A month on, signal in Beirut rubble raises hope for survivor
BEIRUT (AP) — A pulsing signal was detected Thursday from under the rubble of a Beirut building that collapsed during the horrific port explosion...
Saudi graft suspects were physically abused
Prominent Saudis held in what Riyadh dubbed an anti-corruption campaign were subjected to coercion and physical abuse, the New York Times reported Monday, describing...
Anti-Semitic routine at a Carnival parade in Spain
Rodica Radian-Gordon, Isreal’s ambassador has denounced a Carnival parade routine in a small town that featured men and women dressed up like Jewish Holocaust...
Wave of Aden killings tests Gulf role in Yemen
The recapture of Aden by Gulf Arab coalition troops last summer has failed to provide any respite from Yemen's civil war, with residents facing...
Afghanistan postpones its presidential inauguration
A ceremony to swear in Ashraf Ghani as president has been delayed, but contradicted reasons cited a day earlier by the U.S. government behind...
Executions of Sunni preachers, activists continue in Iran
International human rights groups believe that Iran executed over 1,000 people last year - well above the 2014 tally - including preachers and activists...
To Yemen and Beyond: A Conversation with Dr. Anthony Cordesman
Last week the Saudi-led coalition announced its intervention in Yemen, which began on March 26, 2015 with air strikes against Houthi rebels, entered a...
Former president Mubarak buried in a military funeral
Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak will be buried on Wednesday in a military funeral in Cairo.
He died on Tuesday in intensive care weeks after...
How to respond to Russia in Syria while avoiding World War III
As Syrian rebels face an onslaught of Russian bombs ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, back in Washington President Barack Obama faces incoming volleys...
How important is Egypt’s ‘New Suez Canal’ to the world?
Flamboyant Preparations for the inauguration of the new Suez Canal are scheduled with a variety of nationwide festivities for a project marketed by the...
