Film stars seek to shatter stigma of AIDS
CAIRO: A lonely voice in a conservative society, rising film star Amr Waked is speaking out against his country s unofficial policy of jailing people suffering with AIDS. It s…
Sarkozy vows to fight Islamophobia after Muslim war graves attack
ABLAIN-SAINT-NAZAIRE, France: President Nicolas Sarkozy Thursday vowed to step up the fight against Islamophobia following the desecration of 148 Muslim graves at France s biggest war cemetery this month. The…
Kuwait inflation hits record 9.5 pc in January
KUWAIT CITY: Inflation in OPEC member Kuwait raced to a new all-time high of 9.53 percent in January, driven by sharp rises in housing services and prices of beverages, official…
Euro slips under $1.56 after record-breaking week
LONDON: The European single currency fell further on Friday from this week s record dollar high as dealers continued to focus on soft economic data in the eurozone, analysts said.In…
Oil prices move higher on supply tensions
LONDON: World oil prices climbed back toward this week s record peaks Friday as traders fretted over threats to global energy supplies in Britain and Nigeria, analysts said.New York s…
Egypt steps up border security after Hamas protest
EL-ARISH: Egypt sent reinforcements to the closed Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, a security official said on Friday, in a bid to prevent a repeat of mass border…
IAEA head critical of US for withholding information on alleged Syrian nuclear reactor
VIENNA, Austria: The head of the UN nuclear monitoring agency on Friday criticized the US for not giving his organization intelligence information sooner on what Washington says was a nuclear…
