Egypt fans mourn World Cup dreams
AFP- Cairo — Egyptian football fans were distraught on Tuesday as Ghana rudely shattered their dreams of a World Cup berth to take their minds off months of political violence.…
21 killed as truck hit by blast in south Syria: NGO
AFP- A powerful blast ripped through a pickup truck in the southern province of Daraa in Syria early Wednesday, killing 21 people including four children, a monitoring group said. "Twenty-one people…
Italy launches sea patrol as Sicily declares emergency
Border guards said on Tuesday they had also seized a "mother ship" and arrested 17 crew members, who are believed to be Egyptian, following a landing in the southern Calabria…
Syria’s Assad prays at Damascus mosque for Eid al-Adha
Syrian state television broadcast images of the president entering the Hassiba mosque and waving to supporters before taking part in prayers.
Egypt’s Muslims mark Eid but stay away from key squares
Interim President Adly Mansour and army chief General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi led worshippers at an air force mosque
Egypt frees Briton arrested over police-like clothes
Briton released on the orders of the general prosecution of El-Arish
Egypt used ‘live ammo’ against Morsi backers
At least 49 people were killed and hundreds wounded in Cairo alone as security forces used "excessive and unwarranted lethal force" says Amnesty International
Why AUC needs a new constitution
By Taher El Moataz Bellah The current structure of the student government with its three branches; the student union, the student senate and the student court (previously known as student…
Death penalty abolition: A Swedish view
By Charlotta Sparre The 10th of October marks the World Day against the Death Penalty. As a form of punishment, death penalty concerns everyone’s right to life. It is not…
Three ICRC staff, Red Crescent volunteer freed in Syria
AFP- Three of the six aid workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross kidnapped in Syria have been freed, along with a colleague from the Red Crescent, the…