Egypt condemns Israeli strikes on Gaza
By Reuters CAIRO: Egypt's foreign minister condemned Israel's air strikes on Gaza on Saturday and called for an immediate end to the attacks to prevent further bloodshed, the state news…
Egypt season canceled in wake of match violence
By AP CAIRO: The Egyptian Football Association has canceled the rest of this season's league matches in the wake of rioting at a match last month that killed 71 people…
Rights activists appalled by doctor’s acquittal in virginity tests case
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: Egypt’s military court acquitted Sunday army doctor Ahmed Adel, who was charged with conducting forced virginity tests on female protesters detained after a raid on a Tahrir…
‘Emo’ killings raise alarms in Iraq
By Lara Jakes / AP BAGHDAD: Young people who identify themselves as so-called Emos are being brutally killed at an alarming rate in Iraq, where militias have distributed hit lists of…
Iran tells West to drop ‘bullying’ tone
By Mohammad Davari / AFP TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that the West should drop its "bullying" stance against his country and insisted that sanctions imposed over its…
Two killed in Yemen bomb plot, Somali militants caught
By Mohammed Mukhashaf, Mohammed Ghobari and Nour Merza / Reuters ADEN: Two men were killed in southern Yemen when a bomb they planned to use in an attack on government forces…
Syria’s Assad meets peace envoy Annan again
By Dominic Evans and Alistair Lyon / Reuters BEIRUT: Former United Nations chief Kofi Annan, on a difficult peace mission to Syria, held a second day of talks with President Bashar…
3 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes
By Ibrahim Barzak and Mohammed Daraghmeh / AP GAZA CITY: Israeli airstrikes killed three Palestinians including a schoolboy in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, officials said, while Gaza rocket squads fired…
Travel groups look east for 2012 bright spots
By Victoria Bryan and Maria Sheahan / Reuters BERLIN: With a weak western European economy, fear of political unrest in North Africa and a cruise business hit by the Costa Concordia…
Egypt core inflation 7.3 pct in February
By Reuters CAIRO: Egypt's core consumer price inflation quickened to 7.3 percent in the 12 months to February from 6.86 percent in January, the central bank said on Sunday. Core…