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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
One on one with Klaus Shwab
The news is grim tonight on the economic front. Fifty-four thousand jobs have been announced to have been lost today. Countries are on the brink, for example, Iceland. And chief…
Egypt food exports to Arab countries at $102 mln
CAIRO: The final destinations of nearly half of all Egyptian food exports are Arab countries, making the region its most important market, according to a press statement.Total exports from Egypt…
The mother of the world
Despite how cliché and naïve it may sound, the old saying that Egypt is the mother of the world is not entirely farfetched. After all, much of sciences and arts…