Pig-cull induced street rubbish: a 'national scandal'
CAIRO: The Egyptian government's decision to cull all of the country's 300,000…
French report calls for burqa ban
PARIS: A French parliament report called Tuesday for a ban on the…
Renee Zellweger to join 60th Berlin film fest jury
Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger will join the jury for the 60th Berlin…
Sunshine at the Crossroads
RIYADH: I woke up after an overnight flight from London with the…
Guilty democrats
LONDON: When former Czech President Václav Havel knocked on the door of…
Ethiopian jet crashes in flames off Lebanon coast
BEIRUT: An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people caught fire and crashed…
Oil steadies below $75, close to one-month low
LONDON: Oil prices steadied below $75 a barrel on Monday, after slipping…
Cinema El-Fourn: Cairo's new haven for indie film
Cinema El-Fourn is a very unlikely name for an open-air film theater,…
The role of informal education in shaping the image of the Other
GIVATAYIM, Israel: Recently I took part as a moderator in an international…
China unbound
SYDNEY: The appointment of five provincial-level Chinese Communist Party chiefs in early…