Syria rejects new Arab League plan to end crisis
BEIRUT: Syria rejected Monday a new Arab League plan aiming to end the country's 10-month crisis by calling on the government and the opposition to form a national unity government…
Arab committee wants extended Syria mission: sources
CAIRO: An Arab League committee on Syria was set to ask Arab foreign ministers on Sunday to extend a monitoring mission in the country by one month, sources attending the…
HRW report criticizes performance of Egypt’s military council
CAIRO: The year 2011 saw “no improvement” in the protection of human rights since the fall of Hosni Mubarak, according to a report released by a leading international watchdog Sunday.…
Rights organizations denounce draft civil society law
CAIRO: Human rights organizations denounced the civil society law drafted by the Ministry of Social Solidarity, saying it sets strict regulations. "This law sends out a negative message to civil…
Blogger Maikel Nabil yet to be released, fate of 1958 others unclear
CAIRO: After news emerged Saturday that 1959 military detainees will be released including blogger Maikel Nabil, his brother told Daily News Egypt that lawyers do not expect him to be…
Political groups, movements call for transfer of power to parliament
CAIRO: Several political groups and movements are launching a new initiative for the transfer of power from the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to the newly-elected People’s Assembly.…
Egypt Islamists: military will not escape scrutiny
CAIRO: The head of the Muslim Brotherhood, the biggest party in Egypt's new freely elected parliament, said on Friday interim military rulers would be held accountable after handing power to…
UAE central bank thwarts website hacking attempt
DUBAI: The central bank of the United Arab Emirates has fended off an onslaught from hackers trying to bring down its website, the bank's head of information technology (IT) told…
A year later, Egypt activists seek more revolution
CAIRO: A crowd of anti-military activists suddenly converged on a bustling Cairo boulevard, erecting makeshift screens and showing videos of soldiers beating protesters, dragging women on the ground, partially stripping…
Cityscape Egypt gears up for February real estate exhibition
CAIRO: Chris Speller, director of Cityscape and Informa Egypt at IIR Middle East, said Cityscape Egypt participants exceeded expectations this year. With one month to go before the event opens…