Drama as Ahly survive African Champions League cull
CAIRO: Shehab Ahmed scored three minutes into stoppage time to give Al-Ahly of Egypt a 3-0 triumph over Al-Ittihad of Libya Sunday and a dramatic entry to the African Champions…
Egypt Islamists, Saudi to stand trial for money laundering on June 14
CAIRO: Four Egyptians and a Saudi national are to stand trial in Egypt on June 14 on charges of money laundering and funding the banned Muslim Brotherhood, a judicial source…
Petrojet's first African adventure ends on low
CAIRO: A 1-0 loss at Tunisia's Sfaxien on Saturday brought Petrojet's first African experience to a premature end. The Egyptian side, who were held to a 1-1 home draw in…
Simba sunk by goal-hungry Egyptian coast guards
JOHANNESBURG: Egyptian coast guards club Harras Al-Hodoud sank Simba of Tanzania 5-1 Saturday to reach the African Confederation Cup last-16 stage. Hodoud were the exception on a day when goals…
Banned: The Elton John affair
CAIRO: The Egyptian Musicians’ Union announced earlier this month that a concert by Elton John scheduled for May 18 has been cancelled, triggering debate over the power of state institutions…
Dubai house prices rise for first time y/y since crisis: report
DUBAI: Dubai house prices climbed 2 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, their first annual rise since the 2008 financial downturn, but oversupply would pressure prices going forward, Colliers International…
Jordan: ICT blooming
AMMAN: Jordan may have little in the way of oil or gas, but the country is overcoming nature's shortfalls by building resources of its own, creating an information and communications…
Ahmadinejad opens region's 'biggest' car plant: report
TEHRAN: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad opened on Sunday what is being dubbed as the Middle East's biggest car plant set up by Iranian state-run automobile company Saipa, the official IRNA news…
Zain shareholders get offers for majority stake: paper
KUWAIT: Shareholders of Kuwaiti telecoms firm Zain, which is selling most of its African assets to India's Bharti Airtel, have received offers to sell a majority stake in the group,…
Oil unlikely to fall to $65: snr OPEC delegate
DOHA: The impact from the Greek debt crisis will be "limited" and oil prices are unlikely to fall below $65 a barrel, a senior OPEC delegate from the Gulf Arab…