Beltone CEO in negotiations to sell stake
CAIRO: Beltone Financial Holding will see changes in management after its CEO and chairman announced negotiations to sell his stake. Aladdin Saba is in "initial negotiations for the sale of…
Sudan rebel front vows unity after top leader killed
KHARTOUM: Anti-Sudan government forces in a "revolutionary front" pledged unity on Monday despite the killing of a top rebel, but an analyst dismissed their goal of toppling the Khartoum regime.…
Bahrain medics recall jail ‘horror,’ demand fair trial
MANAMA: Shia Muslim doctors, out on bail in Bahrain pending retrial for their role in pro-democracy protests, look back with horror at months of torture and demand a neutral hearing.…
District authority employees complain of dire conditions after fire
CAIRO: Employees at the district authority of West Cairo complained of dire working conditions as they are forced to resume work at a partially burnt building, located next to the…
Syria fighting kills 13 ahead of Arab monitor visit
BEIRUT: Thirteen people were killed as Syrian armored forces battled opponents of President Bashar Al-Assad in Homs on Monday, residents said, ahead of a planned visit by Arab League monitors…
Culture ministry assigns 2 committees to study Alexandria Opera staff’s demands
CAIRO: The Ministry of Culture assigned Monday two committees to examine the demands of the Alexandria Opera employees, who have ended their 36-day strike. The committees, which were formed after…
Baghdad suicide bomb kills five as standoff deepens
BAGHDAD: A suicide attacker in a vehicle packed with explosives killed at least five people at the interior ministry in Baghdad on Monday as a worsening political standoff stoked sectarian…
SCAF lifts sentences handed down to 90 civilians by military courts
CAIRO: The head of the ruling military council Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi issued a decree Monday to cancel prison sentences handed down to 90 civilians by military courts, state official…
US considering Saleh visit request, says official
HONOLULU: The United States is considering Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's request to visit, but would only grant him entry for "legitimate" medical treatment, a senior US official said Monday.…
US considering Saleh visit request, says official
HONOLULU: The United States is considering Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's request to visit, but would only grant him entry for "legitimate" medical treatment, a senior US official said…
