Opinion: Pakistan clearing its death row backlog
Despite rights group protests, Pakistan has hanged 'teenage' convict Shafqat Hussain. But…
What can the US do for Egypt?
US Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to visit Egypt on…
How Egypt lost its soft power edge
Egypt was always widely renowned for its soft power, which it used…
Opinion: Germany’s Green Card was ahead of its time
Germany's complicated and unattractive Green Card opened the national labor market to…
Notes from America: Watermelon’s summer tales
Mark Twain once said: “When one has tasted watermelon he knows what…
Opinion: Should we be glad that Cecil the lion is dead?
The killing of a well-known wild lion in Zimbabwe by a US…
Opinion: end of an era
With Mullah Omar's death, the Taliban have lost a unifying figure. The…
Opinion: KMW-Nexter merger creates European arms giant
The German tank manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann has merged with its French competitor…
United Nations World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Conflict, terrorism, economic turmoil, natural calamities, disease: we are living in an…
Opinion: Erdogan on the warpath
Turkey is bombarding "IS" strongholds - but also those of the Kurdish…