Amnesty accuses Egypt of crackdown before election
CAIRO: Amnesty International accused Egypt on Tuesday of arresting dozens of Muslim Brotherhood members to disrupt the opposition group's elections campaign ahead of a parliamentary vote in November. Police have…
Saudi prince jailed for life for servant’s murder in London
LONDON: A Saudi prince, the grandson of King Abdullah, was jailed for life by a British court Wednesday for murdering his male servant in a brutal attack at a London…
Elders urge ‘more energetic’ Mideast peace push
DAMASCUS: The Elders group of retired world figures called on Tuesday for a "more energetic" drive for Middle East peace, warning that the major powers appeared to be more interested…
Iran to open spy trial of US hikers on November 6, says lawyer
TEHRAN: Iran will begin trying three American hikers on espionage charges on November 6, their lawyer told AFP on Wednesday, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said there was…
UN Iraq envoy unhurt after bomb attack on convoy
NAJAF: The UN envoy to Iraq, Dutch diplomat Ad Melkert, was unhurt after a bomb attack targeting a convoy of vehicles south of Baghdad, UN and police officials said. There…
Ignored warnings, lax security led to 7 CIA deaths
WASHINGTON: Warnings were ignored, security was lax and good judgment was lacking, leading to one of the worst tragedies in CIA history, when a double-agent suicide bomber killed seven CIA…
For Palestinian snake charmer pythons are part of the family
RAMALLAH: A lot of fathers would prefer their two-year-old daughters not to ride a giant Burmese python down the street like a pony — but not Jamal Amwasi of Ramallah.…
377 dead in west and central African floods, says UN
DAKAR: The United Nations said Tuesday that 377 people had died in flooding in central and West Africa, with nearly 1.5 million people affected since the start of the rainy…
Sudan’s Bashir pledges no return to war with south
KHARTOUM: Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir vowed on Wednesday that there will be no return to civil war with the south as an independence vote for the region looms. Just a…
Decoding Egypt: Between the Lines
CAIRO: Searching for meanings in the news — through digging, dissecting, forming juxtapositions and examining interrelationships — is a worthwhile exercise. What is between the lines is often more important…
