Israel's Likud to back West Bank settlement growth
JERUSALEM: Israel's right-wing Likud party was to endorse on Thursday settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, with an eye to a building spurt when a moratorium on construction expires…
Lebanon charges two with belonging to Al-Qaeda
BEIRUT: Lebanon's military prosecutor on Thursday charged two people with belonging to Islamist group Al-Qaeda and plotting attacks on the Lebanese army, a judicial source said. "Judge Saqr Saqr charged…
Fearing expulsion, Palestinians stay home
JENIN, West Bank: The Helou family is so worried about getting expelled to Gaza by Israeli authorities that they're all but trapped in this West Bank town. They couldn't even…
Emirates says to order more planes at Farnborough
DUBAI: Dubai government-owned flagship carrier Emirates airline, the largest customer for the Airbus A380 aircraft, will make new plane orders at the July Farnborough Airshow, it said on Thursday. "Emirates…
Plans underway to relocate burnt market to 15th of May City
CAIRO: A Cairo Governorate committee began Thursday a survey of merchants at the ill-fated Friday Market which brunt down on Tuesday, in preparation for its relocation to 15th of May…
The Black Keys pride selves as 'unperfectionists'
The Black Keys should take their show on the road. Yes, the Akron, Ohio, blues-rock duo of singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney already tour almost constantly. But the…
Hindi Zahra: If music be a tree
Hindi Zahra has an Olympus voice recorder too. “It’s good,” she remarks, right before I begin my interview, adding she uses it to record bits of melodies. Daily News Egypt…
Can Tom Cruise re-establish himself as 'the guy'?
Early on in his latest spy caper "Knight and Day," Tom Cruise flashes that billion-dollar grin and proclaims, "I'm the guy." But is he? Cruise definitely is the guy who…
Kharma's 'First Voyage' into world music
As musicians turn to fusing and experimenting with different genre, it has become increasingly difficult to classify these new products in classical terms; rock, jazz, country. Some opt for…
Hodoud extend duo stay
CAIRO: Harras Hodoud extended the contracts of frontline duo Ahmed Eid and Ahmed Abdul-Ghani for three years. "We persuaded both players to pen new deals that will keep them with…