AGADIR (Reuters) — A deal endorsed by EU ministers last week for Spanish and Portuguese trawlers to fish in Morocco’s Atlantic coastal waters has fuelled anger in Agadir, Morocco’s main fishing port.
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Riots burn Lebanon’s reputation as most tolerant Arab nation
BEIRUT — Every week, Lebanese tune into the TV programme “A Nation’s Smiles” for a dose of satire on their leaders. But when an actor in clerical robes and fake beard spoofed the leader of Hizbollah this week, mocking the group’s fight against Israel, it took only minutes for thousands …
Read More »Global unpopularity of war ties US hands on Iran
VIENNA — A proposed deal to end Iran’s disputed nuclear programme highlights a new and unflattering reality facing the United States: American intercessions overseas will be seen through the prism of an Iraq war that is highly unpopular around the globe.
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