Absent ElBaradei’s boycott call goes unheard in Egypt vote
By Mona Salem / AFP CAIRO: Egypt's former UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei has missed a much-anticipated opportunity to press for change by failing to unite the opposition in an…
Israeli gunfire wounds four Gazans, say medics
GAZA CITY: Israeli soldiers on Sunday shot and wounded four Palestinians as they searched for building materials near Gaza's border with Israel, medical sources and the military said. A 15-year-old…
US rejects talks with WikiLeaks
WASHINGTON: The United States late Saturday rejected talks with WikiLeaks over its planned release of confidential US documents, saying the whistle-blower website was holding them in violation of US law.…
Driver killed as US troops open fire on car near Baghdad
BAGHDAD: US troops early Sunday fired on a darkened car speeding towards a military convoy on the road to Baghdad's international airport, killing the driver, an army spokesman told AFP.…
SuperReturn Africa: Private equity conference debuts in Egypt
CAIRO: Expectations are high for the first SuperReturn Africa conference, which kicks off Nov. 29 and goes through Dec. 1 in Cairo. The three-day event, to be held at the…
Son of Matariya election candidate stabbed to death
By AFP CAIRO: The son of an independent candidate in Egypt's parliamentary election was stabbed to death on the eve of the vote as he was putting up posters of…
Analysts see investor confidence little moved by PA elections
CAIRO: Parliamentary elections in some countries can be major market movers, closely linked to potential legislative changes that affect stakeholders and foreign investors, who keep a close eye on political…
Financial violations mar election campaigns in absence of proper oversight
By Abdel-Rahman Hussein CAIRO: Financial violations are occurring but are not being reported, as the spending cap set by the Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) for parliamentary candidates’ campaigns was surpassed by…
Lawyers fear acquitted journalist may face emergency law detention
ALEXANDRIA: Ahmed Mamdouh and Mohamed Abdel Aziz, two lawyers for Al-Badeel journalist Youssef Shaaban, began a hunger strike on Saturday over speculations that Shaaban will remain detained under the emergency…
Ivory Coast votes in election to reunite country
ABIDJAN: Polling stations opened nearly an hour late on Sunday in a long-overdue presidential election in Ivory Coast that is set to reunite the country eight years after a civil…
