The art of war: US lieutenant brings Iraqi paintings to New York
NEW YORK: With fiery reds and black-oil-stained browns criss-crossed with misshapen ladders, Mohammed Al-Hamadany paints the violence of Baghdad, the battles over power and the shattered innocence.For the US military…
Controversial cartoons tour the region
Cartoonists from the Middle East and North Africa will exhibit a selection of newly commissioned and controversial works in London July 1-18, highlighting key social issues in the region and…
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Central Bank raises interest rate to 10.5 pct The Central Bank of Egypt increased its overnight deposit rate by half a percentage point to 10.5 percent after inflation accelerated to…
Oil prices set new record above $142 a barrel
NEW YORK: Oil futures climbed briefly to a new record above $142 a barrel Friday on expectations that the weakening dollar, a major factor in crude s stratospheric rise, will…
Hamas slams Gaza rocket attack as crossings remain closed
GAZA CITY: Israel kept commercial goods crossings into the Gaza Strip closed Friday after a Palestinian rocket attack the day before tested a week-old truce and drew criticism from the…
Civil Liberties Union sues US government on behalf of Muslim scientist
PITTSBURGH: A Muslim nuclear physicist on Thursday accused the US Department of Energy of revoking his security clearance in retaliation for his criticism of the government s treatment of Muslims.Moniem…
AU commission chief says clean elections a major African challenge
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: The head of the African Union Commission said the continent must tackle its difficulties in running clean elections as African foreign ministers debated how to handle the crisis…
Lawyers and journalists debate damage done by Egypt's emergency law
CAIRO: Activists condemned the negative effects of Egypt's 27-year-old state of emergency on Thursday during a seminar at the Journalists' Syndicate. Titled "The Negative Effects of Emergency Law on Egyptian…
Rights groups demand investigation into alleged assault against journalists
CAIRO: Three human rights organizations demanded an official police investigation into the alleged assault of Kamal Murad, a journalist at the opposition newspaper Al-Fajr.The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information…