BLANTYRE/LILONGWE, MALAWI — Malawians headed to polling stations on Tuesday for presidential and legislative elections seen as a tough test for President Peter Mutharika, who is facing challenges from the deputy president and a former pastor who (...)
From buses and trucks to a $500 million golf resort, China is deepening its business footprint in Cuba, helping the fellow Communist-run state survive a crisis in oil-benefactor Venezuela and insulate against a possible rollback of US detente.
Cuban (...)
"May the Force be with you" vs. "Live Long and Prosper," lightsabers vs. phasers, warp drive vs. hyperdrive. The fan debate over which story, technology, space ships and characters are superior started a long time ago.
To casual moviegoers, there is (...)
Walter Steinmeier expressed thanks to the Kingdom's government for warm welcome and generous hospitality during his first ever visit to the Kingdom since his second term of office as foreign minister.
He pointed to the strong relations between the (...)
أكد سيسك فابريجاس لاعب خط وسط نادي برشلونة الأسباني أن كل من تفوه بكلمة ضد فريقه الكاتالوني قبل حلوله ضيفاً على مانشستر سيتي الإنجليزي في ذهاب دور ال16 لبطولة دوري أبطال أوروبا عليه أن يطبق فمه الآن لعدة أيام وذلك بعدما فاز برشلونة 2 / صفر في (...)
ذكر قرار صادر عن قاض أمس الجمعة أن هيئة محلفين منحت 5 ملايين دولار لامرأة في كانساس سيتي تحولت من المسيحية إلى الإسلام كتعويض عن أضرار لحقت بها بعد أن وجدت هيئة المحلفين أن عملاق الاتصالات (ايه.تي اند تي) خلقت "بيئة عمل عدائية" بعد اعتناقها (...)
strong armed forces, hobbled by outdated equipment and slow decision-making, are undergoing an overhaul as defense priorities shift to China from traditional rival Pakistan.
And like a refit of the imposing but dilapidated defense ministry on (...)
أعلن مسئول أمريكي الجمعة في بروكسل أن الولايات المتحدة أرسلت فريقا من 14 خبيرا إلى ليبيا وتستعد لإرسال 50 آخرين، للمشاركة في البحث عن أسلحة فقدت خلال الأحداث الأخيرة في ليبيا ولتجنب وقوعها في أيد غير أمينة.
وقال اندرو شابيرو مساعد وزيرة الخارجية (...)
سار منتخب أوروجواي على نهج باقي الفرق المرشحة وفشل في تحقيق الفوز في بداية مسيرته ببطولة كأس أمم أمريكا الجنوبية (كوبا أمريكا) المقامة حاليا في الأرجنتين بسقوطه في فخ التعادل 1/1 مع منتخب بيرو في الجولة الأولى من مباريات المجموعة الثالثة في الدور (...)
Write about fathers
This refers to the article “Motherhood: The pivot of humanity” (May 25).
The world knows about the role of mothers. They are doing a great job in all walks of life. The writer says women are not being appreciated for who they (...)
Unite the people
With reference to the report “Andhra Muslims in Riyadh support Telangana movement” (Feb. 21), I must say it is very sad that even educated Indians living in Saudi Arabia, who are exposed to living in harmony with people of (...)
WITH the passing of the Bush era, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will lose his favorite enemy and sparring partner. But clashes with the United States will persist even with Barack Obama in the White House.
Ties between the superpower and one of (...)
VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez's plan to build a nuclear reactor draws him closer to Russia and burnishes his U.S-baiting image before elections, but any atomic program in the OPEC nation is still years from fruition.
Chavez, whose popularity is (...)
HURRICANES Ike and Gustav largely spared Cuba's main economic engines while wreaking widespread damage to the island. But the communist government may have to speed up reforms to avoid public frustration during what is likely to be a slow recovery, (...)
LONG on ethnographic detail and visual splendor but short on narrative coherence, Sergei Bodrov's "Mongol" relates the story of Genghis Khan's early years in a plodding, uninspired fashion that doesn't bode well for the next two entries in a planned (...)
WHEN Barack Obama achieved his historic victory on Tuesday night, the battle was joined between two Americas. Not John Edwards's two Americas, divided between rich and poor. Not the Americas split by race, gender, party or ideology. What looms (...)
THEY thought they were being so slick. When the McCain campaign abruptly moved last Tuesday's fund-raiser with President Bush from the Phoenix Convention Center to a private home, it was the next best thing to sending the loathed lame duck into the (...)
ended and their successful outcome is not guaranteed.
A senior German official said full membership for Ankara was the E.U. goal and demands by a minority of member states, led by Austria, for setting an option of second class membership - a (...)