Southeast Asian consensus on freedom of speech
SINGAPORE: Debates over freedom of expression have been at the centre of Indonesia s decade-old democratic journey. Elsewhere in Southeast Asia, similar issues feature prominently in ongoing political upheavals. These…
In Focus: The Brotherhood and the Gaza Crisis
CAIRO: Despite the fact that the Palestinian cause is pivotal in the discourse of violent and moderate Islamist movements, their discourse is not too different from that of the official…
Parliament clashes over Israel gas exports
CAIRO: An argument erupted Tuesday between parliament Speaker Fathi Sorour and Hussein Ibrahim, head of the Muslim Brotherhood's parliamentary bloc, over the latter s proposal of a new draft law…
Healthy Ministry, WHO partner to fight Tuberculosis
CAIRO: The Health Ministry and the WHO signed an agreement Sunday to launch a national awareness campaign to combat one of Egypt's most prevalent diseases, Tuberculosis (TB).The yearlong campaign aims…
Manpower Ministry intervention ends Telemasr protest
CAIRO: The Minister of Manpower and Immigration met with the chairman of the General Manpower Syndicate and representatives of Telemasr factory to end the electronics manufacturing factory protest, Sally Mahmoud,…
Meteb threatens to leave Ittihad
CAIRO: Egypt striker Emad Meteb said he'll leave Ittihad Jeddah if the club doesn't pay him his late financial dues, the player's agent Nader Shawki said.Shawki told Meteb's official website…
Child murderer Al-Torbiny loses appeal, receives death sentence
CAIRO: Two years since the beginning of the infamous Torbiny trial involving the rape and murder of over 20 street children, an Egyptian appeals court upheld a Tanta criminal court's…