Syndicate content
Top Story

Israel: Netanyahu ready to react with 'great force'
25/03/2011 - TOP STORY

Israel: Netanyahu ready to react with 'great force'

It is the Middle East’s oldest conflict. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict had been absent from our front pages for some time. But over the past week there’s been a bombing in Jerusalem and an escalation of violence along Israel's border with the Gaza strip.
Libya campaign: Europe's bitter divisions
24/03/2011 - TOP STORY

Libya campaign: Europe's bitter divisions

As EU heads of government hold a two-day meeting in Brussels to discuss Libya, their divisions are often glaring. Talk of a coalition notwithstanding, only one third of the block's members are participating in the operation at this point. Disagreements have made it harder to decide who should lead the effort.
Libya intervention: is Arab support wavering?
23/03/2011 - TOP STORY

Libya intervention: is Arab support wavering?

The Arab League said it would back a UN no-fly zone over Libya, then it abruptly backtracked. Now, the League says its support for the coalition is indeed solid. If Arabs’ support for the allies seems fragile, that’s because it is.
(3) comments
Yemen - Arab Revolutions: could Saleh be the next to go?
22/03/2011 - TOP STORY

Yemen - Arab Revolutions: could Saleh be the next to go?

Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh has been facing popular protest for much of the past two months. Now a powerful military rival acting in the name of that popular revolution is making a bid to remove his family from power. After Ben Ali and Mubarak, and with Gaddafi’s fate in the balance, will Saleh be the next Arab strongman to go? And what would that mean for the Arab’s world poorest country?
Libya airstrikes: cracks in the coalition
21/03/2011 - TOP STORY

Libya airstrikes: cracks in the coalition

A no fly zone is effectively in place over Libya today. But one can see cracks in the coalition...
(3) comments
Libya: UN takes on Gaddafi
18/03/2011 - TOP STORY

Libya: UN takes on Gaddafi

Diplomats gathered last night and voted for the 1973 resolution to be passed in favor of more than just a fly zone...
Libya & Bahrain: the end of the Arab awakening?
17/03/2011 - TOP STORY

Libya & Bahrain: the end of the Arab awakening?

The extraordinary events over the last two months in the Arab world have taken another dramatic twist this week...
Japan’s nuclear nightmare: is Tokyo downplaying the threat?
16/03/2011 - TOP STORY

Japan’s nuclear nightmare: is Tokyo downplaying the threat?

Japan’s nuclear crisis has intensified due to another fire that damaged a nuclear plant. Authorities say a containment vessel in a second reacting unit now appears to be releasing radioactive steam. The developments are troubling reminders of the difficulties Fukushima is having in bringing the plant under control. The confusion is emblematic of days of often contradictory reports about what exactly is happening.
Libya-G8: too little, too late?
15/03/2011 - TOP STORY

Libya-G8: too little, too late?

In recent weeks, the international community was primed to think that the noose was tightening around the neck of Libyan leader colonel Gaddafi. But in fact, as one analyst wrote in the New York Times, it is tightening instead around the Libyan rebels. This as Gaddafi makes the most of the world’s dithering and steadily retakes rebel-held towns.
Libya: Gaddafi's forces gaining the upper hand
14/03/2011 - TOP STORY

Libya: Gaddafi's forces gaining the upper hand

In the last few days, the horror of the Japanese earthquake and subsequent tsunami has momentarily diverted world attention away from Libya. But the battle over who should rule the North African nation is becoming bloodier by the day.
Close