British PM says Libya targeting ‘in line’ with UN resolution
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday NATO's targeting policy in Libya was "in line" with the UN resolution authorizing the campaign, after Tripoli said Moammar Qaddafi's son was…
Bahrain traders call for Iran boycott over unrest
DUBAI: The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce has called for a complete boycott of trade with Iran to protest against Tehran's alleged fuelling of unrest in the tiny Gulf kingdom, press…
Israel: Cash transfer to Palestinians on hold
JERUSALEM: Israel will hold up an $89 million cash transfer to the Palestinians planned for this week, the Israeli finance minister said Sunday, in Israel's first tangible step against a…
Syrian protesters plan week ‘to break the siege’
DAMASCUS: Anti-regime protesters in Syria on Sunday planned the start of a "week of breaking the siege" a day after troops killed six civilians in the southern flashpoint city of…
NATO strike kills Qaddafi’s son but leader escapes
TRIPOLI: Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi escaped a NATO missile strike in Tripoli that killed one of his sons and three young grandchildren, a government spokesman said early Sunday. Hours later,…
ANALYSIS: Graft, stagnation persist in post-Mubarak Egypt
By Miral Fahmy /Reuters CAIRO: When President Hosni Mubarak was driven from power in February, millions of Egyptians believed the graft and stagnation that blighted his 30-year rule would go too.…
A coalition of police officers demands changing interior minister’s assistants
CAIRO: The Coalition of Police Officers demanded the replacement of the interior minister’s assistants who were appointed during the reign of ex-minister Habib Al-Adly, accusing them of being a “setback”.…
A few hundred show up in Qena’s planned ‘million man march’
CAIRO: Only a few hundred protesters rallied in front of the Qena governorate’s headquarters following Friday prayers to reiterate their demand to sack governor Emad Shehata Mikhael, in what was…
ANALYSIS: Palestinian accord coup for post-Mubarak Egypt
By Agencies CAIRO: Eleven weeks after president Hosni Mubarak was toppled in a popular revolt, Egypt's new government has scored its first diplomatic coup with a Palestinian reconciliation deal. Cairo tried…
INTERVIEW: Female ex-talk show host eyes Egypt presidency
FAYOUM: Who better for president than a plain-talking, female former talk show host eager to tackle the corruption and nepotism blamed for Egypt's national malaise? So says glamorous TV anchor…