Abbas to send 'reconciliation team' to Hamas in Gaza
ISTANBUL: Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said Monday that he would send a delegation to the Gaza Strip to seek reconciliation with the Islamist Hamas movement after Israel's deadly aid flotilla…
Iran is 'special case' for UN atomic watchdog, says Amano
VIENNA: UN atomic watchdog chief Yukiya Amano described Iran Monday as a "special case" in terms of the agency's monitoring work owing to allegations of possible military dimensions to its…
Mokhtar takes charge of Masri
CAIRO: Veteran tactician Mokhtar Mokhtar has been hired by Masri Sunday on an extendable one-year deal shortly after his departure from Petrojet. "Our negotiations with Mokhtar were successful and he…
Ashraf unveils Ismaili 'appealing' overtures
CAIRO: Ismaili have approached Zamalek's want-out striker Sherif Ashraf and the 23-year-old is willing to join the Dervishes. Ashraf, who wants to leave the White Knights in order to play…
Asian leaders gather in Turkey amid Gaza tensions
ISTANBUL: Leaders of Asian nations, among them Iran, Syria and the Palestinians, were to gather for security talks here Monday amid simmering regional tensions over a deadly Israeli raid on…
Phoenician or Arab? A never-ending debate in Lebanon
BEIRUT: "I am a Phoenician, not an Arab," asserts 20-year-old Lebanese student Rebecca Yazbeck when asked to define her identity, with nothing more than conviction to back her claim. But…
Asia Foundation new head to back 'quiet champions'
WASHINGTON: The Asia Foundation on Monday named the head of the American University in Cairo as its president, who pledged to build on the group's network in Asia to support…
Qaeda suspect in deadly Yemen tourist bombing 'surrenders'
SANAA: A man suspected of being an Al-Qaeda militant behind a 2007 bombing that killed eight Spanish tourists surrendered to Yemeni authorities, the defense ministry's 26sep.net news website reported on…
Egypt's first carbon zero event: World Environment Day celebrates biodiversity
CAIRO: As cities across the world came together on Saturday June 5 to celebrate this year’s UN Year of Biodiversity on World Environment Day (WED), the Ministry of State for…
Court rules against lower fees for Telecom Egypt
CAIRO: A Cairo court overturned a regulatory ruling that had lowered the fee which Telecom Egypt must pay to connect fixed-line phone calls to mobile phones, the landline monopoly said…
