South Korea's G-20 Challenge
BERKELEY: On Jan. 1, South Korea takes over the G-20 chairmanship from the United Kingdom. Korea is not the first emerging market to chair the G-20, but it is the…
Will Russia Save the West?
MOSCOW: Rapid changes in the global economy and international politics are raising, once more, an eternal issue in Russia: the country's relations with Europe, and with the Euro-Atlantic region as…
The underlying fault lines of the region
CAIRO: In 1989, the prominent Orientalist Bernard Lewis argued that the Arab world was disintegrating into fragmented ethnic and sectarian enclaves, dissipating any sense of collective solidarity and identity. Looking…
Deputy governor, seven officials to be tried for Duweiqa rockslide
CAIRO: General Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud referred eight government officials, including the deputy governor of Cairo, to a criminal court for involuntary manslaughter and injury to the residents of Duweiqa…
US embassy launches online visa application
CAIRO: The American Embassy in Cairo will automate its non-immigrant visa application system in a bid to streamline the process as well as promote bilateral trade. An online application will…
Investigations with Dresden courtroom guard closed
CAIRO: The German General Prosecutor closed investigations with a guard accused of unintentionally shooting Marwa El-Sherbini's husband, German media reported.El-Sherbini is a victim of a high-profile Islamophobic crime where she…
Detained Bedouin activist interrogated in prison
CAIRO: An activist who has been held in administrative detention for two years was summoned for interrogation this week, rights group the Hisham Mubarak Law Center (HMLC) said.Mosaad Abu Fagr…
WHO chief: swine flu pandemic continues
GENEVA: Many more people could become sick with swine flu this winter even though it has peaked in North America and some European countries, the head of the World Health…
Hassan untroubled by friendly draw
CAIRO: Egypt captain Ahmed Hasssan believes that his side's 1-1 home draw with Malawi won t affect the Pharaohs preparations for the African Cup on Nations (CAN).The six-time African champions…
