Interpol elects French woman as first female president
Balestrazzi, 58, became a police commissioner in France in 1975 and was already vice-president for Europe on Interpol's executive committee
Russian Orthodox patriarch in Bethlehem
The head of a community of some 150 million Orthodox believers arrived in Jerusalem on Friday
Myanmar political leaders urged to make stand on unrest
Unrest has left at least 180 people dead since June and displaced 110,000
Fears blight ‘Malala Day’ in schoolgirl’s hometown
People around the globe are expected to hold vigils and demonstrations honouring Malala
Kuwait frees royals accused of criticising government
Young royal Sheikh Meshaal Al-Malek Al-Sabah was detained for a few days in July for expressing political views deemed offensive
Iraq cancels $4.2 bn Russia arms deal over graft concerns
Had the deal been finalised and implemented, it would have made Russia Baghdad's second-biggest arms supplier, after the United States
Shell: Egypt’s ample resources could meet domestic supply
The Country Chair and Managing Director of oil giant Royal Dutch Shell, Jeroen Regtien, talks to the Daily News Egypt, highlighting the company’s vision in post-revolution Egypt, the impediments curbing…
CIA chief Petraeus resigns over affair
Chief US spymaster David Petraeus, who gained international notoriety as military commander in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, resigns
Suez preacher: secularists and liberals are the most despicable of mosquitoes
by Hassan Ghonema Sheikh Omar bin Abdel Aziz of Al-Ansari Mosque in Suez deplored secularists and liberals during his Friday sermon, calling them despicable mosquitoes, because of their resistance to…
Protest calls for Morsy to take a stand on violence in Myanmar
March stopped by police 100m from its goal
