Once again, the UAE celebrates another historical first. Dubai has beaten back bids from three contenders – Ekaterinburg, Russia; Izmir, Turkey and Sao Paulo, Brazil –...
The so-called War on Terror, launched 12 years ago in response to 9/11 attacks, has turned out to be as ineffective as the War on Drugs. Despite billions of dollars...
America’s closest regional allies are reeling from a series of shocks undermining their national security and interests, delivered by the Obama administration. Reports...
Something’s cooking in the White House and the aroma drifting towards Saudi Arabia, Gulf States and Egypt is far from pleasant. America is one of our closest Western...
The unthinkable has happened. Just when the struggling US economy was regaining its health with a positive knock-on effect for world markets, the federal government...
President Barack Obama has lost the plot on Syria to the extent his critics wonder whether he had one in the first place. If you’ve been following this saga as closely...
The army’s overthrow of the failed former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi, in order to rescue Egypt from the spectre of civil war, has stripped the Turkish Prime...
This is a message to America, whose people I consider to be amongst the most enlightened on earth. It comes at a moment in history when anti-Americanism is on the rise...
Lebanese politicians invariably cite “Sunni moderation” when they characterise Sunnis, who make up 28 per cent of the country’s population, in terms of their political...
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron looked like a cat with a bowl of cream as leaders of the world’s richest countries, attending the recent G8 summit held in...
If anyone seriously believes that Iran’s President-elect Hassan Rouhani will be empowered to make a difference, they’re dreaming. The media refers to this conservative...
“If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor,” said Albert Einstein. So get ready for some straight talking on what I believe is the greatest...
There’s a word that perfectly expresses my feelings about stories – with the emphasis on ‘stories’ – being published in U.K. tabloids related to the conviction of three...
As a young nation, barely more than four decades old, the United Arab Emirates recognises the expatriate community’s role in its phenomenal achievements. But, today,...
The visit of Iran’s envoy to the Egyptian capital, coinciding with the first direct flight from Cairo to Tehran in 34 years, was ostensibly to deepen his country’s ties...