Masri win at Mahalla to reach cup quarters
MAHALLA: Masri registered an impressive 3-1 away victory over Ghazl Mahalla to reach the Egyptian Cup quarter-finals.Two extra-time goals from Wagih Abdel-Azim and Ahmed Galal sealed the win for the…
Zahi Hawass returns stolen antiquity to Iraq
CAIRO: Supreme Council of Antiquities Chief Zahi Hawas announced that he will return a stolen statue of a Mesopotamian woman to her home country in Iraq at a press conference…
Tintin, still as popular as ever 80 years on
Cartoon legend Tintin, a rare reporter to rise to world fame having barely written an article, celebrates his 80th birthday this weekend as popular as ever.The immortal boy reporter -…
Egypt index stable on local buying, foreign selling
CAIRO: Egypt s benchmark CASE 30 index was little changed on Sunday as local investors bought into small cap shares, balancing out some light selling on blue chips by foreigners,…
885 dead as Gaza fighting rages
GAZA CITY: Israel claimed on Sunday that an end was in sight to its war on Gaza, amid some of the heaviest clashes of an offensive that has killed nearly…
Culture minister denies accusations of contacting Israel
CAIRO: Culture Minister Farouk Hosni lashed out against a recent article published in Al Balagh Al Gadid, a weekly independent Egyptian newspaper, accusing him of communicating with Israeli officials asking…
Israeli airstrikes damage Egyptian Rafah crossing
CAIRO: Israel has intensified its airstrikes on the border between Egypt and Gaza, damaging parts of the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, sources in the area told Daily News…
Hamas in Cairo ahead of Israeli visit Monday
CAIRO: Egypt was holding talks with Hamas officials on Sunday aimed at brokering a ceasefire in Gaza ahead of further negotiations with Israeli officials on Monday, an Egyptian official said."A…
MP hospitalized after heated debate over gas exports to Israel
CAIRO: Independent MP Mostafa Bakry was hospitalized after fainting during a heated discussion about Egypt exporting gas to Israel at a People's Assembly session on Sunday.Akram Al-Shaer, a Muslim Brotherhood…
WFP, Trade Ministry partner to 'Get Food to Gaza'
CAIRO: As Israel and Hamas remained locked in a 16-day-old Gaza war on Sunday - ignoring international calls for a ceasefire - the World Food Program (WFP) launched Operation Lifeline…