Etisalat bids to buy 46 pct in Kuwait’s Zain, says TV
DUBAI: Emirates Telecommunications Corp (Etisalat) has offered to buy 46 percent of Kuwait's Zain, CNBC Arabiya said on Wednesday, in a deal that would be worth $11.8 billion. Etisalat had…
EU imposes new duties on Iran, Pakistan, UAE plastics
BRUSSELS: The European Union imposed new duties on plastics from Iran, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, saying the three were illegally subsidizing exports to Europe's growing soft-drinks…
Burma’s democratic charade
PRAGUE: On Nov. 7, when Burma’s first general election for almost two decades is to be held, a well-rehearsed script will play out. The country’s ruling generals will twist what…
Mohammed Arkoun: a farewell to an intellectual revolutionary
WASHINGTON, DC: That he welcomed two complete strangers knocking on his door on a rainy Parisian summer day is yet one more testimonial to the late Professor Mohammed Arkoun’s kindness…
DR Congo massacres report first step to ending impunity
GENEVA: The UN releases a hotly-contested report Friday on massacres in eastern Congo, including a possible genocide by Rwandan troops, which its top rights officer hopes will end a culture…
Lebanese bloggers: pioneers in the Arab world
BEIRUT: A recent survey of readers of the more than 400 blogs in Lebanon shows that their numbers are close to the online readership of the most well-known Lebanese newspapers:…
N.Ireland Nobel laureate fights to stay in Israel
JERUSALEM: Northern Ireland Nobel laureate and peace activist Mairead Maguire was on Wednesday fighting a legal battle over the right to enter Israel after her involvement with an aid boat…
Jordan unions urge boycott of cycling event with Israel
AMMAN: Jordan's trade unions called on Wednesday for a boycott of a cycling tour for environmental awareness, saying the event involving Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians was really a cover…
Death row reprieve for warders who killed Iran protesters
TEHRAN: The families of three anti-government protesters killed in an Iranian jail have exercised their right to reprieve two warders sentenced to death for their murders, the Mehr news agency…
Pirates seize ship, 15 Indian crew, off Tanzania: watchdog
NAIROBI: Somali pirates captured a Panama-flagged ship with 15 Indian crewmen early Wednesday off the Tanzanian coast, a maritime watchdog reported. The MT Aspahalt Venture was sailing to South Africa…