CIB Q2 net profit falls less than expected
CAIRO: Commercial International Bank reported an 11 percent dip in second-quarter net profit on Wednesday after political and economic turmoil dented foreign exchange income, banking fees and the value of…
Egyptian expelled by Sweden free after decade in jail
STOCKHOLM/CAIRO: An Egyptian man deported to his homeland from Sweden in 2001 in cooperation with US authorities has been freed after a decade in a Cairo prison, the Swedish foreign…
Obama remembers 9/11 at iftar
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday remembered the dead of the "awful" September 11 attacks in 2001, including Muslim Americans, as he marked the holy month of Ramadan at…
Muslim states to discuss Somalia aid: OIC
JEDDAH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation said Wednesday foreign ministers of member states will meet in Turkey next week to discuss aid to drought- and famine-hit Somalia. The meeting in…
US raises concern about ‘anti-Americanism’ in Egypt
WASHINGTON: The United States said Wednesday it has raised concerns with Egypt's interim military rulers about rising anti-Americanism in the country. The Wall Street Journal charged that Egypt's Supreme Council…
Cabinet releases amended Treachery Act, debate rages on
CAIRO: Egypt’s Cabinet released Wednesday the amended Treachery Act, stripping officials proven guilty of political corruption of their right to practice politics for five years. The act will be presented…
Egypt government proposes anti-discrimination law
CAIRO: Egypt's government on Wednesday proposed an anti-discrimination amendment to its criminal code, mostly aimed at the troubled Christian minority which has been the target of sectarian attacks. The bill,…
Doctors plan open strike on Sept. 10
CAIRO: Egypt's Doctors’ Coalition is preparing to hold an open strike starting Sept. 10 to demand the dismissal of the health minister’s "corrupt" assistants, better wages and security at hospitals.…
New theory blames KGB for death of Albert Camus
Famous French author Albert Camus, who died in a car accident in 1960, may have been the victim of a Soviet plot, new research suggests. Italian academic Giovanni Catelli, an…
Turkish bureaucrats are literature watchdogs
By Safak Timur/ AFP A 10-member board headed by an agricultural economist and including a doctor, an imam and a psychologist, is the only legal body in Turkey authorized to send…
