UN says bird flu can infect cats
UNITED NATIONS: Cats can become infected with the highly lethal H5N1 bird…
Abbas in Cairo says Mideast summit to set stage for final status talks
Agence France-PresseCAIRO: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday that a meeting…
The unseen rewards of informal US-Arab dialogues
Relations between the Middle East and the United States are undeniably strained.…
Might George W Bush's 'surge' work?
Whatever critics at home and abroad may think, the "surge that President…
Egypt and Hamas between uneasiness and 'red lines'
Egypt confronts a double problem on its northeastern borders - both Palestinian…
In America, the hijab is not an obstacle for Muslim girls
WASHINGTON: For many Muslim girls in the United States, the hijab is…
UN announces $85 mln for under-funded emergencies
NAIROBI: A United Nations fund, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), managed…
Egyptian named to senior UN post
Associated PresUNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed officials from Egypt, the…
The domino art effect has spread: could it now be the Arab's turn?
Egyptian art fetches record auction price at Christie s For a while…
'Green militancy' hinders better ways to do the planet good
You would have had to be stuck in deepest Mongolia to avoid…