Belgian tourist stabbed in Aswan
CAIRO: A Belgian tourist was hospitalized in a critical condition on Tuesday after he was attacked in Egypt, a hospital official said. The unnamed 26-year-old was stabbed in the neck…
Police planned to disband parliament sit-ins, says rights group
CAIRO: Amonisto workers did not try to storm the People’s Assembly on Sunday, rights activist Khaled Ali said, suggesting that the decision to remove the protests near parliament had already…
New net domains break language barriers
CAIRO: The use of non-Latin characters in internet addresses is a key step to opening up the web and making it more "personalized" for billions of users, the head of…
Mosaad Abu Fagr's lawyer to take case to international rights bodies
CAIRO: Amir Salem, the lawyer representing Sinai activist Mosaad Abu Fagr, who has been detained for 3 years now under the emergency law, has started what he calls "the international…
Shoura candidates accuse electoral commission, authorities of violations
CAIRO: A number of Shoura Council election candidates on Tuesday accused security and the Supreme Electoral Commission of committing violations against them and their supporters. In a press conference held…
Najaf cemetery witness to Iraq's tragic history
NAJAF: Pictures of the two brothers stare out, side by side, separated by the gulf of a quarter century. Rahim Jabr died in 1981, a foot soldier in the bloody…
Israeli police question ex-PM on bribe case
JERUSALEM: Israeli fraud investigators questioned a former prime minister on corruption charges Tuesday, his first appearance before police since being driven out of office last year. Police questioned Ehud Olmert…
Iran police vow to crack down on 'illegal' opposition rally
TEHRAN: Iranian police warned they would crack down on any unauthorized rallies after opposition leaders again called for demonstrations to mark the anniversary of last June's disputed presidential election, the…
Hamas makes arrests over torching of UN summer camp in Gaza
GAZA CITY: The Hamas rulers of Gaza on Tuesday said they had arrested a group of suspects over the torching of a UN children's summer camp, in which attackers also…
Egypt index tumbles to 25-wk low on euro woes
Fallout from global markets, which have been reeling from Europe’s debt crisis, hammered Egypt’s main index, sending it to its lowest point in over 25 weeks. The index tumbled 6.1…
