Al-Badri wants Al-Hadari at Merreikh
CAIRO: Essam Al-Hadari claims that newly-hired Merreikh manager Hossam Al-Badri is keen to sign him from Zamalek, who are more than willing to listen to the offer from Sudan. Despite…
Zaki may require knee surgery
CAIRO: Zamalek striker Amr Zaki could be forced to go under the knife in order to treat a nagging knee injury, club doctor Mostafa Al-Monayeri revealed. The Egypt striker is…
Abbas, Mubarak to discuss peace process crisis
CAIRO: Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is to hold talks with President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt on Thursday, a Palestinian diplomat said, at a time of crisis in the Middle East…
Squash: Darwish optimistic of repeating heroics
AL-KHOBAR: Karim Darwish, who caused a surprise by snatching the season-end number one ranking while winning the Saudi International on this court two years ago, signaled his belief he can…
Egypt resort limits swimming after shark attacks
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Egypt kept most of the 30-mile coastline off the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh closed to swimmers after a spate of shark attacks killed one European tourist…
WikiLeaks: Saudi proposed force to crush Hezbollah
CAIRO: Saudi Arabia proposed deploying an Arab military force backed by US and NATO airpower to Lebanon two years ago to crush Hezbollah and prevent the militant group — and…
Bombs kill 3 Iraqis, wound 7 Iranians near Baghdad
BAGHDAD: A car bomb outside a restaurant killed three people north of Baghdad on Wednesday, while a roadside bomb wounded seven Iranian pilgrims on a bus traveling to an important…
WikiLeaks unfurls more cables as founder stuck behind bars
LONDON: WikiLeaks shrugged off the jailing of its founder by publishing a new tranche of secret diplomatic cables on Wednesday, heaping more embarrassment on the United States and some of…
Direct Mideast talks collapse as US freeze bid fails
JERUSALEM: The Middle East peace process lay in tatters Wednesday after Washington admitted defeat in its efforts to secure an Israeli freeze on settlement building, the Palestinians' condition for resuming…
Archaeologists warn of climate threat to history’s treasures
PARIS: Mummies decaying in Siberia. Pyramids vanishing under the sand in Sudan. Maya temples collapsing. Archaeologists are warning that climate change risks destroying countless treasures from our shared past. Melting…