Egypt reach best-ever position in FIFA ranking
CAIRO: Egypt made slight progress in the monthly FIFA ranking for national teams by moving up to the 15th place for the first time ever.The Pharaohs had leaped unprecedented into…
Zamalek near Mpondo deal
CAIRO: Zamalek are on the verge of signing Cotonsport defensive midfielder Stephane Kingue Mpondo, the player s agent told FilGoal.com.According to the agent, Mpondo has agreed all personal terms with…
Officials: Egyptian teacher abducted in Somalia
MOGADISHU: Gunmen abducted an Egyptian teacher in Somalia s relatively peaceful northwestern breakaway republic where such kidnappings are rare, officials said Wednesday.Mohamed Mustafa Ibrahim was stopped late Tuesday as he…
22 Mahalla workers continue sit-in
CAIRO: Twenty-two employees of the Ghazl El-Mahalla spinning factory continued their sit-in Wednesday after negotiations failed to reach a resolution to their demands.The 22 workers initiated the sit-in at the…
Disputed Holocaust memoir could reappear as fiction
A Holocaust survivor s memoir of love in a Nazi concentration camp, which was yanked from publication recently when he admitted it was a hoax, could reappear as a work…
Police holds Muslim Brotherhood members over Gaza protests
CAIRO: Thirty-five members of Egypt s main opposition group the Muslim Brotherhood were arrested Tuesday as they were protesting the Israeli offensive in Gaza, a security official said.Police detained 18…
Egypt, Saudi slam Qatar, back Kuwait summit for Gaza talks
RIYADH/DUBAI/CAIRO: Egypt and Saudi Arabia said Tuesday they supported discussing the Gaza crisis at a Kuwait summit set for Jan. 19, rejecting Qatar s proposal for an extraordinary summit later…
Gaza battles rage, toll passes 1,000
GAZA CITY: Israeli troops battled Palestinian gunmen on Wednesday in Gaza, where more than 1,000 people have now been killed in the war on Gaza, and rockets slammed into northern…
UN Sec Gen refuses to comment on prohibition to visit Gaza
CAIRO: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon refused to divulge whether Israel had prohibited him from visiting the Gaza Strip 19 days after the Israeli offensive. Asked at a press…
Egypt to tell Israel Hamas 'favorable' to truce plan – Wrap, Lead
CAIRO: Egypt is to pass Hamas favorable response to a Gaza ceasefire plan to Israel, Egyptian officials said on Wednesday, as the death toll from Israel s war in the…