Mubarak trial verdict June 2, says judge
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Following a nine-hour court session, presiding judge Ahmed Refaat announced that the final verdict in Hosni Mubarak’s trial will be pronounced on June 2, adding that the…
Rights group slams law allowing settlement with corrupt investors
By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: A local rights group demanded Wednesday that parliament repeals a law issued by the ruling military council that allowed for settlements in cases of squandering public…
Egypt wraps up legislative elections
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt on Wednesday wrapped up two-stage elections for the upper house of parliament, which caps a landmark legislative poll that saw Islamists propelled to the centre stage…
Fire at Egypt oil refinery kills 4 workers
By AP SUEZ, Egypt: The director of an oil refinery says four of his Egyptian workers died as they tried to put out a huge fire that erupted at the…
2012 breathes confidence into real estate market
By Annelle Sheline CAIRO: Uncertainties had their impact on the real estate market in Egypt in 2011, but as the participants of Cityscape would note, the industry is looking at a…
Two Western journalists dead, Syria’s Homs pounded
By AFP DAMASCUS: Two Western journalists were killed Wednesday as Syrian regime forces pounded the rebel city of Homs for a 19th straight day, activists said, while calls mounted for…
Iran pushes on with nuclear work after failed IAEA visit
By Mohammad Davari / AFP TEHRAN: Iran's nuclear work will defiantly go on, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday, after UN inspectors left Tehran following talks that failed to…
High turnout in Yemen vote that ends Saleh rule
By Acil Tabbara / AFP SANAA: Yemeni electoral officials on Wednesday hailed a high turnout in a landmark vote that ended President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year rule, despite boycott calls in…
Nigeria’s ex-leader to meet Senegal opposition
By Rukmini Callimachi / AP DAKAR: Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who is in Senegal to observe and help mediate a solution to this weekend's contentious election, is meeting opposition candidates…
Israeli religious party denies coalition crisis
By Amy Teibel / AP JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's top religious partner said Wednesday that Israel's ruling coalition would not be shaken by the Supreme Court's annulment of a contentious…