Muslim Brotherhood’s official website blocked on election day
By Heba Afify CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood’s official website was blocked for users in Egypt on Sunday, the day of the parliamentary elections. Muslim Brotherhood affiliated parliamentary candidates said the…
Al-Wafd reports violations against candidates across Egypt
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: Al-Wafd Party said its candidates have been harassed in most constituencies across Egypt and their representatives were forced to leave polling stations as Egyptians voted in the…
Iran offers Hariri help for Lebanese military
TEHRAN: Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi on Sunday told Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri that Tehran was prepared to help the Lebanese army, state television's website reported. "We have stated…
Experts outline Egypt’s macroeconomic challenges
CAIRO: “The main challenge is mostly — but not wholly — fiscal,” said Peter J. Montiel of Williams College in a conference last week. Montiel, who has worked for the…
Jordan king defends parliament at inauguration
AMMAN: King Abdullah II defended Jordan's new parliament on Sunday but called for amendments to the electoral law challenged by Islamists, as he inaugurated the assembly after an election this…
Absent ElBaradei’s boycott call goes unheard in Egypt vote
By Mona Salem / AFP CAIRO: Egypt's former UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei has missed a much-anticipated opportunity to press for change by failing to unite the opposition in an…
Israeli gunfire wounds four Gazans, say medics
GAZA CITY: Israeli soldiers on Sunday shot and wounded four Palestinians as they searched for building materials near Gaza's border with Israel, medical sources and the military said. A 15-year-old…
US rejects talks with WikiLeaks
WASHINGTON: The United States late Saturday rejected talks with WikiLeaks over its planned release of confidential US documents, saying the whistle-blower website was holding them in violation of US law.…
Driver killed as US troops open fire on car near Baghdad
BAGHDAD: US troops early Sunday fired on a darkened car speeding towards a military convoy on the road to Baghdad's international airport, killing the driver, an army spokesman told AFP.…
SuperReturn Africa: Private equity conference debuts in Egypt
CAIRO: Expectations are high for the first SuperReturn Africa conference, which kicks off Nov. 29 and goes through Dec. 1 in Cairo. The three-day event, to be held at the…