NATO air strike kills 15 insurgents in Afghanistan
KABUL: NATO said it had killed at least 15 insurgents in an air strike in northeast Afghanistan on Friday. The US-led NATO force has stepped up attacks on insurgents since…
Iran blasts US ‘interference’ in domestic affairs
TEHRAN: Tehran hit out Friday against US "interference" after Washington ordered sanctions against senior Iranian officials for alleged human rights abuses during a crackdown on post-election protests last year. "This…
EU, US badger Abbas, Netanyahu over peace talks
JERUSALEM: International diplomatic efforts to salvage the peace talks kicked into high gear Friday with top EU and US officials set for a flurry of meetings in Jerusalem and Ramallah.…
Danish minister meets Muslim diplomats over book on Prophet cartoons
COPENHAGEN: Denmark's foreign minister on Wednesday met ambassadors of 17 Muslim countries ahead of the publication of a book on controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, the ministry said. The…
Egyptian pound hits 6-week high vs dollar
CAIRO: The Egyptian pound strengthens to as high as 5.6875 to the dollar, its strongest in six weeks, as it tracks the euro, which was trading at a five-month high…
A moment of clarity with Walter Chappell
From the desert of New Mexico to the desert of Egypt, bursts of light flash through black squares on the walls of the American University in Cairo’s Photographic Gallery. This…
Actor Tony Curtis dies at Las Vegas home
Tony Curtis, the Bronx tailor's son who became a 1950s movie heartthrob and then a respected actor with such films as “Sweet Smell of Success,” “The Defiant Ones” and “Some…
Arthur Penn, director of ‘Bonnie and Clyde,’ dies
"Bonnie and Clyde" wasn't a movie that director Arthur Penn wanted to make, but when he finally agreed to, he made sure that the violence provoked by the lawbreaking couple…
200 years of Chopin celebrated at the Pyramids
Polish composer Frédéric Chopin’s life may seem like a breath compared to the 5,000-year-old structure of the Pyramids of Khafra (so the stone-faced Sphinx seemed to say). But timeless music…
Doctors’ Syndicate head agrees to discuss controversial new medical council, exam
CAIRO: Head of the Doctors’ Syndicate Hamdy El-Sayyed agreed to hold a conference with Doctors Without Rights next month to discuss a draft law establishing an Egyptian Council for Medical…