Syria presses crackdown, accused of ‘humanity’ crimes
DAMASCUS: Syria, accused by France of committing "crimes against humanity," Thursday pressed its crackdown on dissent as it sent security forces into a northwestern village, rights activists said. "A force…
Turkey’s gunboat diplomacy makes waves in region
ANKARA: Turkey's plan to flex its naval muscles in the eastern Mediterranean risks being perceived as an over-reaction in Ankara's dispute with former ally Israel and as an assertion of…
‘Himizu’: love and madness in post-tsunami Japan
By Ella Ide / AFP VENICE: Love gasps for air in Japanese director Sion Sono's anguished portrait of a post-tsunami Japan in "Himizu," the hotly anticipated adaptation of a manga novel…
‘4:44 Last Day on Earth’: End it all or stay and watch?
By Ella Ide / AFP As the ozone layer disintegrates and the world prepares for certain doom in "4:44 Last Day on Earth," man is left with just one question: 'to…
Chronicles of a bourgeoisie foodie: Chinese food in Abbaseya
Eating food that I relatively couldn’t identify was a first for me. On the last Thursday of Ramadan, friends and I agreed that it was about time to test the…
Israeli held for stoning Egyptian consulate
JERUSALEM: Israel filed criminal charges on Thursday against a man who stoned the Egyptian consulate in Eilat, near the site of an attack by border infiltrators last month that strained…
Officer tells court security forces had arms in central Cairo
CAIRO: A police officer testifying in the case of the killing of protesters told the court Thursday that security forces had arms in central Cairo during the uprising and suggested…
10 years later: Did the terrorists win?
By Yasser Khalil CAIRO: Even 10 years later, the memory of the 9/11 attacks is still present. While the terrorists achieved the physical destruction they set out to create, they failed…
New York moves on
By Jacob Margolies NEW YORK: New York is a city that forgets quickly. Teeming with ambition, its denizens are focused on getting ahead. And what’s striking today is how remote the…
Gender at heart of new Moroccan constitution
By Fatima Sadiqi FEZ: The new reforms outlined in the June 2011 Moroccan constitution can be grouped in three major categories: separation of powers, independence of justice, and good governance. However…