Iranian president to tour US foes in Latin America
CARACAS: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, under growing pressure from debilitating Western economic sanctions, starts a Latin America tour Sunday aimed at shoring up ties with his few remaining allies. Ahmadinejad…
Spiralling violence, looming strike put Nigeria on edge
LAGOS: Nigeria has entered one of the most crucial phases in its recent history with attacks on Christians sparking fears of religious conflict and nationwide strikes set to begin on…
Major emergency operation’ after South Sudan violence
JUBA: Aid groups are mounting a "major emergency operation" in rural South Sudan after tribe-on-tribe violence sent tens of thousands of people fleeing and killed an unknown number of people,…
Military court adjourns trial of three soldiers in Maspero case to Jan. 29
CAIRO: The Military Criminal Court adjourned Sunday the trial of three soldiers accused of killing 14 protesters during the Maspero events to Jan. 29. The soldiers are charged with crushing…
China and the Arab Spring
By Kelley Currie There has been speculation that China's authoritarians stood to benefit from the wave of revolutionary political change that swept across the Middle East and North Africa, but the…
The Arab revolutions: A view from Sahel
By Modibo Goita Arab revolutions have caused regime change in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, violent uprisings in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain, and demonstrations in Algeria, Jordan and Morocco. These dramatic recent…
South Korea’s political springtime
By Lee Byong-chul SEOUL: The ascension to power of the pudgy 29-year-old Kim Jong-un in North Korea has grabbed headlines around the world, but the most important story involving Korean young…
Europeanizing Europe
By Joschka Fischer BERLIN: The eurozone is at the center of the global financial crisis, because only there, in the realm of the second most important currency after the dollar, does…
French diet guru Dukan urges students be graded on weight
France's top diet guru Pierre Dukan is urging the government to grade students on their weight in a bid to curb growing obesity. In a book to be published Thursday,…
Paint it black? No way! Fashion colors up for 2013
As the economy splutters, fashion will naturally turn to solemn grays and blacks, right? Wrong, according to fabric gurus who unveiled their top trends for spring-summer 2013 in Paris on…