Confusion over Port Said joint statement
Joint statement released and signed by political parties has been denied by several signatories
Obama re-election impact on Egypt
"Had there been another outcome [to the election] it would have been a disaster," says AUC professor Clement Henry
Lawyers in Damietta go on strike
Syndicate calls two-day strike in response to alleged police assault
Iraq expels Turkish firm from oil exploration deal
The exploration deal was for a tract of land in oil-rich Basra province and had been awarded in May to Kuwait Energy, TPAO and Dragon Oil of the United Arab…
UK to start talks with armed Syria opposition
Britain will also be increasing its aid to Syrian refugees by £14 million
Bahrain revokes citizenships of 31 Shi’a activists
The Gulf state has experienced unrest since March last year when the authorities crushed protests led by the Shi'a Muslim majority
Obama defies economic omens to win re-election
Obama won with a fiercely negative campaign branding Romney as indifferent to the woes of the middle class