Iran says Russian plan could revive nuclear talks
TEHRAN: Iran welcomed on Tuesday a Russian attempt to revive talks with six world powers that are concerned about the its uranium enrichment program, a potential pathway to nuclear weapons,…
Hollywood film giant links with China distributor
Relativity Media, the production company behind "The Social Network," has teamed up with two Chinese firms in a $100 million deal that gives it access to China's rapidly expanding film…
TV show reunites families torn apart by KRouge
The cameras were rolling and a studio audience looked on but the emotional reunion of a daughter and her father, torn apart 30 years ago by Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge…
Gospel joins nasheeds at Sufi Fest
“Man is the homeland, and the homeland is man.” With this humanistic slogan, Entesar Abd El Fatth, director of El-Ghouri Center for Musical Heritage opens the fourth Samaa International Festival…
Saudi Arabia vs. the Arab Spring
By Bernard Haykel PRINCETON: Saudi Arabia is widely perceived as leading the counter-revolution against the Arab Spring uprisings. In reality, the Kingdom’s response is centered, as its foreign and domestic policy…
Jews and Muslims in America: more in common than we think
By Joshua Stanton NEW YORK, New York: Contrary to common assumptions, many Jewish and Muslim Americans enjoy warm relations. Yet we are only beginning to understand how and why this is…
US and Iran: Working together in Iraq
By Hamid Alkifaey It may sound strange to some, but the United States and Iran have been "working together" ever since the tragic events of September 11, 2001 and the subsequent…
All man’s land
By Rakesh Mani NEW DELHI: Ernest Hemingway’s collection of stories, Men without Women, examines tense gender relationships. In a particularly poignant story, a young man convinces his partner to have an…
Ministry of health to inject LE 940 million into salaries
CAIRO: A total of LE 940 million will be allocated to salary reform in the medical sector, Minister of Health Amr Helmy announced. The funds will go into increasing the…
Hamas chief lands in Cairo as Shalit rumors fly
CAIRO: A top-level Hamas delegation landed in Cairo on Tuesday amid renewed speculation that the group was poised to engage in fresh indirect talks with Israel over the release of…