Some 300 illegal migrants including Egyptians land in Malta
VALLETTA: Around 300 illegal immigrants aboard a rickety fishing trawler landed in Malta Sunday, the largest single arrival in more than a year, the Maltese army said.The migrants tried to…
Israel official: Turkish mediation compromised
JERUSALEM: Turkey s role in mediating the Israeli-Arab conflict has been compromised by its leader s repeated censure of Israel s recent war in the Gaza Strip, an Israeli government…
Israel continues to bomb border tunnels, Labor Party head still detained
CAIRO: Israel conducted an air strike in the early hours of Monday against purported tunnels running beneath the border on the Palestinian side of the town of Rafah through which…
Palestinians united during Gaza war, say doctors
CAIRO: One of the biggest misconceptions portrayed by the media during the War on Gaza is showing Hamas as the oppressor of Palestinians, according to Egyptian doctors who recently visited…
Egypt's Red Sea goes green
CAIRO: Tourists might associate Egypt with the Pyramids and the Sphinx, but the Ministry of Tourism is hoping that the country will also become known as a leader in sustainability.…
Youth bear brunt of rising unemployment, says study
CAIRO: As the global financial crisis continues to put a hamper on Arab economies, a Brookings Institute report said that youth in the Arab world have been hit hardest by…
A world ending in water
A pasted moon on the top left corner of a photograph stands out, somewhat in contrast to the rest of the work. But it does the job, pulling into the…
Meg Rosoff: Advertising executive to award-winning author
Last Saturday's Literary Café discussion at the Cairo International Book Fair featured Rehab Bassam, Egyptian blogger and author of "Rice Pudding for Two, conversing with Meg Rosoff, the award-winning American…