WASHINGTON: Global freedom declined for a fifth straight year in 2010 as authoritarian regimes dug in worldwide and crime and unrest plagued democracies like Mexico, a US watchdog said Thursday.
In "Freedom in the World 2011" the Washington-based (...)
RAFAH: Huddled in a tent near the mound of rubble that used to be his home, Eissa Al-Sidudi says out loud what many Gazans would only mutter in private: Hamas has gone too far.
On May 16 Hamas police dragged his wife and eight children out of (...)
RAMALLAH: US Vice President Joe Biden met Palestinian leaders on Wednesday, telling them Israel s decision to expand settlement activity in east Jerusalem is undermining the peace efforts he is promoting.
He also stressed the US administration s (...)
JAFFA: In the mixed neighborhood of the Israeli film Ajami, Jews and Arabs rub shoulders on the same quiet, leafy streets, never knowing when someone is going to draw a knife.
The film, the third Israeli production to be nominated for an Academy (...)
High above the pot-holed streets, donkey carts and militant graffiti that have come to define the besieged Gaza Strip sits Rosy, the territory's only spa and a refuge for its unlikely upper crust.
The spa's luxurious setting and its upscale (...)