Turkey appoints new armed forces chiefs
ANKARA: Turkey selected four new generals to lead its armed forces on Thursday in a shake-up which is seen as consolidating civilian control of the military after four top generals…
Assad allows Syria opposition parties
DAMASCUS: Syria's embattled president on Thursday decreed a law allowing opposition political parties, state media said after the United Nations condemned his regime's deadly crackdown on democracy protests. "President Bashar…
Bahrain says raided MSF centre was illegal
DUBAI: Bahraini authorities said Thursday police had raided a medical centre operated by the Paris-based Doctors Without Borders (MSF) last week because it was "unlicensed." MSF issued a statement on…
NATO says Qaddafi-owned tanker arrives in Benghazi
BRUSSELS:A Libyan tanker reported to have been seized by rebels opposing Muammar Qaddafi arrived in the rebel-held port of Benghazi on Thursday after being cleared to proceed by NATO ships…
New Spider-Man is black teen from New York
Spider-Man peeled his webbed mask back Wednesday to reveal a new face — and it's black. In a revolution for one of the most enduring characters in comic books, Marvel…
Lebanon’s last Arabic scribes struggle in IT age
By Rana Moussaoui / AFP Lebanon's few remaining Arabic calligraphers, whose elegant script and interweaving words transport one to another era, are working to preserve an art form struggling to compete…
The pensive philosophies of a Sad Panda
By Heba Elkayal The joke’s on us: graffiti art fans run around Cairo trying to document the surge of street art and the foreign media churn out article after repetitive article…
Oil demand growth forecasts cut as economies slow
LONDON: A sharp slowdown in economic growth, particularly in the United States, is hitting consumers and companies and forcing economic forecasters and analysts to slash estimates for global oil demand.…
Citadel shareholders back rights issue
CAIRO: Shareholders in Egyptian private equity firm Citadel Capital have approved a LE 1.05 billion ($176 million) rights issue, the company said in a statement on Thursday. Shareholders voted on…
Lecico’s Khorshid factories return to production
CAIRO: Lecico Egypt has settled its labor stoppage and all Khorshid factories are now fully operational, according to a statement released Thursday. The workers’ strike at its Khorshid plants, which…
