Armed Saleh loyalists encircle diplomatic mission
SANAA: A mob of armed loyalists of Ali Abdullah Saleh trapped the US, British, European and Gulf Arab ambassadors inside a diplomatic mission in the capital Sunday, protesting a deal…
Saudi woman arrested for challenging driving ban
JEDDAH: Saudi authorities arrested a female activist on Sunday who launched a campaign to challenge a ban on women driving in the conservative kingdom and posted a video on the…
Bahrain upholds 2 death sentences in police killings
A Bahrain emergency appeals court upheld death sentences on Sunday for two men found guilty of killing police officers during recent unrest, punishments human rights activists said were designed to…
Israel approves new West Bank settler homes, says NGO
JERUSALEM: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has approved the construction of 294 new homes in Beitar Ilit settlement on the occupied West Bank, anti-settlement NGO Peace Now reported on Sunday.…
More victims buried in tense Syria
DAMASCUS: Syrians prepared for more angry funerals on Sunday after security forces gunned down at least five mourners during burials for anti-government protesters killed the previous day in the third…
One Egyptian’s perspective on Obama’s Speech
By Sara Khorshid CAIRO: In 2010, I attended a press briefing at the US embassy in Cairo. The speaker was the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy and Human Rights. His…
Expose wolves in sheep’s clothing
By Philip Whitfield CAIRO: Anyone with a mobile phone knows the truth. We are in the throws of the knowledge revolution, as meaningful as the agricultural or the industrial revolutions, which…
Reflections of a Catholic American on bin Laden’s death
By Rebecca Cataldi WASHINGTON, DC: The 9/11 attacks traumatized America. I grieved for those killed and those who lost loved ones. My heart broke at the hatred directed at my country…
Geneva on the Rhine
By Dominique Moisi PARIS: Twenty years ago, in the immediate aftermath of Germany’s reunification, French magazines were full of caricatures of Chancellor Helmut Kohl wearing the traditional pointed Prussian helmet. The…
The Arab tumult: Mistaken Identity
By Fawaz Alfawaz The recent tumultuous events in the Arab region evoke lots of concerns, hopes, and soul searching. The region is gripped with seemingly socio-political tectonic events of historical proportions.…