Libya announces immediate halt to all military ops
BENGHAZI/ TRIPOLI: Libya will halt all military operations immediately, Foreign Minister Mussa Kussa said in Tripoli on Friday, less than 24 hours after the UN Security Council voted for a…
Egypt frees brother of Al-Qaeda number two
CAIRO: Egypt freed Mohamed Al-Zawahri, brother of Al-Qaeda number two Ayman, on Thursday under an amnesty for political prisoners ordered by the transitional military government, security officials said. The brother…
Syria’s Assad meets Egypt military envoy
DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on Thursday met a top Egyptian military intelligence envoy for talks on bilateral ties, the official SANA news agency reported. Assad met Egyptian General Murad…
Egypt arming Libya rebels, Wall Street Journal reports
LONDON: Egypt's military has begun shipping arms over the border to Libyan rebels with Washington's knowledge, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Egypt said on Thursday it would not…
Alive by day, Tripoli turns into ghost town at night
TRIPOLI: At night the Libyan capital is a ghost town where residents cower indoors fearful of strongman Moamer Kadhafi's militias and cut off from deadly battles that rage across the…
Group: Bahrain detains 6 top opposition activists
MANAMA: Authorities detained at least six prominent opposition activists Thursday as the crackdown on dissent widened under martial law-style rule in the tiny Gulf nation, a rights group and relatives…
Clinton pushes for jobs, reform in transitioning Tunisia
TUNIS: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged Thursday to help Tunisia create jobs and undertake reforms to keep the momentum behind the revolution that overthrew its president two months…
Coptic lawyer urges suspension of prison sentence against rape convict
CAIRO: Lawyer and Head of Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization Naguib Gobrael filed a request to Prosecutor General Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud urging him to appeal a 15-year sentence meted out…
Exclusive: Mohsen Shaalan blows the whistle on Van Gogh theft
CAIRO: The scandalous theft of Vincent Van Gogh’s $50 million painting “Poppy Flowers” from Cairo’s Mahmoud Khalil Museum in August 2010 was not what it seemed, according to Mohsen Shaalan,…
Egyptian Olympian hopeful finishes second at Abu Dhabi Triathlon
CAIRO: The London 2012 London Olympics are 500 days away and Egyptian triathlete Omar Nour just received the confidence boost he needs in his quest to become the first…