Sudan's Al-Beshir ready to expel ambassadors, says report
CAIRO: Sudan is ready to expel foreign ambassadors "if they exceed their diplomatic mission, President Omar Al-Beshir was quoted as saying on Thursday in his latest act of defiance of…
Ambassador to Israel denies all is forgiven and forgotten with Lieberman
CAIRO: Egypt's ambassador to Israel Yasser Rida denied making statements in an Israeli newspaper that Egypt was willing to forget scathing remarks about it by the right-wing Avigdor Lieberman, who…
Austrian businessmen explore opportunities in Egypt
CAIRO: An Austrian trade mission spent much of this week in Cairo in an effort to promote trade and investment between one of Europe's powerhouse economies and the Middle East's…
Oil up more than 5 pct after Fed plan, weak dollar
LONDON: Oil jumped more than 5 percent on Thursday to above $50 a barrel after the US Federal Reserve announced a new plan to fight recession and a weak dollar…
Natasha Richardson dies at 45 after ski accident
Natasha Richardson, a gifted and precocious heiress to acting royalty whose career highlights included the film "Patty Hearst and a Tony-winning performance in a stage revival of "Cabaret, died Wednesday…
The elephant in the room
This month, Cairo's hottest contemporary arts venue Darb 1718 hosts an exhibition called "Nun by Amr Fekry, one of Egypt's most celebrated young artists. Like the space, Fekry's work straddles…
10 most groundbreaking graphic novels of all time
The comics mania is in full swing this week in Egypt. A workshop by German comic-book illustrator Künstlern Isabel Kreitz and Egypt's Magdy El-Shafaie (author of "Metro, Egypt's first graphic…
Egypt unveils P haraonic 'brain drain' bed
CAIRO: Egyptian antiquities authorities on Thursday revealed an ancient Pharaonic embalming bed unearthed from a mysterious tomb near Luxor used to prepare bodies for mummification more than 3,000 years ago.The…
Love in the time of the revolution
A complex tale of love, loss, and human desire, set against the emergence of Gamal Abdel Nasser's new Egypt, unfolds effortlessly in Bahaa Taher's "As Doha Said. Bahaa Taher won…
Stolen antique paintings retrieved, says ministry
CAIRO: Nine antique paintings that were stolen earlier this month were retrieved by police officials after they were tipped off by an "anonymous phone call, an official statement released by…