Mideast fuel oil prices up on demand
SINGAPORE: Middle East fuel oil prices rose $1.75 a ton this week amid peak summer demand while cuts in refinery operation rates globally limit fuel oil production. Regional fuel oil…
UN chief to attend non-aligned movement summit in Egypt
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will attend the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Egypt next week, a spokesman said.Ban will participate on Wednesday in the summit, scheduled to take…
German chancellor meets Egyptian counterpart
BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed her condolences to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak over the brutal stabbing of a young Egyptian mother in a Dresden courtroom last week.Merkel s spokesman…
Egypt in first West Bank talks with Hamas in three years
RAMALLAH: Egyptian mediators on Thursday held their first West Bank talks with Hamas representatives since before the Islamist movement seized the Gaza Strip in June 2007. For the first time…
Mubarak accuses Israel of aborting deal for captive soldier
CAIRO: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak accused Israel of scuttling a deal that was on the verge of ending the three-year captivity in Gaza of soldier Gilad Shalit, in an interview…
Hamas: Mubarak doesn't know soldier's condition
GAZA CITY: Egypt s president didn t know what he was talking about when he said an Israeli soldier held by Palestinian militants was alive and well, a top Hamas…
Egyptian Ambassador to Poland detained over bribery allegations, says report
CAIRO: The Egyptian Ambassador to Poland has been detained in Cairo in connection with corruption allegations made against him involving a land deal in Warsaw, Polish media reported. According to…
MP Al-Sadat calls for dialogue between Muslim Brotherhood and Mubarak
CAIRO: The Reform and Development Party (RDP), yet to be officially recognized, called for an open dialogue between the Muslim Brotherhood and the regime without interference from the Ministry of…