35 Iraqis hurt in Baghdad church attack arrive in France
PARIS: Thirty-four Iraqi Christians and a Muslim guard wounded in a deadly Al-Qaeda attack on a Baghdad church just over a week ago flew in to France late Monday for…
US offers to remove Sudan early from state terror list
WASHINGTON: The United States has offered to remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism early to keep a January referendum that may partition the country on track,…
Court again orders release of detained Shia man
CAIRO: The Supreme Emergency State Security Court has again ordered the release of a man being held for his religious beliefs. The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) said on…
Rafah border crossing to close on holidays, weekends
CAIRO: After more than four months of almost uninterrupted opening, the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will be closed for six days during the Eid El-Adha holiday. The…
Foreign election monitoring insults national sovereignty, says Sorour
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: People's Assembly Speaker Ahmed Fathi Sorour reiterated Egypt’s rejection of foreign monitoring of the upcoming parliamentary elections, saying that it is a domestic issue and that foreign…
NASA night photo shows illuminated Delta
SPACE: NASA Earth Observatory released this image on Nov. 8, 2010 showing in this view of Egypt, a population almost completely concentrated along the Nile Valley, just a small percentage…
NDP’s decision to let its members vie for the same seats is sign of weakness, say analyst, opposition
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: Just a few hours before the nomination application deadline on Sunday for the People’s Assembly (PA) elections, the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) fielded candidates to…
Nour plans to circumvent Egypt’s rejection of foreign monitors
By Essam Fadl CAIRO: Political dissident and founder of Al-Ghad Party Ayman Nour said he’ll circumvent the government’s refusal to allow foreign monitors to oversee the parliamentary elections by inviting European…
Barakat, Treika miss Gouna trip
CAIRO: Ahly have traveled to Gouna without influential duo Mohamed Abou-Trika and Mohamed Barakat due to respective injuries. Abou-Trika played no part in the 3-2 victory over ENPPI due to…
Ahly to release Sayoud for Olympic duty
CAIRO: Ahly have no intention of refusing to let Amir Sayoud play for Algeria's Olympic team in two friendly games later this month, the club's football director Hadi Khashaba said…