Arab League condemns Gingrich’s Palestinian remark
CAIRO: A senior Arab League official condemned on Sunday a statement by Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich claiming Palestinians are an "invented" people, calling it racist and a cheap stunt…
New Israeli ambassador arrives in Egypt
CAIRO: Airport officials say Israel's new ambassador to Egypt has arrived in Cairo, three months after protesters ransacked the Israeli Embassy here. Yaakov Amitai will join a small number of…
A PALESTINIAN VIEW: Already having an impact
By Mohammed Najib The Palestinian Authority's latest financial crisis — which Palestinians widely believe was punishment for President Mahmoud Abbas' request for statehood at the United Nations in late September —…
Avoiding the regional ramifications of stalemate
By Hassan Barari For Jordan, the impasse of the Israeli-Palestinian track could not be more threatening. Time and time again, King Abdullah II has stressed that the failure of a two-state…
New Pakistani-US dawn needed
By Katherine Marshall WASHINGTON, DC: The deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers on November 26 during NATO operations at two border posts inside Pakistan was, as US President Barack Obama observed, a…
Revolution’s rocks and ripples
By Philip Whitfield CAIRO: The only certainty is change — the tenet of the Greek philosopher Heraclitus resonates through Egypt’s transformation. The next phalanx of voters might consider Heraclitus’ concept: You…
Revolution Continues, Al-Adl, distance themselves from Egyptian Bloc coalition
CAIRO: The Revolution Continues Alliance and Al-Adl Party denied Sunday electoral coordination with the liberal Egyptian Bloc and nine other political parties and civil society movements. A number of liberal…
Mansour Hassan president of Advisory Council, Ashour and Mady deputies
CAIRO: Former Minister of Information Mansour Hassan was elected president of the Advisory Council formed by Egypt’s military council last week. Sameh Ashour, head of the Lawyers’ Syndicate, and Abul…
Israel OKs funding to block African migrants
JERUSALEM: The Israeli Cabinet voted unanimously Sunday to finance a $160 million program to stanch the flow of illegal African migrants by stepping up construction of a border fence and…
Three women accept Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO: Three women who fought injustice, dictatorship and sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen accepted the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, calling on repressed women worldwide to rise up…