The welfare state, RIP
PARIS: It is usually easier to see the beginning of something than…
Fairouz returns to stage
Fairouz is a legend to whom singers today wish to be compared.…
John Lennon’s 70th celebrated in NY’s Central Park
A crush of fans circled a flower-graced mosaic in Central Park's Strawberry…
Solomon Burke dies at Amsterdam airport at 70
Solomon Burke, the larger-than-life "King of Rock and Soul," whose songs blended…
Oman: Retail on a high
MUSCAT: A wave of new commercial space coming onto the Omani market…
Saudi sees higher spending, unsure on deficit
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia expects to spend more than initially budgeted for 2010…
Abu Dhabi scales back plans for clean-energy city
DUBAI: Plans for an ambitious clean-energy city being built in the…
Pakistan reopens Afghan border crossing NATO uses
PESHAWAR: Pakistan reopened a key border crossing to NATO supply convoys heading…
2 Taliban commanders, 2 fighters killed: NATO
KABUL: A senior Taliban commander and two other insurgents were killed in…
Arabs allow one month for deal to save Mideast talks
SIRTE: Arab League foreign ministers threw their weight behind the Palestinian president's…