrast between the deaths, within two days of each other, of Libya’s Col. Muammar Qaddafi and Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdel Aziz is one of…
Women of the Arab Spring: Their issues are everyone’s issues
By Natana Delong-Bas BOSTON, Massachusetts: The capture and killing of Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi, on-going demonstrations for an end to the oppressive reigns of Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh and Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad,…
In memory of Khaled Saeid
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: The recent verdict in the case of the brutal killing of 28-year-old Alexandrian Khaled Saeid, which was central to galvanizing the anti-regime sentiment that eventually toppled…
Islam’s treasures back on display at New York’s Met
Masterworks of Islamic art will once again be on view at New York's Metropolitan Museum, which next week reopens an exhaustive installation following an eight-year renovation. New York's biggest and…
Buttered Up: Candy-like crusted cocoa brownies
Despite readily agreeing that it is ideal to end a meal with a chocolate-based dessert — especially when hosting a dinner party — on regular days I find myself picking…
Former Mubarak associate to run for president
CAIRO: Ahmed Shafiq, a former Egyptian air force commander and close associate of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak, said on Thursday he planned to stand in the country's presidential elections, insisting…
Egyptians cross home, US-Israeli leaves Egypt in swap
TABA/JERUSALEM: Egyptians crossed the border home on Thursday and some bowed down in prayer during a prisoner exchange involving an American-Israeli man who Egypt charged with spying and who was…