US, Egypt lurch into perilous limbo on NGO case
By Andrew Quinn / Reuters WASHINGTON: US hopes for a quick end to its dispute with Egypt over pro-democracy groups have been dashed, stranding both countries in a dangerous limbo as…
Do fence me in: Israel closing Sinai loopholes
By Douglas Hamilton / Reuters SINAI BORDER, Israel: It may be only a "dumb" fence, but it's a big one. Israel hopes it will protect the remote Sinai border from infiltration…
Everything old was new again at the Oscars
By Jocelyn Noveck / AP Justin Bieber wasn't mincing words. "I'm here to bring you the 18 to 24-year-old demographic," the teen pop star told Billy Crystal in the opening Oscar…
Youngest presidential hopeful promises to achieve social justice
By Heba Hesham CAIRO: Rights lawyer Khaled Aly announced Monday his plans to run for president on a platform of social justice, “as an independent young man who is sided with…
Gold firms with euro, stocks ahead of ECB financing
By Jan Harvey / Reuters LONDON: Gold prices rose towards $1,780 an ounce on Tuesday, benefiting from gains in the euro ahead of an expected injection of cheap money from the…
Simon Njami’s useful African dream
By Tom Dale Sometime around 1965, two glamorous Europeans paced through the airport of Niamey, capital of Niger. The man was laden with baggage, while the woman strode ahead toward the…
Fall in oil, ECB cash hopes support euro, European shares
By Richard Hubbard / Reuters LONDON: A fall in oil prices and the European Central Bank's looming cash boost for banks lifted the euro and shares on Wednesday, although some investors…
Egypt natgas supplies to Israel resume after blast
By Steven Scheer / Reuters JERUSALEM: Natural gas supplies from Egypt to Israel resumed on Tuesday after a pipeline explosion earlier this month halted delivery, a shareholder in the consortium that…
Iraq approves $363 mln power deal with Egypt’s Orascom
By Ahmed Rasheed / Reuters BAGHDAD: Iraq's cabinet approved a $363 million contract on Tuesday with Egypt's Orascom Construction to build a 1,014 megawatt gas power plant in the north of…
Tetra Pak partners with Faragalla on Egypt’s first automated liquid food plant
By Annelle Sheline CAIRO: Faragalla, one of the top three suppliers of packaged juice and dairy products in Egypt, announced the opening of a new liquid food factory at its facility…