The irresistible rise of the renminbi
BEIJING: China is making a big push to encourage greater international use…
Syrian writer wins Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
Syrian writer Khalil Sweileh received this year's Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature…
Testing Obama's foreign policy
CAMBRIDGE: Approaching the end of his first year as president, Barack Obama…
Encountering peace: Two capitals for two states for two peoples
JERUSALEM: Not one country in the world recognizes our capital, Jerusalem, as…
Al-Azhar refuses to discuss Coptic adoption draft law
CAIRO: Al-Azhar's Islamic Research Center refused to discuss a draft law to…
Commentary: The Missing Piece in Egyptian Football
Over the last 20 years the field of exercise physiology has made…
Egypt's H1N1 death toll reaches 48
CAIRO: The Ministry of Health announced Saturday three swine flu deaths, raising…
Markets rise on Dubai debt hope; Egypt telcos up
DUBAI: Abu Dhabi s index made its largest gain for more than…
Extralegal policing criticized in Indonesia
JAKARTA: Indonesia is defined as a free state - essentially, a country…
Financing the fight against climate change
COPENHAGEN: It is now generally agreed that the developed countries will have…