Minister of Education stop licensing international schools
CAIRO: The Ministry of Education will stop giving licenses to new international schools in Egypt and will review the existing ones, Minister Ahmed Zaki Badr said. The aim of this…
Teachers demand minister's resignation over death of exam proctors
CAIRO: Teachers protested Monday in front of the Ministry of Education building against the death of six exam proctors due to "difficult" working conditions, demanding the resignation of the minister.…
Lawyer accuses syndicate chairman of monopolizing decisions
CAIRO: Lawyer Montasser El-Zayat accused the Lawyers’ Syndicate chairman Monday of monopolizing the decision-making in the current crisis between lawyers on one side and judges and prosecutors on the other.…
Differences over adoption mar discussions of unified personal status law
CAIRO: Naguib Gobrael, head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization, proposed a bill to the Ministry of Justice, allowing adoption among Christians. The bill is proposed at a…
Bedouin delegation to meet Interior Minister to calm Sinai tensions
CAIRO: A delegation from Sinai’s Bedouin tribes is expected to meet with the Minister of Interior Habib Al-Adly this week in an effort to diffuse tensions between state forces and…
Israel PM to appear before flotilla probe committee
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be the first witness to testify before the committee investigating a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid fleet, an official said as the…
Iran to 'discipline' West by holding off nuclear talks
TEHRAN: Iran will "discipline" the West by holding off talks with world powers over Tehran's nuclear program until the end of August, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday. The hardliner…
Israel 'frees' detained Lebanese shepherd
BEIRUT: Israel on Monday handed over to UN peacekeepers a Lebanese shepherd whom it detained a day earlier near a border enclave occupied by the Jewish state but claimed by…
Zamalek renew interest in Gouna's Al-Sayed
CAIRO: Zamalek have renewed their interest in Gouna player Nour Al-Sayed. The White knights sent a letter to Gouna, asking to land Al-Sayed this summer for LE 3 million, according…
Yemen Jews protest demanding execution of killer
SANAA: A small group of Yemeni Jews demonstrated on Monday in Sanaa demanding a final ruling against a Yemeni man sentenced to death last year for killing a Jewish father-of-nine…