By: Arab News Iraq is in turmoil for reasons that are all too tragically clear. But dwelling on its eight years of misgovernment under Premier Nuri Al-Maliki and the tragic list of missed opportunities, is not of itself going to

By: Fernando Durate Don’t let the simplicity of the draw fool you. The 2014 World Cup has been a unique tournament in which the more established football nations are still reigning, just like we predicted a couple of weeks ago.

By: Hani Hazaimeh In any given scenario, spilling of innocent blood and wanton violence is condemnable and inhuman. Such acts committed by anyone are below humanity. Sadly though, such ideals don’t apply when it comes to Arab blood. It’s an

By: Rajeev Sharma At a time when crimes against women are continuing unabated nationwide, irrespective of which political party is ruling which state, the Indian politics has touched a new low with an actor-turned-politician of the eastern Indian state of

By: Joe Stubbersfield Urban legends get around, but we don’t really understand why. We conducted a study to explain how misinformation spreads surprisingly fast and why people feel compelled to share it. There are many urban legends and often they

By: Abdulateef Al-Mulhim With the mention of the words head-cover or hijab and full-face veil known as Niqab, generally picture of a Muslim woman emerges in one’s mind. However, it would be an exaggeration to claim that every single Muslim

By: Osama Al Sharif If there is anything to be learned from the events of the past few weeks in Iraq and Syria is that politics makes strange bedfellows! The enemies of yesterday could easily become the allies of today,

By: Merkhat Sharipzhan Three former Soviet republics — Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine — have now signed association agreements with the European Union, despite Russia’s sometimes-brutal attempts to obstruct the process. This is certainly a promising development for these countries, all

By: Mohammed Fahad Al-Harthi If anyone needs any further convincing, then the fall of major cities in Iraq to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) should be final proof that Nuri Al-Maliki has failed utterly in reconciling

By: Mahir Ali Iraq is up for grabs, Syria has irretrievably been damaged, the West Bank sits on a powder keg. And that’s just the region where some of the worst-case scenarios have come to pass. On the borders of

By: Susan V. Ople Filipino Embassy officials and personnel can be criminally tried in the Philippines for acts against chastity committed abroad against overseas Filipino workers who have sought their help and are reliant on the embassy to bring them

By: Linda S. Heard On June 22, in reference to the crisis in Iraq, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “When your enemies are fighting each other, don’t strengthen either one of them weaken both.” Every Arab conflict is in

By: Jeddah: Khalil Hanware Economic openness has been for long recognized as a key driver of economic growth and development. The more countries are able to draw on global knowledge and the more effectively they can tap global export markets,

By: Ramzy Baroud When I was a child, I was obsessed with socialism. It was not only because my father was a self-proclaimed socialist who read every book that a good socialist should read, but also because we lived in