European Film Panorama returns with new challenges and films
Emerging 10 months after the ouster of president Hosni Mubarak, and in the midst of Egypt’s most significant parliamentary elections — the Panorama of European Film is coming back to…
Leader of Al-Qaeda-inspired group arrested in Sinai, says official
EL-ARISH: A senior Egyptian security official says police have arrested the leader of Al-Qaeda-inspired group in the Sinai peninsula that was behind attacks on police and on a gas pipeline…
Handball federation president faces bribery probe
GENEVA: The president of the Swiss-based International Handball Federation is facing bribery and corruption allegations in a scandal over television contracts. Prosecutors in Hamburg, Germany, said Friday that they suspect…
Berlusconi faces future of legal, business woes
ROME: His legacy tarnished and his hopes of clinging to power dashed, Silvio Berlusconi faces daunting legal and financial challenges and the prospect of life outside the international spotlight now…
Cain: Obama ‘on the wrong side’ of Arab Spring
SPARTANBURG, South Carolina: Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain says President Barack Obama has been on the wrong side of nearly every situation in the Arab world and the United States…
Internet keeps government honest: Google chief
HONOLULU: Broader adoption of the internet will keep governments on their toes as wired-up citizens exercise their newfound power to check rights abuses, Google chief Eric Schmidt said on Saturday.…
Arab League votes to suspend Syria over killings
CAIRO: In a surprisingly sharp move, the Arab League has voted to suspend Syria over the country's bloody crackdown on an eight-month uprising and stepped up calls on the army…
Canadian dies from gunshot sustained in Upper Egypt feud
CAIRO: An Egyptian security official says a Canadian tourist who was caught up in a family feud has died of his wounds. The official says 24-year old Jeff Francois, who…
Cairo Islamists protest prophet cartoon at French embassy
CAIRO: Hundreds of hardline Islamists protested outside France's embassy in Cairo on Friday against a French satirical newspaper that published pictures of the Muslim prophet, the state MENA news agency…
Thousands march in memory of Maspero martyrs
CAIRO: Thousands marched from the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbaseya to Tahrir Square on Friday, in memory of the 27 killed in the Oct. 9 crackdown on the Maspero…