WikiLeaks: Saudi proposed force to crush Hezbollah
CAIRO: Saudi Arabia proposed deploying an Arab military force backed by US and NATO airpower to Lebanon two years ago to crush Hezbollah and prevent the militant group — and…
Bombs kill 3 Iraqis, wound 7 Iranians near Baghdad
BAGHDAD: A car bomb outside a restaurant killed three people north of Baghdad on Wednesday, while a roadside bomb wounded seven Iranian pilgrims on a bus traveling to an important…
WikiLeaks unfurls more cables as founder stuck behind bars
LONDON: WikiLeaks shrugged off the jailing of its founder by publishing a new tranche of secret diplomatic cables on Wednesday, heaping more embarrassment on the United States and some of…
Direct Mideast talks collapse as US freeze bid fails
JERUSALEM: The Middle East peace process lay in tatters Wednesday after Washington admitted defeat in its efforts to secure an Israeli freeze on settlement building, the Palestinians' condition for resuming…
Archaeologists warn of climate threat to history’s treasures
PARIS: Mummies decaying in Siberia. Pyramids vanishing under the sand in Sudan. Maya temples collapsing. Archaeologists are warning that climate change risks destroying countless treasures from our shared past. Melting…
Discovering secrets behind closed ‘doors’
By Maya Dukmasova Mohamed Abdelhafez is probably the world’s only practicing gastroenterologist and independent filmmaker at the same time. His first film, “The Door,” premiered as part of the Digital Feature…
Lennon fans flock to Liverpool for anniversary
Fans gathered in Liverpool on Wednesday for a vigil to mark the 30th anniversary of the murder of John Lennon. In the city which produced the Beatles, the focus of…
Sudan’s Abyei Jan. 9 vote off, says US
By AFP WASHINGTON: The self-determination referendum on Sudan's oil-rich Abyei region will not take place as planned on Jan. 9, US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said Tuesday. The Abyei…
Sawsan Badr steals the show in ‘Lust’
Controversy can never be far from a film with a title like “El-Shouq” (Lust), especially in Egypt. This feature film — Egypt’s sole entry in the Cairo International Film Festival’s…
Abu Dhabi poised to take stage as investment hub
By Shaheen Pasha/ Reuters DUBAI: Abu Dhabi is becoming the breakout emirate for investment and growth as Dubai's image still reels from its financial woes during the global credit crisis, said…
