Darwish spreads awareness of draft law aiming to change public sector
CAIRO: A new draft law for public sector employees has been prepared by the Ministry of State for Administrative Development with the aim of targeting employment of the youth, and…
Egypt and Iran to resume direct flights
CAIRO: Egypt and Iran have signed an agreement to resume direct flights between their capitals for the first time since the two nations' diplomatic relations fell apart in 1979. The…
Palestinians want to keep peace talks alive, says Mitchell
CAIRO: The Palestinians want peace talks with Israel to continue, a US envoy said in Cairo on Sunday, a day after the Palestine Liberation Organization urged president Mahmoud Abbas to…
Al-Tagammu party to join race for PA seats
CAIRO: The general secretariat of Al-Tagammu opposition party decided in a meeting Saturday to compete in the People’s Assembly (PA) elections due in November, even though a number of political…
Egypt archaeologists find statue of Tutankhamen’s granddad
CAIRO: Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the upper part of a 3,000-year-old statue of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, believed to be the grandfather of the young King Tutankhamen, antiquities chief Zahi…
Arab League to hold meeting key to peace talks on Friday
CAIRO: The Arab League will hold a meeting next Friday seen as key to saving Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, ahead of a summit in Libya, an official told AFP. "It has…
Court says has no jurisdiction to examine minister’s motion on drug pricing ruling
CAIRO: A Cairo court ruled on Thursday that it does not have the jurisdiction to examine a challenge brought by the health minister against a ruling freezing the application of…
Activist slated for September release still in prison
CAIRO: An activist convicted of assaulting police officers during a demonstration in May has still not been released despite the fact that his prison term ended on Sept. 28, 2010.…
Israeli court convicts troops of using human shield in Gaza
JERUSALEM: An Israeli military court convicted two soldiers on Sunday of using a Palestinian child as a human shield by forcing him to check for booby traps during the 2008-2009…
Afghanistan bans security firms, including ex-Blackwater
KABUL: Afghanistan has formally banned eight foreign private security firms, including the controversial company formerly called Blackwater, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said Sunday. The Afghan government announced in…