Opposition currents call on voters to reject constitutional amendments
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: A number of opposition parties and movements called Tuesday on Egyptian voters to reject constitutional amendments ahead of a referendum scheduled for March 19, demanding a new…
Anti-government tribesmen kill 4 Yemeni soldiers
SANAA: Anti-government tribesmen in northern Yemen stormed a security building and shot dead four soldiers in a revenge attack after government troops opened fire on opposition protesters calling for the…
Egypt resumes gas supply to Jordan
AMMAN: Egypt resumed gas supplies to Jordan on Tuesday after they were cut in February when saboteurs attacked a Sinai pipeline, Jordan's information minister said. "Egypt started today at 3…
Diamond, Cooper, Waits inducted into rock hall
Tom Waits went for laughs, Alice Cooper for shock value, Leon Russell was quietly humble and Neil Diamond may still be talking following their induction Monday into the Rock and…
De Niro and Penn back Palestinian film at UN
Sean Penn and Robert De Niro joined stars who appeared at the UN headquarters for the US premiere of a contested movie on the Middle East conflict that Israel tried…
Achaari, Alem win Arabic fiction prize
Moroccan author Mohammed Achaari and Saudi Arabian writer Raja Alem will share this year's International Prize for Arabic Fiction. The chair of the judges, Fadhil Al-Azzawi, says both books deal…
Scenes from the revolution
By Caroline Curran The Jan. 25 Revolution made artists out of many, especially those who brought a camera along. Just weeks on, some of these photographs have been collected in an…
IEA warns of oil price shock on global economy
LONDON: High oil prices are beginning to cripple the global economic recovery and will lead to a reduction in oil demand later this year, the West's energy watchdog said on…
European diplomacy’s first test
By Giles Merritt BRUSSELS: It took eight years of ill-tempered political wrangling to create the European Union’s new diplomatic service, but its fate — and that of its chief, Catherine Ashton…
Flydubai sets new Sohag route, replacing Assiut
CAIRO: UAE-based low-cost airline flydubai announced new twice weekly service between Dubai and Sohag beginning April 6, according to a statement. “The new route replaces flydubai’s current service to Assiut,…