A Visit to Oxford Islamic Centre Recently, I was taken on a tour of the sprawling future home of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies now under construction on the grounds of Magdalen College. | Senior fellow Dr. Hasan Abedin illust... (photo: Creative Commons / Unfocused)Khaleej Times
Turkey's Ambassador Not Returning to US Yet | Turkey says its U.S. ambassador will not return to Washington until Congress clarifies its stand on a "genocide" resolution discussing mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks more than 90 years ... (photo: Public Domain / Nilgun Gulcan)Voa News
Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive | ABU DHABI — Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday challenged tight controls on media in the Middle East, calling censorship counterproductive and urging Arab leaders to allow their citizens the freedom to... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin)Newsvine DubaiEconomyMideastPhotosUAE
Ongoing Iran diplomacy needed | Hardline tactics will only push Teheran into corner, says envoy | Beijing: China's special envoy to the Middle East denied on Friday that interest in oil is the key rea... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)China Daily BeijingDiplomacyMideastPhotosTehran
China hangs fire on Iran-Pakistan pipeline | By Stephen Blank | For over a decade, Iran, Pakistan and India (IPI) have taken pains at negotiating a major pipeline deal whereby Iran would send natural gas from its ... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian)Asia Times GasIranPakistanPhotosWorld
Iran, US trade accusations afresh | Tehran, March 08: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday that US and British forces are fomenting terrorism in the region. | "I accuse the US, Brita... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)The Siasat Daily IranMottakiPhotosPoliticsWorld