Syria endorses law to allow political parties
BEIRUT: Syria's government has endorsed a draft law that it says will…
Israel nabs boat smuggling weapons on Dead Sea
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military and police on Monday captured a boat on…
UN hosts emergency meeting on Somalia famine
ROME: The World Bank promised to provide more than $500 million to…
UN flotilla report delayed again, says Israel
JERUSALEM: A UN report into Israel's deadly 2010 raid on a Gaza-bound…
Egypt protesters dejected, but still out for change
By AFP CAIRO: Hundreds of protesters were still camped out in Cairo's…
Muslim-western tensions still persist, says report
CAIRO: A recent survey looking into Muslim-Western relationships showed that tensions still…
Egypt’s revolution not just about tweeting: bloggers
CAIRO: Six months after they launched a revolution that ousted the regime,…
Egypt’s Praetorian Guard problem
Because the pro-democracy activists who triggered the January 25 protests did not…
AN ISRAELI VIEW: Why the Quartet fears the UN track
The Quartet failed to find a formula for restarting the peace process…
Defaulting to big government
WASHINGTON, DC: Leading United States Congressmen are determined to provoke a showdown…