Emirates ups Egypt services to 13 weekly flights
CAIRO: UAE-based Emirates Airline said it will “fully restore its services to Egypt by boosting its frequencies to 13 per week,” to cater to growing passenger and cargo demand. In…
Pakistan row nears end, UAE Etisalat may have to pay out
By Matt Smith / Reuters DUBAI: Pakistan Telecommunication (PTCL) should soon receive assets due to it as part of its partial privatization, its chief executive said, a development that could trigger…
EFG-Hermes 2011 profit tumbles 63 percent
By Ehab Farouk and Tamim Elyan / Reuters CAIRO: Egyptian bank EFG-Hermes reported a 63 percent drop in 2011 net profit on Sunday as the economic fallout from uprisings across the…
Egyptian court stops opposition figure from presidential run
By AFP CAIRO: An administrative court in Egypt on Saturday blocked opposition figure Ayman Nour from running in next month's presidential election, the official news agency Mena reported. The court…
Egypt’s Brotherhood picks alternate candidate
By Aya Batrawy / Associated Press CAIRO: Egypt's most powerful political group, the Muslim Brotherhood, announced Saturday it is nominating the head of its party as a back-up candidate for president…
Nour, Sabahy submit candidacy applications
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: Presidential hopefuls Ayman Nour and Hamdeen Sabahy filed their candidacy documents to the Presidential Election Committee (PEC) on Friday amidst much celebration by their supporters. The two…
East Berliner’s lifelong passion for vintage fashion
By Kate Millar / AFP When Josefine Edle von Krepl fled East Berlin just before the Wall fell in 1989, she managed to save her vast hoard of vintage clothing by…
Buttered Up: Salmon and zucchini in the rush of the city
By Sarah Khanna For years, my phone would not ring. It would rest beside me, disturbing nothing, a simple prop in the room. To Cairo, Kuala Lumpur was at the farthest…
Ex-spy chief Omar Suleiman to run for president
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt's former spy chief Omar Suleiman is to contest next month's presidential election, the official MENA news agency reported on Friday, after having ruled himself out of…
Pilgrims fill Jerusalem for Good Friday, Passover
By AFP JERUSALEM: Christians and Jews in the Holy Land were set to begin marking their most important festivals of the year on Friday, with Good Friday and the Jewish…