Looting in Turkey as quake survivors seethe over aid
ERCIS: Desperate survivors of Turkey's devastating earthquake looted truckloads of aid supplies as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan acknowledged failures Wednesday in the relief effort. As night-time temperatures dropped to…
Ennahda is no ‘Taliban of Tunisia’, leftist party
TUNIS: Tunisia's biggest secular party said Wednesday it had started coalition talks with the Islamist Ennahda which leads the vote count in historic polls, insisting the frontrunner is neither the…
John Malkovich brings pop-up fashions to Paris
Clothes fit for a star, designed by a star: Hollywood's John Malkovich is opening a pop-up fashion store in Paris in the run-up to Christmas to showcase his new menswear…
Russia’s Bolshoi Theater to unveil spectacular refit
Russia's historic Bolshoi Theater will finally raise its curtain on Friday after a massive, six-year overhaul that aims to create a state-of-the-art space for its world-renowned ballet and opera troupe.…
Dina Said debuts collection at London Fashion Week
It comes as no surprise that the brand Nana’s Closet, by young Egyptian designer Dina Said, would make its international debut at London Fashion Week — during the Spring/Summer 2012…
Economic slump hits ‘Arab Spring’ nations: IMF
DUBAI: Arab nations which have revolted against their autocratic regimes, unseating three leaders so far, face an economic downturn in 2011, data released by the International Monetary Fund showed on…
Prisoner swap: Not relevant to the real issue
The best hint the Middle East could provide as to the ramifications of last week's prisoner exchange for the overall conflict came two days after the exchange itself. It…
America’s economic stalemate
By Martin Feldstein CAMBRIDGE: The United States appears trapped in a dangerous economic stalemate. The refusal by both Republicans and Democrats to give ground on the budget is preventing the government…
Muslims and Christians: if you don’t communicate, you don’t exist
By Safia Aoude ALEXANDRIA, Egypt: "We can write anything now!" said an editor of the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram to some visiting Danish participants in Cairo as a part of a recent…
The responsibility to protect comes of age
By Gareth Evans NEW YORK: Good news not only sells less well than bad news, but also often seems harder to believe. Reaction to Harvard psychologist Stephen Pinker’s majestic new book,…