A suicide bomber, possibly female, and wearing a burqa detonated in a busy bazaar in southwestern Afghanistan on Thursday killing 16 people, as eight rebels died elsewhere in the country.
While all the focus is given to the Middle East conflict – Israel, the Palestinians, Syria and Lebanon – there is another longstanding conflict, which for the most part has failed to attract much attention: the dispute over one of the worlds most inhospitable pieces of real estate on earth – the Sahara Desert.
EDITORIAL
There is a Saudi Arabian joke that begins by asking, what is Riyadhs preferred price for a barrel of oil at the end of each of the next five years? The answer is $100 and $100 and $100 and $10 and $100. It usually takes people time to work out why this should be funny. The answer lies in the $10 price in the fourth year.
OPINION
CAIRO -- The morning of April 15 was to be the final hearing of the military tribunal before which my father was being tried; little did I know this would be the worst day of my life.
Israelis are Talking to Hamas: Religion at the Cutting Edge
