Without national reconciliation, Iraqi democracy is a mirage
Since the Iraqi elections on March 7, a number of columnists have…
Confessions of a hijabi
KARACHI: I watched the Bollywood film "My Name is Khan the other…
Peaceful, prosperous future motivates aid work in Pakistan
MANSEHRA: At 9:20 am on March 10, a routine office meeting was…
The Promise of Euro-Atlantic Missile Defense
BRUSSELS: This week in Prague, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and US President…
Freedom Arrested in Venezuela
PRAGUE: The arrest of Oswaldo Álvarez Paz, a former president of Venezuela's…
Iraq a catalyst for US-Syria rapprochement?
DAMASUC: Following five years of tense relations between the United States and…
Stumbling in the dark
SAO PAULO: As well-intentioned gestures go, Earth Hour is hard to beat.…
The unknown promise of Internet freedom
MELBOURNE: Google has withdrawn from China, arguing that it is no longer…
Jerusalem and beyond
TEL AVIV: The policy of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's government on…
Arab woman to head UN's new gender program?
CAIRO: In the halls of the United Nation s New York bureau,…