Politics
Ben Affleck on Bill Maher’s Muslim Problem – Juan Cole
Bill Maher and Sam Harris like to demonize Islam and by association Muslims. Actor Ben Affleck de-demonized them by appealing to the banalities of...
Jeddah-Jazan Train Link to Spur Growth
By P K Abdul Ghafour
JEDDAH – Businessmen and officials have welcomed the Saudi Railway Organization’s (SRO) plan to establish a 660-km coastal railway line...
Malala Yousafzai, India’s Satyarthi Win Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize comes at a time when hostilities have broken out between India and Pakistan along the border of the disputed,...
From Pol Pot to ISIS, We Have Been Here Before – John Pilger
There are stark and striking similarities between the rise of Pol Pot in Cambodia and the emergence of ISIS in the Middle East, both...
Yemen’s New PM Resigns
SANAA – Yemen’s new Prime Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak quit his post early on Thursday hours after the Houthi militia called for mass protests...