Republican election gains likely to embolden Israeli PM
JERUSALEM: A weakening of US President Barack Obama's Democrats in this week's US Congressional elections would make Israel more resistant to demands for a new freeze on Jewish settlement, analysts…
Ivory Coast presidential vote begins
ABIDJAN: The West African nation of Ivory Coast held a long-awaited presidential election Sunday, the first since civil war erupted in 2002 and split the world's leading cocoa producer in…
Arab League urges justice for ‘crimes’ revealed by WikiLeaks
CAIRO: The Arab League called on Friday for those behind the "crimes against humanity" contained in leaked Iraq war documents published by the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks to be brought to…
Egypt police shoot dead Sudanese migrant at Israel border
EL-ARISH: An Egyptian security official says a man from Sudan's Darfur region was shot dead trying to sneak across the border into Israel. Egyptian border guards surprised a group of…
Egypt raises security alert in airport following intercepted ‘mail bomb’
CAIRO: An Egyptian security official says authorities have begun manually inspecting all packages being sent abroad or brought to the country aboard cargo planes, especially those coming from Yemen. The…
Egypt launches project to up supply of subsidized bread
CAIRO: Minister of Social Solidarity Ali Moselhi launched the national project for subsidized bread which aims at increasing bread production. The project includes 100 outlets which will cost a total…
‘Last Night’ opens Rome Film Fest amid protest
The marital drama "Last Night," which deals with questions of temptation, betrayal and defining infidelity, opened the Rome Film Festival on Thursday but a red-carpet protest by hundreds of Italian…
Dark chapter of Italian history revealed in Euro Film Panorama
The European Film Panorama is back for the second consecutive year with a stellar line-up of some of the biggest narrative European films and documentaries of the year. Organized by…
Editorial: The bare minimum
CAIRO: The Egyptian government has set a new record in its embarrassing list of overdue decisions: seven years to announce a new minimum wage, which as it turns out, is…
Amuse: New concept store in Cairo
I love spaces that cater to today’s contemporary woman who likes a dash of culture and a pinch of art wherever she goes and shops. Amuse is Cairo’s only large…
