Ahly fined for fans' offensive chants
CAIRO: Ahly have been fined LE 10,000 after their fans chanted offensive songs in Thursday's victory over Mansoura that handed them the league title, the Egyptian FA announced on Sunday.…
Cameroon police block journalists' rally
YAOUNDE: Police in Cameroon Monday forcefully stopped several hundred journalists from staging a demonstration on world press freedom day to call attention to the recent death of an editor held…
Starwood eyes additional 20 Mideast hotels
DUBAI: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc, which has 20 hotels in the pipeline for the Middle East region, is looking to add a similar pipeline in two to three…
Abd-Rabou scores seventh UAE league goal
CAIRO: Hosni Abd-Rabou netted his seventh goal in the UAE Football League but could not help Ahly survive a 4-2 defeat by Jazira on Sunday. The Egyptian midfielder, a set-pieces…
Somali Islamists vow to end piracy after taking pirate hub
MOGADISHU: A hard-line Islamist militia pledged Monday after seizing control of one of Somalia's main pirate hubs to end piracy in the region by imposing Islamic sharia law. A day…
Orascom and MTN deal on shaky ground
CAIRO: The Algerian government has been holding up talks between South African-based MTN Group and Orascom Telecom Holding SEA (OT), the Middle East’s biggest mobile phone company in terms of…
Meteb boost for Ahly
CAIRO: Ahly's bid to avoid an embarrassing Champions League exit relies heavily on the presence of top scorer Emad Meteb, who now looks likely to recover from an injury in…
Arab Journalists Union calls on UN to protect journalists
CAIRO: The Arab Journalists Union on Monday called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to put in place regulations and rules that protect journalists especially in conflict zones. The union…
Win-Win initiative: where human and environmental interests meet
CAIRO: Because the poor and marginalized segments of society are the most vulnerable to environmental damage, the concept of poverty-environment mainstreaming was born. Developing countries are susceptible to environmental degradation…
Egypt police kill two African migrants near Israel border
RAFAH: Egyptian police shot dead two African migrants on Sunday in separate incidents near the border with Israel, a security official said. Police killed an Eritrean migrant who tried to…