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The cries of joy from the four women elected to the parliament in Kuwait this past spring may yet turn into sobs. A religious edict published i...
Andy Worthington | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics
If the rationale for not releasing the Yemenis from Guantánamo was extended to the U.S. prison system, no prisoner would ever be released at the end of their sentence, because prison "might have radicalized" them.
thenation.com | Posted 09.17.2009 | World
The House Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight met today to discuss issues of sovereignty and stability in Iraq ran...
The Nation | Eric Naing | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics
The House Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight met today to discuss issues of sovereignty and stability in Iraq ran...
AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 09.16.2009 | World
CAMP BUCCA, Iraq — The U.S. military on Wednesday closed Camp Bucca, an isolated desert prison that was once its largest lockup in Iraq, as it m...
Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 09.23.2009 | World
The sixth Sa'ada war between central government forces and Houthi rebels in Yemen's north is well underway and expected to drag on, according to the country's ruling party.
Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 09.17.2009 | World
Yemen has mounted a tight security plan for the holy Moslem month of Ramadan starting this week in a bid to thwart any new terrorist attacks, the Yemen Times reported.
The Huffington Post | Posted 09.17.2009 | World
Kuwaiti police investigating the fatal wedding fire in which 43 women and children were killed have said the groom's ex-wife has confessed, AP reports...
Posted 09.16.2009 | World
By DIANA ELIAS, Associated Press Writer KUWAIT CITY - The fire at a wedding tent in Kuwait that killed 41 women and children consumed the structure i...
The Independent | Independent | Posted 09.16.2009 | Home
The fire at a wedding tent in Kuwait that killed 41 women and children consumed the structure in an intense blaze lasting just three minutes, the hea...
Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 09.15.2009 | Home
Blaze in a women's wedding tent kills many women and children and injures many more....
Kuwait Times | Jamie Etheridge and Ahmed Saei | Posted 09.12.2009 | World
KUWAIT: Kuwait thwarted a terror attack against US and Kuwaiti facilities, arresting six suspected terrorists. "State security has uncovered a terrori...
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business
Clinton, in her recent tour to Southeast Asia suggested clearly that the United States might well extend a "defense umbrella" protecting its Arab allies should Iran develop a nuclear weapons capability.
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 08.24.2009 | World
Should the Gulf countries maintain contacts with Israel if this would make life easier for Palestinians? Could having such ties propel the Middle East peace process forward?
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 08.20.2009 | World
We desperately need a visionary leader in the Arab world, monarch or republican, who steps aside and oversees in his lifetime a peaceful democratic transfer of power.
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 07.30.2009 | World
The GCC is looking at an Iranian government that has lost a great deal of credibility, both locally and internationally, and has yet to figure out how to deal with itself.
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 06.29.2009 | World
The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs : Noisy North Korea Facts: North Korea performed a nuclear test last weekend which, according to various sei...
AP | Posted 06.23.2009 | World
KUWAIT CITY — Several swine flu cases have been detected among U.S. soldiers passing through Kuwait, officials said Saturday. The soldiers were...
Rochelle Lefkowitz | Posted 06.20.2009 | World
Privately, often beneath their burkas, Kuwaiti women used their blackberries and cellphones to text and email, urging legislators to vote for full women's suffrage.
Harut Sassounian | Posted 06.20.2009 | World
This continuum of massacres, genocide and deportations highlights the existence of a long-term strategy implemented by successive Turkish regimes from the 1890's to more recent times.
WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 06.18.2009 | Home
Voters elected four women to Kuwait’s parliament. There was a political milestone in Kuwait this weekend, where for the first time, wom...
Times Online | Posted 06.18.2009 | World
Kuwaiti women have achieved another historical milestone by winning their first ever seats in the oil-rich Gulf state's parliament. ...
T. Boone Pickens | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green
Spending time worrying over global oil maneuvers by foreign governments is a waste of time and money. We should have a national project to use domestic natural gas and reduce our imports of foreign oil.
Ray Hanania | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics
The U.S. Justice Department withdrew its 10-count major frauds charge against Jeff Mazon and instead accepted a misdemeanor plea agreement -- a victory for Mazon and a black eye both for the Justice Department and Judge McDade,
Financial Times | Posted 04.25.2009 | World
Gulf countries are extending a deadline to introduce a single currency for the oil-rich region owing to difficulties in thrashing out a common regulat...
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Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 10.20.2009 | Home