Oil recovers from 10-month low, US leads rates cuts
LONDON: Oil on Wednesday recovered from a 10-month low, but stayed negative after the US Federal Reserve led a global round of emergency interest rate cuts to try to shore…
Palestinian pilgrims stay in Saudi Arabia
CAIRO: Palestinians who were allowed to pass through the Rafah crossing to embark on the lesser pilgrimage (umrah) in Ramadan have opted to remain in Saudi Arabia illegally rather than…
Declassified documents show Israeli blunders in 1973 war
JERUSALEM: Declassified documents about the October 1973 war highlight just how much Israel had underestimated the strength of its Arab foes amid deep divisions among its military and political establishment.…
Hamas in Palestinian unity talks in Cairo
CAIRO: Senior Hamas officials met Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss an Egyptian proposal for a Palestinian unity government, the official MENA news agency reported.MENA…
Egypt ministry officials jailed for 10 years over bribes
CAIRO: The former head of restoration in Islamic Cairo and two other Egyptian culture ministry officials were jailed for 10 years on Wednesday for receiving bribes from contractors, a judicial…
PoliticsSecurity forces surround Rafah neighborhood
CAIRO: Security forces completely surrounded a neighborhood in the border town of Rafah Wednesday as central security forces also amassed at the border crossing with the Gaza strip. One hundred…
ANALYSIS: Arab economies ill-prepared for global shocks
BEIRUT: Like anyone invested in global financial markets, Arab sovereign funds, investment banks and rich individuals are taking a severe beating. Also getting queasy are those who have poured money…
China state TV to air 50-part Bruce Lee biography
Bruce Lee is getting a belated hero s welcome in China, with the country s state broadcaster set to air a 50-part prime-time series on the late kung fu star.Lee…
Aboul-Ella denies contract talks
Zamalek midfielder Mohamed Aboul-Ella said that he is yet to be offered a contract extension at the club.The Whites board already assigned board member and former skipper Hazem Emam to…
Egypt drops place, but surpasses Ghana
Egypt has slipped one place, but surpassed Ghana for the first time since January, to lie 22nd in the monthly FIFA Ranking for national teams.The African champions are now second-best…
