Ismaili sign Tanta midfielder Saied
CAIRO: Ismaili have signed Tanta midfielder Ehab Saied on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee, the Dervishes said on Friday.Saied is Ismaili s third signing in the close season…
Emam denies retirement report
CAIRO: In contradiction to Zamalek s announcement, Hazem Emam denied that he retired from professional football. The reports which indicated that I retired are totally untrue. I m yet to…
Five Gaza smuggling tunnels found in Egypt
AL-ARISH: Egyptian authorities on Sunday discovered five tunnels used for smuggling petrol and food into the Gaza Strip, a security official said.The tunnels were uncovered near the Rafah border crossing,…
Mustafa Khalil, an architect of Egypt-Israeli peace treaty, dies at 88
CAIRO: Mustafa Khalil, a former Egyptian prime minister who was an architect of the 1979 Camp David peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, has died, the state news agency reported…
News in Briefs
Eye on the marketBonouk Al Youm newspaper reported that the Central Bank of Egypt had postponed taking any decisions regarding requests made by conventional banks to open Islamic branches until…
Forty-four Africans arrested trying to slip into Israel
AL-ARISH: Egyptian border forces arrested 44 African migrants on Sunday as they tried to cross the dangerous desert border into Israel in the hope of finding work, a security official…
US firm gives Cairo Financial Center new, antiquities-friendly design
CAIRO: It was perhaps one of the most significant pieces of news to come out of the local financial sector since the global credit crunch last summer: Look out Dubai,…