Al Ahly accept Qatari offer for Gomaa
CAIRO: Al Ahly accepted an offer to loan out defender Wael Gomaa to Qatari side Al-Siliya until the end of the season, a source from the Cairo club said.An Al…
Shooting incident in Swiss Islamic center, one wounded
GENEVA: A Muslim Swiss citizen opened fire late Monday in the Islamic center at Crissier, western Switzerland, seriously wounding a fellow Muslim, police said. First reports said the 23-year-old fired…
Boy killed by Sinai landmine
AL-ARISH: A landmine explosion in northern Egypt killed a six-year-old boy and critically injured two others on Monday, a security source said. Abu Zeid Salama, six, was killed outright and…
Tutankhamun show unveiled in London
LONDON: The lid was lifted Tuesday on a long-awaited new exhibition in London of treasures from the tomb of teenage Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun. Some 130 items, which are up to…
NDP favors patronage over politics, say analysts
CAIRO: Despite a highly marketed effort at modernization, Egypt s ruling party is still centered on one man and draws much of its loyalty from its function as a patronage…
Egypt renews skepticism over US-proposed Mideast conference
CAIRO: Egypt renewed its skepticism over a US-proposed Mideast peace conference on Monday, and its chief diplomat hinted that the heavyweight Arab nation may even not attend the gathering expected…
Post office offers stock market transactions
CAIRO: The Egyptian National Postal Organization (ENPO), in collaboration with the Ministries of Investment and Communications and Information Technology, launched a new savings account based on investment in the stock…
Seagate eyes Egypt in expansion strategy
CAIRO: With more than a quarter century of industry expertise in digital storage, Seagate is turning a stiff one eye on the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region with a…
Improved economy drawing more investors, boosts stock market
CAIRO: The start of the week saw stocks rising with increased activity on the Case 30 as Arab investors pushed the benchmark up 2.3 percent, highlighting their interest in Egypt's…
Businesses in the Middle East are making WEEE harder for themselves, says Motorola
CAIRO: Motorola has warned that businesses in the Middle East are making it harder for themselves to comply with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) initiative by failing to…
