Chop Chop: Flavors of Asia done well
I am told over lunch with a friend from out of town, the hilarious Dubai-based reporter Tom Gara, that in Hong Kong, dim sum and lunch are a sight to…
A year on, no answers to Alexandria church bombing
CAIRO: Just over a year ago, Amira Maurice was attending a New Year's Eve Mass in the Saints Church in Egypt's Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria with her parents and…
Arab League turns to UN for help in Syria
DAMASCUS: The Arab League has turned to the United Nations for help after admitting "mistakes" in its Syria monitoring mission, which has come in for withering criticism for its failure…
Four blasts kill 29, wounds dozens in Iraq’s capital
BAGHDAD: Four bombs in mainly Shia Muslim areas in Baghdad killed at least 29 people and wounded dozens of others on Thursday, police and hospital sources said, as fears of…
Blasts rock Nigeria’s north as Islamist ‘ultimatum’ expires
KANO: Bomb blasts have rocked northeastern Nigerian cities under a state of emergency as an ultimatum from Islamists for Christians living in the area to leave expired, officials said Thursday.…
Mayor mulls options for E. Jerusalem areas behind the wall
JERUSALEM: Jerusalem's mayor has voiced support for a scheme that could see responsibility for areas in the city's eastern Arab sector transferred to the Israeli body which runs civil affairs…
Stock market stagnation due to seasonal trend, says consultant
CAIRO: Egypt's main index, EGX30, fell by 0.74 percent reaching 3,627.80 points on Thursday as the market continued to stagnate after a series of low turnovers the past week. Egyptian…
Bahrain Shias lament their lack of support
MANAMA: Bahrain's majority Shias are embittered that the outside world has ignored their brutally crushed demands for a greater say in the country's affairs for sectarian reasons and their alleged…
Algerian ruling party holds congress on reforms
ALGIERS: Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia's party will hold a congress Thursday and Friday to discuss political reforms launched by the president after protests and riots swept the country last…
Egypt’s anti-Western future: Rhetoric or reality?
By Ron Gilran and Daniel Nisman Egypt continues to reel from the aftermath of the recent high profile raids against foreign-backed NGO’s by state security forces. Egyptian human rights watchdogs have…