China’s $3.2 trillion headache
By Yao Yang BEIJING: While the downgrade of Unites States government debt by Standard & Poor’s shocked global financial markets, China has more reason to worry than most: the bulk of…
Middle Eastern students learn that history can unite
By Ruth Eglash AMMAN: Within minutes of joining a mixed group of Jordanian and Maltese high school students learning about the importance of preserving cultural heritage for future generations, I realized…
The Keynes-Hayek Rematch
By Robert Skidelsky LONDON: The Austrian economist Friedrich von Hayek, who died in 1992 at the age of 93, once remarked that to have the last word requires only outliving your…
Egypt army chief heads to Sinai to investigate deaths
CAIRO: Egypt's military chief of staff Sami Enan headed to Sinai on Friday to probe the deaths of policemen killed by Israeli gunfire the previous day, a military source said.…
Editorial: Egypt’s revolution on the brink
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: It was only a matter of time before Israel entered the equation. An attack by gunmen on a bus and blasts targeting two other vehicles in…
Egyptian policeman killed near border, official denies suicide attack
AL-ARISH/CAIRO: An Egyptian policeman was killed in a gunfight near the border with Israel on Friday, security officials and medics said, adding that another policeman was in coma after…
Israel-Gaza violence intensifies after gun attacks
GAZA: Israeli aircraft struck Hamas outposts in Gaza and Palestinians fired rockets into southern Israel on Friday as violence escalated following deadly gun attacks along Israel's porous border with Egypt.…
Gunmen kill one army officer, injure two soldiers in Al-Arish
AL-ARISH/CAIRO: Masked gunmen attacked a checkpoint in Al-Arish Thursday evening, killing one army officer and injuring two soldiers, Egyptian security sources said. About eight unidentified armed men in two trucks…
Egypt military crackdown nets Sinai ‘Islamist militants’
CAIRO: An Egyptian security chief said on Thursday a military operation in Sinai against militants uncovered a bomb-making factory and netted 20 wanted men, including Palestinians and radical Islamists. Meanwhile,…
Egypt army acquits two activists after public outcry
CAIRO: Egypt's army acquitted two activists who were charged with insulting the military and inciting violence, the armed forces said on Thursday, following criticism from rights groups of subjecting civilians…