Senior Hamas member killed in Syria, Israel accused of responsibility
The senior Hamas member was the assistant to another Hamas official killed in an elaborate operation in Dubai two years ago that gained international notoriety
Inflation slows in Egypt while deficit widens.
Egypt's inflation slowed in April, despite overall food prices remaining high and the country's deficit widening to $11.2 billion, as Egypt's transition seemed to be prolonging its economic woes, the…
Salem and Fahmy imprisoned over Israel gas deal
A Cairo Criminal Court on Thursday convicted the former Minister of Petroleum and a prominent businessman for selling Egyptian natural gas to Israel at below market rates
Mohamed Gouda discusses ‘Nahda’ project
Dr. Mohamed Gouda, a member of the Freedom and Justice Party's (FJP) economic committee and its spokesman, responded to recent criticisms that businessmen prepared the party’s Nahda project and that…
Car companies suffer from political uncertainty
Political events have contributed to the downturn in the Egyptian car market and led some companies to make changes in their plans to import vehicles in the second half of…
Jordan King caves to pressure and orders amendment
Amid threats of a nationwide boycott of the the upcoming elections, King Abdullah II orders parliament to hold an emergency session to amend a controversial election law.
Prominent Bahraini activist and human rights observer injured in protests
Well-known pro-democracy activist, Zainab Al Khawaja, was injured in the thigh after being hit by a tear gas canister fired by police.
UK report: Israel forces Palestinian children into ‘spiral of injustice’
Israel is in breach of the UN Convention on the Rights of Children by violating the rights of Palestinian children according to report backed by the United Kingdom Foreign Office
Explosions rock central Damascus
Two bombs have exploded outside the Palace of Justice in central Damascus, according to Syrian state television SANA.
Following blaze angry crowd forms outside Nile Towers
Reports of a mob gathered around Nile City Towers complex in downtown Cairo claim that the crowd is threatening violence if the Towers are opened for business today.