Ahly missing another key player for Smouha game
CAIRO: Ahly defender Sherif Abdul-Fadil has been ruled out of Thursday’s league game at Smouha due to a groin injury, whereas striker Mohamed Fadl returns to the squad. The Egypt…
Released journalist recounts mistreatment, says will continue to write
By Heba Afify CAIRO: Five days after the general prosecutor dropped the drug and knife possession charges against him and ordered his release, Al-Badeel journalist Youssef Shaaban was freed after spending…
Moshira Khattab signs international appeal for a UN resolution to ban FGM
CAIRO: Egypt’s Minister of Family and Population, Moshira Khattab, along with a number of leading high profile female figures around the world, signed an international appeal for a United Nations…
Erase ‘freeze’ from vocabulary, says Israel’s Lieberman
JERUSALEM: Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called on Wednesday for the word "freeze" to be erased from the vocabulary in Israel, as he repeated his opposition to new curbs on settlement…
Palestinians remove Western Wall report
JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON: The Palestinian government has removed a report claiming that Jerusalem's Western Wall isn't holy to Jews from an official website, after it provoked furious reaction. The five-page report has…
Iran hangs former soccer player’s mistress
TEHRAN: Iran on Wednesday hanged a former soccer player's mistress — known as a "temporary wife — who was convicted of murdering her love rival in a case that captivated…
Amid security successes, Palestinians feel unease
NABLUS: A senior Israeli commander in the West Bank recalled that he used to carry a thick notebook full of names of wanted militants. Today, the list is so thin…
Russia forms world’s first nuclear fuel bank
MOSCOW: Russia announced Wednesday that it had created the world's first international atomic fuel bank as part of a global effort to curb the spread of nuclear arms. The Rosatom…
Arrest warrant for WikiLeaks chief as chaos spreads
PARIS: Interpol called Wednesday for the arrest of WikiLeaks' shadowy founder as his site's dumping of secret US cables exposed deep tensions between the United States and Pakistan over nuclear…
Iraq monthly toll lowest in a year
BAGHDAD: The number of people killed in violence in Iraq last month was the lowest in a year for the second month running, government figures showed Wednesday. The figures, compiled…