Festival announces 79 world premieres for Venice
Sofia Coppola's comic drama "Somewhere," and Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" will make their world premieres at the Venice Film Festival, among 22 titles that organizers announced will vie for the…
Investigations expose more free medical treatment violations
CAIRO: The Public Funds General Prosecution has disclosed new evidence in the case of 15 MPs from the People’s Assembly and Shoura Council implicated in a corruption probe. The 15…
THE REEL ESTATE: What dreams may come
Regular readers of this column will know that I’m an admirer of British filmmaker Christopher Nolan. Before he became Hollywood’s wonder kid with the “Batman” reboot, I was taken…
Lawyers demand Khaled Saeid trial be heard in emergency court
CAIRO: A group of independent lawyers have filed a case with the Administrative Court demanding that two policemen implicated in the death of Khaled Saeid be tried in an…
Obama renews asset freeze of people undermining Lebanon
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama renewed an emergency measure Thursday to freeze the assets of persons who work with Hezbollah insurgents and "infringe upon" Lebanese stability. "While there have been some…
UN refugee agency urges Saudis to stop Somali deportations
GENEVA: The UN refugee agency on Friday urged Saudi Arabia to stop sending Somali refugees and asylum seekers back to the war-ravaged Somali capital, Mogadishu. "UNHCR is deeply troubled by…
Somali Shebab calls for attacks on Uganda, Burundi embassies
DUBAI: Somalia's Qaeda-linked Shebab militants have called for worldwide attacks on the embassies of Uganda and Burundi, whose troops make up a large African Union (AU) force in Somalia, a…
UN experts fault Israel on human rights
GENEVA: A UN panel of experts called Friday on Israel to fall in line with international norms on civil rights and to take action against targeted killings, torture and impunity…
EIPR urges release of ‘Hassan Shehata’ detainee
CAIRO: NGO the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) on Thursday called for a release order to be issued in favor of a man detained without charge under emergency law…
Sukuk lose shine for traditional Gulf issuers
DUBAI: The lure of Islamic bonds appears to be wearing off for conventional borrowers in the Gulf, even as the global industry grows, with high-profile defaults and rising costs souring…
