EU urges trade partners to remove protectionist barriers
BRUSSELS: European Union trade chiefs urged major partners including China, Russia and Brazil Monday to respect G20 commitments to roll back an alarming rise in protectionist barriers. A new report…
Gallup to open Muslim opinion research center in UAE
DUBAI: Global opinion research organization Gallup is to open a research center into Muslim opinion in the United Arab Emirates, the official WAM news agency reported. "Building on Gallup's seminal…
Prosecution investigates Gamila Ismail’s complaint against 7 editors
CAIRO: The prosecutor's office at Qasr El-Nil on Saturday began investigating a complaint filed by political dissident Gamila Ismail accusing the chief editors of seven newspapers and websites of libel…
No need to shut down schools after outbreak of pinkeye, says health minster
CAIRO: There is no need to shut down schools after the conjunctivitis outbreak, also referred to as pinkeye, official Middle East News Egypt (MENA) reported Sunday, citing Minister of Health…
Security cordon prevented protestors from joining anti inflation demo
CAIRO: A protest against inflation, organized Monday by the Kefaya Movement for Change and other opposition groups, in front of the Ministry of Social Solidarity ended shortly after a handful…
Rights group to sue gov’t for not implementing ICLD decree
CAIRO: A labor rights NGO is planning to file a case against the government following its failure to implement a May decree that awarded Information Centers for Local Development (ICLD)…
Egypt says ‘visually’ observing missing satellite
CAIRO: The Egyptian National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Science said that the missing satellite Egypt Sat-1 is still in orbit and is being visually observed from different sites,…
Refaat sacked after inappropriate Emam remark
CAIRO: Zamalek board member Ahmed Refaat has been sacked by the Supreme Council of Sport in the wake of his infamous conflict with midfielder Hazem Emam. The dispute was triggered…
Egypt reach African Youth Championship
CAIRO: Egypt reached the African Youth Championship after crushing Senegal 3-0 at home on Sunday in an ill-tempered clash that witnessed three red cards in the dying minutes. The young…
Eradicating FGM
Maria says it was the most violent day of her whole life. Even now, 30 years later, she remembers every detail. That morning, her mother told her “We are going…
