Volleyball-Egypt lose for the third time in World League
The Egyptian Volleyball team was handed a third successive 3-0 defeat by Serbia in Pool C of the World League in Cuba.The Serbians won three straight sets, 25-23, 25-19 and…
Residing in Ismaili is essential for new players, says Neveu
ISMAILIA: Ismaili manager Patrice Neveu insisted that the new players must come and live in Ismailia starting from next season. The new players must live here if they want to…
Vatican establishes diplomatic ties with UAE
VATICAN CITY: The Vatican has established diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, it said on Thursday, adding to the list of Arab nations with whom it shares such ties.…
Rights group sues Boeing unit over CIA flights
ReutersNEW YORK: The American Civil Liberties Union is suing a Boeing Co. unit it accuses of helping the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency transfer foreign suspects to overseas prisons where it…
Joint Indian-Egyptian Phosphate operation secures $250 million loan
ASWAN: The Indo-Egyptian Fertilizers Company SAE (IEFC) signed a loan agreement worth $250 million with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank group, at the Cataract Hotel in Aswan…
Hardline Palestinian faction in Cairo for truce talks
CAIRO: Leaders from the radical Palestinian faction Islamic Jihad met with Egyptian officials in Cairo on Sunday amid efforts to get rival factions to cement a Gaza ceasefire, the official…
Egypt arrests 52 Muslim Brotherhood members
CAIRO: Authorities have detained 52 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood, a security source said Saturday, ahead of elections for parliament s upper house in which the Islamist group is…
Hamas says it may consider a one-year truce with Israel
Associated Press CAIRO: The Islamic group Hamas may consider a one-year cease-fire with Israel, the organization s deputy political leader said in an interview published Saturday in an Egyptian newspaper.Khaled…
Brotherhood blogger release ordered
Defense says international pressure played major role in decisionCAIRO: The general prosecution in Nasr City issued a release order Wednesday for detained Muslim Brotherhood blogger/journalist Abdel Moneim Mahmoud, lawyer Islam…
Tension rising between the Judges' Club and the Ministry of Justice
CAIRO: Cutting funds to the Judges' Club and ignoring the organization's recommendations in decisions that directly affect the judiciary, are the two main reasons for the tension between the Judges'…