Jordan sees speed as key to success of Mideast peace talks
AMMAN: Jordan's King Abdullah II, who met Israel's defense minister on Sunday, said success in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks will depend on speedy progress before extremism returns to centre stage. "I…
Seven US troops, politician killed in Afghan attacks
KABUL: US soldiers and an Afghan man running for the nation's parliament have been killed in a wave of attacks this weekend in some of Afghanistan's most volatile regions, authorities…
Egypt’s Alcotexa sells 312 T cotton in past week
CAIRO: Egypt's Alexandria Cotton Exporters' Association (Alcotexa) committed to sell 312 tons of cotton in the week that ended on Aug. 28, an Alcotexa official told Reuters on Sunday. The…
Trail of smoke prompts Paris Hilton’s Vegas arrest
LAS VEGAS: Paris Hilton's latest run-in with the law began when a motorcycle officer got a whiff of suspicious smoke emanating from a Cadillac on the Las Vegas Strip. Suspecting…
Top Ramadan TV show satirizes, irks Saudi hardliners
JEDDAH: There's little sacrosanct — including the tradition of polygamy practiced by many Muslim men — in the most popular Saudi TV series during the holy fasting month of Ramadan.…
Health insurance draft law to be presented to Shoura Council, PA
CAIRO: A new health insurance draft law will be presented to Egypt’s Shoura Council and People’s Assembly in the upcoming parliamentary session, announced Magdy Rady, official spokesperson of the Cabinet…
Vatican calls for end to inter-religious violence
VATICAN CITY: The Vatican on Friday called on religious and civil authorities to stop inter-religious violence in a message to Muslims for the coming end of the Ramadan fasting month…
Safwat El-Sherif: NDP nominates incumbent Mubarak for president
CAIRO: Speaker of Egypt’s Shoura Council Safwat El-Sherif said Wednesday that the National Democratic Party (NDP) has decided to nominate incumbent President Hosni Mubarak for a sixth term in office.…
Gamal Mubarak on NDP policies in TV interview
CAIRO: Gamal Mubarak, secretary general of the National Democratic Party's (NDP) policies committee, said that the party will announce its electoral program for the upcoming parliamentary race in due time.…
Editorial: A Muslim in New York
Ahmed Sharif, 43, a Muslim, an American citizen of Bangladeshi origin, has been driving his cab for the past 15 years, roaming the streets of New York City, streets which…