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The Star Israel to reopen Gaza crossings at Egypt's request | JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said it would reopen its border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response to an Egyptian request, reversing an earlier decision to close them after a Palestin... (photo: AP Photo / John Klicker) Gaza Hamas Israel Photos Politics |
The Manila Times Rights group hits Saudi treatment of domestic help | JAKARTA: Saudi Arabian families are abusing female migrant workers to the point of slavery, and Riyadh needs to respond with sweeping labor and justice reforms, a major rights group said Tuesday. | ... (photo: AP / Tatan Syuflana) Human Rights Labour Law Photos Saudi Arabia |
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The Manila Times Where do we go from here? | [Excerpted from The New York Times editorial of published July 7, 2008] | The alarming resurgence of al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan makes it even ... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) Afghanistan Defence Iraq Photos US |
The Australian Jihadis break cover | US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher, the Bush administration's point man on policy in South Asia, is a highly regarded and experienced diplomat seldom given... (photo: AP Photo ) Islam Pakistan Photos Terrorism US |
The Australian No hard date in pullout talks: US | IRAQI Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has for the first time called for a timetable to be set for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, a step that the Bush administrat... (photo: US Navy / MCS3 David R. Quillen) Iraq Military Photos Politics US |
Asia Times Delhi carries a small stick | By Chietigj Bajpaee | Israel bombs the Osirak nuclear research facility in Iraq in 1981 after it alleges that Iraq is using the facility to develop a nuclear weapons pr... (photo: AP Photo/B.K. Bangash) Defence India Photos Politics Terrorism |
Asia Times Tehran looks beyond Bush | By Trita Parsi | WASHINGTON - Conciliatory noises from Tehran over the nuclear issue have left Washington and Brussels baffled, and unconvinced of Iran's intentions. Ha... (photo: AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian) Iran Nuclear Photos Politics US |
Asia Times Now it's war against India in Afghanistan | By Sudha Ramachandran | BANGALORE - The suicide bomber who crashed an explosive-laden car into the Indian Embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday not only killed ... (photo: AP / Mustafa Quraishi) Afghanistan India Pakistan Photos Terrorism |