Syria rebels lick their wounds in Lebanon border town
Arsal too has suffered violence, including Syrian air strikes, incidents pitting Lebanon’s army against Lebanese and Syrian extremists, and on Saturday a car bomb that killed three soldiers.
Iran director screens film to save man on death row
AFP - An Iranian film director is to hold a private screening of his latest movie on Saturday to raise funds to save the life of a 26-year-old on death…
Egyptian pound strengthens slightly at Central Bank dollar sale
Dollar shortages have been fuelling a thriving black market.
Libyan fund sues France’s SocGen for $1.5bn
AFP – Libya’s sovereign wealth fund is suing French bank Societe Generale in a British court for $1.5bn (€1.1bn) for allegedly channelling bribes to allies of the son of slain…
Climate change boosts conflict risk, floods, hunger: UN
The report is the second chapter of the fifth assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), set up in 1988 to provide neutral, science-based guidance to governments.
Two shot dead at Al-Azhar as students protest arrests, expulsions
Ministry of Health leaves death toll at one as central security forces enter campus grounds
Door opens for presidential hopefuls to submit candidacies
Ministry of Foreign Affairs prepares polls for Egyptians abroad
Fahmy to represent Egypt in fourth EU-African Summit
Egyptian foreign minister expected to meet EU high representative during his visit to Brussels