Minister Zaqzuq expels religious counselor for donning full face cover from meeting
CAIRO: Intellectuals and activists denounced Minister of Religious Endowments Hamdy Zaqzuq for expelling an employee from a meeting for refusing to remove her niqab (the full face cover).The religious counselor…
Rice to visit Cairo as part of regional tour
Talks to centre on Iraq, Palestinian peace effortsCAIRO: US Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice will visit Egypt later this month as part of a regional tour to ramp up Middle…
Tension grows between Iraq and Arab neighbors
Condemnation of Saddam execution widening rift, analysts sayCAIRO: The execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has sent ripples of anger throughout the Middle East but may now be cause…
Egyptian Air Force receives upgraded Apaches
Half of military budget earmarked for new weaponryCAIRO: The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) marked in a ceremony the delivery of 35 remanufactured AH-64D Apache helicopters from Boeing Integrated Defense Systems,…
Female force: Two wives gang up on husband
CAIRO: For the first time, two wives joined hands to sue their common husband, demanding divorce after they failed to "discipline him, Al Akhbar daily newspaper reported. The two wives…
Search called off for four divers missing in Red Sea
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities on Tuesday called off a search for four divers, including three foreigners, missing off a Red Sea dive resort after they were presumed dead, security sources said.…
Truck confiscation blamed for garbage collection protest
CAIRO: Approximately 300 garbage collectors protested Sunday against having more than 15 of their cars and licenses confiscated by their employers, the Garbage Trucks Authority, the daily Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper…
Cilantro café on fire
CAIRO: A small fire erupted at Cilantro's large Mohandiseen location Monday, at about 11 pm, causing some damage but no major injuries.Office manager Abdel-Latif Farahat told The Daily Star Egypt…
Boycotting campaign to resurface with Starbucks opening
CAIRO: An unlikely coalition of Islamists, reformists, youths and Socialists are uniting against the overwhelming powers of a cup of coffee. Starbucks, however, is not just any cup of coffee.…
