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…
Chinese starlet's beach photos spark heated debate
Photos of Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi cavorting with her Western fiancé on a beach have sparked a heated online debate, with many netizens roasting her for shaming China, but others…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: Child birth in Egypt
From the anecdotal evidence that I have gleaned over the years, I have concluded that foreigners arrive in Egypt, see the sites whilst enjoying the country's plethora of luxury resort…
The dark side of self-determination
CAMBRIDGE: National self-determination seems a straightforward moral principle, but it is fraught with problems. After Russia sent troops into Georgia in August 2008, it recognized the independence of two breakaway…
Reviving Muslim Democracy
DAKKA: As fears about the Islamization of politics in the Muslim world grow, Bangladesh, with the world's fourth-largest Muslim population (126 million), has moved dramatically in the opposite direction. Bangladesh…