Emirati Salma Al Marri breaks national women’s record for hammer throw at World Athletics Championships in America

UAE athlete Salma Haitham Al Marri successfully broke the national record in the women’s hammer throw, previously standing at 58.12 metres, recording 58.96 metres during the qualifiers of the...

Over ‘60% of US citizens’ have a critical view of Israel

US President Donald Trump last week told Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu he should begin withdrawing Israeli troops from Syria and southern Lebanon. 'They don't want you there. You...

Analysing the implications of the term 'democracy'

A republic, if you can keep it,” Benjamin Franklin famously responded when asked by a Philadelphia socialite what it was that he and the other Founders had wrought, according...

What America was, and what it is now

When years ago, I was in Baghdad attending a conference on Palestine, I met a short and rather square Russian woman, wearing four rows of medals on her ample...

US turns 250 as Trump warns of 'attack' on American identity

America turns 250 on Saturday – a landmark birthday that coincides with a time of deep national division and a president determined to seize the festive center stage. The...

UAE leaders congratulate America's President on Independence Day

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to President Donald Trump of the United States of America on the occasion of...

The high court stands up for birthright citizenship

There is cause to celebrate after Chief Justice John Roberts led the US Supreme Court to rule 6-3 against President Donald Trump’s idiotic executive order attempting to terminate birthright...

The mood

World Cup visitors praise America hospitality

“The World Cup didn’t need America, but America needed the World Cup.” That’s the view from one of many on social media acknowledging the international visitors here for the...

What makes the US so special

President Donald Trump is proud of America, and he wants you to be proud too. He chides the head of the Smithsonian Institution for his 250th anniversary exhibits because...