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Monday, 08 April 2013 07:11 |
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 The National - Editorial - Saudi Arabia deported about 20,000 Yemenis in just a few weeks before suspending on Saturday the expulsion of all expatriates who lack the proper up-to-date paperwork. Now foreigners have three months to get their papers in order.
After that, up to 300,000 Yemenis, plus an unknown number of Indians, Pakistanis and others, face deportation. The Yemeni and Indian governments have expressed concern.
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Saturday, 06 April 2013 10:17 |
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 Abdulrahman Al-Rashed - Al Arabiya - The Egyptian government - the ruling Freedom and Justice Party - and the Muslim Brotherhood criticized a tweet by the American embassy this week. The tweet was against Egypt’s clampdown on freedom of expression and referred particularly to the case of political satirist Bassem Youssef.
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Friday, 05 April 2013 08:00 |
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 Huda Al-Saleh - Riyadh - Asharq Al-Awsat - Asharq Al-Awsat reveals new information about Iranian spy cell arrested in Saudi Arabia -
Asharq Al-Awsat has obtained new information about the Iranian espionage cell detained while operating clandestinely on Saudi soil. The Saudi Interior Ministry initially announced that eighteen men—one Iranian national, one Lebanese national, and sixteen Saudi nationals—had been arrested while working for a “foreign” intelligence agency, before subsequently pointing the finger at Tehran.
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Thursday, 04 April 2013 07:04 |
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 The National - China has long billed itself as the largest developing country in the world, yet it has a complicated relationship with non-western countries.
Under the late dictator Mao Zedong, the country was mainly interested in supporting revolutionary insurgents around the world. After the reformer Deng Xiaoping came to power in 1979, he shifted the focus of Chinese foreign policy. Realising the indispensability of western capital, technology, and markets, Deng made Chinese foreign policy Western-centric.
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Sunday, 31 March 2013 07:46 |
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 The National - Alice Fordham - TUNIS - A group of young men sporting berets and goatees stand under a string of Tunisian flags, checking the badges of streams of people pouring into Manara University in Tunis.
Reggae music hymning peace blasts out of speakers nearby, competing with noise from the "Free Palestine" tent village and enlivening a game of volleyball between young men and women from different countries, dreadlocks flying as they leap for the ball.
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