Tunisia ready for elections
UNITED NATIONS: Tunisia's foreign minister said Tuesday his government is ready for Oct. 23 elections, the first since a rebellion overthrew the country's longtime dictator sparking an unprecedented wave of…
Bahrain upholds life sentences for protest leaders
MANAMA: A Bahrain military court upheld life sentences on Wednesday against Shiite opposition leaders for organizing protests earlier this year that threatened the Sunni monarchy's grip on power, the state…
Gaza shrugs
By Mkhaimar Abusada GAZA CITY: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has now personally presented Palestine’s bid for full United Nations membership to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. What remains to be seen is…
China’s African mischief
By Yuriko Koike TOKYO: As Libya’s National Transitional Council attempts to establish a functioning government for a newly liberated country, the truth about what went on under Col. Muammar El-Qaddafi’s regime…
The Zambian candidate
By Michael Meyer NEW YORK: It went almost unnoticed on a day of brinkmanship and geopolitical pyrotechnics. At the United Nations, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rolled out his demand for full…
A civil compromise to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
By Khaled Diab JERUSALEM: Is it possible to have statehood without a state? This is the puzzling question raised by the dramatic Palestinian bid to seek United Nations membership which Palestinian…
Polanski picks up award at Zurich two years after arrest
Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski on Tuesday picked up an award at the Zurich Film Festival which he was unable to receive two years ago due to his dramatic arrest over…
Imposing and intense, Michael Shannon stands out
Sitting down for breakfast on a recent rainy New York day, Michael Shannon was uncertain about the prospect of food. "They say you're supposed to eat breakfast," he said, pondering…
Writer, filmmaker and translator consolidate storytelling with Palestinian reality
Reality and its multiple truths are mirrored in “Bab Al-Shams” (Gate of the Sun) and its weaving of storytelling, translation and film adaption, argued the artists involved as they poetically…
Rights groups condemn censorship of two newspapers
CAIRO: Human rights groups condemned the recent crackdown on the media, where two newspaper editions were withdrawn by authorities this week for including unfavorable articles. Tuesday’s edition of Rose El-Youssef…