Quartet meeting cancelled due to Palestinian Crisis
The Quartet meeting scheduled to take place in Cairo on June 26-27 has been cancelled for a later date, yet to be determined, the press office of the Ministry of…
Egypt moves embassy from Gaza to West Bank
EU restores full ties with Palestinian authorityCAIRO: Egypt moved its embassy from Gaza to Ramallah in the West Bank Tuesday in a clear sign of its support for Palestinian President…
Stakes also high for Egypt at mideast summit, analysts say
CAIRO: Egypt expects Israel to make generous gestures to bolster Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas at Monday s summit in Sharm El-Sheikh in order to further isolate the Islamist Hamas, analysts…
Arab League chief meets Beirut leaders on tough mission
BEIRUT: Arab League chief Amr Moussa was on Wednesday holding a second day of talks with Lebanese leaders on a tough mission aimed at bridging the chasm that has paralyzed…
A conversation with Stop the Wall coordinator Jamal Juma'
CAIRO/RAMALLAH: The fragmentation of Palestinian politics following near civil war in Gaza last week is not only unrepresentative of the work of Palestinian civil society but undermines popular unity against…
Israeli Knesset addresses Sudanese refugee problem, says Egypt should absorb them
CAIRO: In honor of World Refugee Day on Wednesday June 20, Israel addressed the increasingly sensitive issue of African refugees flowing into the country from Egypt. Wednesday alone saw the…
Brotherhood and opposition bloggers join forces for online press freedom
CAIRO: Bloggers and activists from belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood and the political opposition joined forces at a rally and conference on the defense of electronic press freedom in Egypt…
New twists in case against 51 websites
CAIRO: Cairo-based rights group the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRInfo) reported Wednesday on new twists in the complex case of Alexandria Head Judge Abdel Fattah Mourad. Mourad is…
NDP victorious in Shoura run-offs
CAIRO: The results of the Shoura council elections run-offs, announced late Tuesday by the head of the High Elections Commission (HEC) Adel Andraus, showed a sweeping victory for the ruling…
China defends its stance on Darfur
Sudanese government to meet with rebels in autumnCAIRO: China has responded to Western criticism of its role in the Darfur crisis, attributing media criticism to jealousy, according to its Special…