Egypt hopes for IMF loan; UAE uptrend looks fragile
By Nadia Saleem and Patrick Werr / Reuters DUBAI/CAIRO: After a sharp setback last week, stock markets in the United Arab Emirates have resumed rising in high trading volumes, but some…
Armed Bedouins enter Sinai peace force camp
By Agencies CAIRO: Armed Bedouins have entered a military base used by international peacekeepers in Egypt's Sinai region to pressure local authorities to release fellow tribesmen from jail, security and tribal…
Demographics, local tastes fuel Arab video game industry
By Nour Merza / Reuters DUBAI: Fares rushes through a crowded Moroccan market, past a man selling Persian rugs, a cat mewing for slivers of meat from a butcher, and a…
Egypt street traders cash in on revolutionary spirit
By Shaimaa Fayed / Reuters CAIRO: A year after it claimed center stage in the Arab Spring, Cairo's Tahrir Square has become a giant open-air market where capitalism is meeting the…
No fuel from Egypt despite payments: Palestinians
By AFP GAZA CITY: The Palestinian energy authority in Gaza said on Wednesday it had paid Egypt $2 million towards fuel for its crippled power station, but had yet to…
Artists slam Cairo University ban of Iranian film
By AFP CAIRO: Egyptian artists have condemned a decision by Cairo University to ban the screening of an Oscar-winning Iranian film under pressure from Islamist students who said it propagates…
Hundreds prepare to run in Egypt presidential vote
By Hamza Hendawi /AP CAIRO: At least 500 Egyptians have taken the first step to run for president, a sign of the excitement generated by the country's first presidential elections in…
Experts divided over settling with defendants in corruption cases
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Political and law experts were divided over a proposal to settle with defendants still undergoing investigations or standing trials in cases of squandering public funds. “I speculate…
Referral of Salafi charity to court means further escalation in NGO case
By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: Lifting the travel ban imposed on foreign defendants involved the illicit funding case of civil society organizations seemed to spell a deceleration in the escalating case.…
Revolutionary youth to simulate parliament
By Heba Hesham CAIRO: Fifty-seven groups announced Wednesday the launch of the "Revolutionary Youth Parliament" in a bid to enhance communication between the youth and the state by presenting united…