Protesters blame SCAF for Abbasiya clashes
By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: Political forces and coalitions protesting in Tahrir Square blamed in a press conference Monday the ruling military council for the clashes in Abbasiya that marred a…
Man killed in Ismailia as crowd tries to free prisoner
By AFP ISMAILIA: An Egyptian man was killed on Sunday when police and soldiers traded fire with armed men who attacked a police station in the port of Ismailia to…
Questions loom over impending complaints against military council members
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: The recently announced intention of two political movements to file complaints against a ruling army council member has raised questions as to whether it is possible to…
Ex-PM Nazif quizzed by military prosecutors
By AFP CAIRO: Former prime minister Ahmed Nazif is being questioned by military prosecutors on charges of corruption, a military source told AFP on Monday. Nazif is accused of seizing…
Al-Adly to be tried with Mubarak on Aug 3
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: The New Cairo Court decided on Monday to try former interior minister Habib Al-Adly and six of his assistants, along side ousted president Hosni Mubarak on Aug.…
Rebels repel Qaddafi forces, slowed by mines
TRIPOLI: Rebels have repulsed a counter-offensive by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Qaddafi southwest of Tripoli, after NATO warplanes blitzed his war machine in the capital. Qaddafi's forces attacked…
Syria endorses law to allow political parties
BEIRUT: Syria's government has endorsed a draft law that it says will allow the formation of political parties alongside President Bashar Assad's ruling Baath Party, part of a series of…
Israel nabs boat smuggling weapons on Dead Sea
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military and police on Monday captured a boat on the Dead Sea which was trying to smuggle weapons from Jordan, and detained two Palestinians on board, officials…
UN hosts emergency meeting on Somalia famine
ROME: The World Bank promised to provide more than $500 million to help drought victims in East Africa as a UN agency hosted an emergency meeting Monday aimed at fighting…
UN flotilla report delayed again, says Israel
JERUSALEM: A UN report into Israel's deadly 2010 raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, which was to have been published later this week, has been delayed once again, an Israeli…