Darfur rebels JEM to sign child protection deal with UN
GENEVA: Sudanese rebel group JEM is to sign a landmark deal with the United Nations this week on the protection of children caught up in the Darfur conflict, mediators said…
Living on borrowed time
In romantic terms, the July 6 meeting in the White House between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was a combination of "it's not you, it's me" and…
Iran’s Mottaki leaves for Kabul conference
TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki left Tehran on Monday for an international conference in Kabul also being attended by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, reports said. State television's…
Europe’s vision deficit
PARIS: In the Western part of Europe — the part that former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld maliciously labeled “Old Europe” — almost every government is in deep political…
In finance we distrust
MILAN: Around the world, the debate about financial regulation is coming to a head. A host of arguments and proposals is in play, often competing with one another — and…
Best of both worlds
Vodafone Egypt and Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at The First Residence partnered to provide “Vodafone One” customers with a world-class experience at the hotel with the city’s first redemption package.…
Ayman Nour threatens to boycott politics
CAIRO: The political parties committee in the Shoura Council decided Sunday to recognize Moussa Mostafa Moussa as the President of Al-Ghad Party, denying Ehab El-Khouly, a supporter of the founder…
Political parties committee needs root changes, says Sadat
CAIRO: Legal representative of the founders of Al-Islah Wal Tanmeya (Reform and Development) Party Anwar Essmat El-Sadat said he will only appeal the political parties committee’s decision, which denied his…
61 dead in India train crash
SAINTHIA: A speeding express rammed into the back of a stationary passenger train in eastern India on Monday, killing more than 60 people and leaving 165 injured, many of them…
20 Bedouins released from emergency jails including activist Abu Nusseirah
CAIRO: The Ministry of Interior approved Sunday release orders for 20 Bedouins held under the emergency law, including rights activist Yehia Abu Nusseirah. The latest batch of released detainees has…
