Egypt’s real GDP slumps in second quarter, up yearly
CAIRO: Egypt’s real GDP contracted by 1.7 percent in the second quarter of fiscal year 2010/11 compared to the previous quarter, while growing 6 percent from the same period last…
UN hopes for Libya aid access ‘as soon as possible’
TUNIS: The United Nations is talking to all parties in the Libyan conflict to provide aid to those in need "as soon as possible," an envoy said on Sunday. "Nothing…
FM says no intention to cancel Egypt-Israel peace treaty
CAIRO: Foreign Minister Nabil El-Araby denied Saturday any intention to cancel Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel signed in 1979, a year after the Camp David Accords. In a live interview…
Egypt army denies report that Mubarak left country
CAIRO: Egypt's military council denied on Sunday a report carried by Al Jazeera television channel that former president Hosni Mubarak had left the country for Germany. Asked whether Mubarak had…
PM replaces figureheads at ERTU
CAIRO: Prime Minister Essam Sharaf appointed Ibrahim El-Sayed as head of the news sector at the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU), replacing Abdel Latif El-Minawy, amid a reshuffle of…
Detained blogger’s trial adjourned to Monday
CAIRO: The Tenth of Ramadan Military Court adjourned the trial of blogger Maikel Nabil to Monday in order to review his blog. “We expect Nabil to be sentenced to a…
Israel demands UN bin critical Gaza war report
JERUSALEM: Israel demanded on Sunday that the United Nations bin a report critical of its deadly 2008-2009 offensive on Gaza after the author said he had been wrong to say…
Libya mission: US eases off, Qaddafi holds on
WASHINGTON: Two weeks after a dark-of-night barrage of mostly US missiles and bombs opened the international air assault on Libya's Moammar Qaddafi, the American combat role is ending, the rag-tag…
Dozens of Yemen protesters wounded in new clash
SANAA: Dozens of Yemeni protesters were wounded on Sunday when police used live rounds, tear gas and batons to try to break up demonstrations against President Ali Abdullah Saleh in…
Syria communications down, minister asked to form government
DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad asked former agriculture minister Adel Safar to form a new government, the state-run news agency SANA reported Sunday, as communications networks failed and residents in…