US envoy kick-starts Mideast tour in Cairo
CAIRO: The new American envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell kick-started his first visit to the region with a trip to Egypt Tuesday and from which he will depart…
HRW urges MENA states to sign cluster munitions treaty
CAIRO: Governments of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) should sign the new international treaty banning cluster munitions, Human Rights Watch said Monday. So far, only Lebanon and Tunisia…
Obama addresses Muslim world in first formal TV interview
CAIRO: In an exclusive interview with Dubai-based television network Al-Arabiya, US President Barack Obama discussed his new strategy for achieving peace in the Middle East. It was Obama's first formal…
Carter: If no Palestine, 'catastrophe' for Israel
NEW YORK: Former President Jimmy Carter says that Israel will face a catastrophe unless it revives the Mideast peace process and allows the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.Carter pointed…
Germany sends security experts to Egypt
BERLIN: Germany says it has sent a team of six experts to Egypt to assess how to help beef up security on the country s border with the Gaza Strip.Foreign…
Egypt wants long-term Gaza truce to start Feb. 5
CAIRO: Egypt has proposed that a yet to be agreed truce between Israel and Palestinian factions in Gaza begin on Feb. 5, a Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine…
Renewable energy agency set up in Germany
BONN: Officials from around the world signed a document establishing the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on Monday at a conference in Bonn, the former capital of West Germany.European countries…
Egypt index jumps on telecom, banking stocks
CAIRO: Egypt s benchmark index posted its sharpest single-day gain in nearly three months on Tuesday as investors bought shares of telecommunications and banking companies on expectations of strong earnings.…
News in brief
New listings on CASE 30 index The Egyptian stock exchange will add six companies to its benchmark CASE 30 index, including investment bank Naeem Holding and retail firm Olympic Group,…
