Women on the back foot in the Arab Spring
By Ines Bel Aiba / AFP CAIRO: They were on the front line…
Continuity in Egypt: An interview with Saad Eddin Ibrahim
CAIRO: An outspoken critic of the ousted regime, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, head…
Student movement not losing momentum
By Mennatallah Fouad Youssef CAIRO: Fourteen months after Hosni Mubarak was ousted, university…
Women’s groups to commemorate Int’l Women’s Day
By Mohamed Samir / Reuters CAIRO: A number of women’s rights groups are…
Eastern Libya declares semiautonomous region
By Rami Al-Shaheibi / AP BENGHAZI, Libya: Tribal leaders and militia commanders declared…
Syria faces mounting pressure on aid, rights abuses
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi / Reuters AMMAN: Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad faces growing pressure…
No Israeli decision on Iran attack, Netanyahu tells Obama
By Jeffrey Heller and Matt Spetalnick / Reuters WASHINGTON: Benjamin Netanyahu assured President…
Anti-Putin forces vow protests after mass arrests
By Dmitry Zaks / AFP MOSCOW: Russia's opposition vowed to wage a campaign…
Koran burning anger hits US-Afghan strategy talks
By Lawrence Bartlett / AFP KABUL: The fallout from the burning of Korans…
Twin blasts hit Egypt gas pipeline
By Agencies CAIRO: Two explosions on Monday hit a pipeline which supplies…