Our summer of extremes
BERLIN: This summer has been one of weather-related extremes in Russia, Pakistan, China, Europe, the Arctic — you name it. But does this have anything to do with global warming,…
Lawyer alleges Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh turned back runaway priest’s wife
CAIRO: Lawyer Nizar Ghorab filed a complaint against the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar and the Minister of interior over the case of a priest’s wife, who he claimed was planning…
Shikabala nets wonder goal in Zamalek win
CAIRO: A wonder goal from Shikabala helped Zamalek register an easy 2-0 victory over a stuttering Petrojet side in the Egyptian Premier League on Sunday. Shikabala, who's persistently chased by…
Ismaili request solution for fasting players
CAIRO: Ismaili manager Mark Wotte asks CAF to alter the timing of his side's crucial Champions League tie at Nigeria's Heartland for the sake of his fasting players. The Dervishes…
Reason unknown for Ghaly red card
CAIRO: Ahly captain Hossam Ghaly says he has no idea about why he was sent off late in Sunday's 1-0 Champions League defeat at JS Kabylie. Ahly had a Mohamed…
NDP MP launches another pro-Gamal Mubarak campaign
CAIRO: An MP with the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) recently launched a campaign supporting Gamal Mubarak, son of incumbent President Mubarak, for president in the 2011 elections. The campaign…
Mosque near Ground Zero fuels hot-button political row
WASHINGTON: Republicans pounced Sunday on US President Barack Obama's comments supporting the right to build a mosque near Ground Zero, painting him as out of touch less than three months…
New Urban Communities Authority issues warnings against child labor
CAIRO: The New Urban Communities Authority has banned the exploitation of children in cleaning the new cities, issuing warnings to all heads of the new cities against child labor, said…
Lawyer files complaint to Prosecutor to investigate Coptic family’s disappearance
CAIRO: A lawyer filed a complaint Sunday to the Prosecutor General to investigate the disappearance last month of a Coptic woman and her three children. Micheal Mikhaeal, the woman’s husband,…
Muslim Brotherhood disgruntled with Ramadan series
CAIRO: Only seven episodes in, and television series “Al-Gama’a” is already rubbing Muslim Brotherhood members the wrong way. The group claims that the series, which is meant to narrate…