Oil prices test record high $120
LONDON: Oil prices hit a historic peak close to $120 on Monday as energy supplies were disrupted in Britain and Nigeria, traders said.New York s main oil futures contract, light…
Egypt detains 6 African migrants trying to sneak into Israel
AL-ARISH: An Egyptian security official says police have detained six African migrants, including three children, who were trying to sneak into Israel.The official says the group included three children and…
Egypt charges 5 with plotting an attack with Hamas
CAIRO: Authorities charged two leaders of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood, two Sinai Bedouins and a Palestinian with plotting a terrorist attack with Hamas, a security official said Sunday.Brotherhood leaders Abdel-Hai…
Four Palestinian children killed in Israeli attack in Gaza
GAZA CITY: An Israeli tank shell struck a Palestinian home in the northern Gaza Strip early Monday, Palestinian officials said, killing four young siblings and their mother in an attack…
PM Nazif appeals for help to ease price hikes
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif has urged anyone who can resolve the nationwide problem of price rises to come forward with ideas, the official MENA news agency reported on Monday.Nazif…
Factions to meet as Hamas deny threat to Egyptian national security
CAIRO: Palestinian factions will meet today and tomorrow in Egypt to reach a unified position on the ceasefire agreement with Israel. The talks will be hosted by intelligence chief Omar…
Policeman gets 25 years for sexually assaulting Sudanese mother-of-three
CAIRO: A policeman has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in absentia by the New Cairo Criminal Court after being convicted of sexually assaulting a woman near a police checkpoint.The…
Ahmadinejad 'resolves Indo-Pak pipeline issues'
ISLAMABAD: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived Monday in Islamabad for the first time since Pakistan's February parliamentary elections, to discuss bilateral economic and security ties. During the visit, Ahmadinejad met…
Starbucks Egypt outdoing its US counterpart
CAIRO: While its coffee aroma seems to be waning in its homegrown market on the heels of the US mortgage meltdown, Starbucks is robust on Egyptian market operations."As a new…