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The term 'diaspora' refers to a community formed as a result of the dispersion of a people from their homeland. Such people would have been induced or forced to leave their country, a process that...
The events which make up the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ mark a significant chapter in modern history. In less than two years, four dictators have been deposed, regimes are slowly being dismantled...
Today we live in a ‘post-surplus world’ with a tense situation in global food markets, while at the same time facing increasing food demand. By 2050 the world will need 50% more food than it...
Political and trade relations were the focus of discussions between International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and her United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterpart, Abdullah...
A key al Qaeda figure has said Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah should be killed for calling for an interfaith dialogue that amounted to joining a Western crusade against Islam.
"Hurrying to kill this...
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah opened an unprecedented meeting of Muslims, Christians, Jews and other believers on Wednesday with a call to shun the extremist violence that has tarnished the...
The leaders of the world's Muslim states on Thursday criticized a rising wave of "Islamophobia" in the West and pledged to combat Islamic extremism, which they said was partly to...
A rift over Lebanon may hit attendance at an Arab summit in Syria this month, but a total boycott looks unlikely given pressure on Arab governments to respond to violence in Gaza.
Diplomats in the...
A bomb tore through an election campaign convoy in Pakistan on Wednesday killing two people and the United States said it was concerned about intensifying violence in the run-up to the February 18...
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah hosts George W. Bush at his desert playground on Tuesday when the U.S. president will get a taste of how the royals live in the world's richest oil-producing...