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…
Parliament won’t kill the revolution nor meet all its demands, says released activist
CAIRO: The ongoing elections will help the revolution, but only if street movements stayed as strong, activist Alaa Abdel Fattah said a day after his release from prison pending investigations.…
Al-Nour denies link to Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice
CAIRO: The Salafi Al-Nour Party denied Monday that the founders of a Facebook group claiming its supporters would force their strict interpretation of Islamic laws on citizens were members of…
Egypt accuses Israelis, Ukrainian of arms smuggling
CAIRO: Egypt's prosecutor general on Monday referred two Israelis and a Ukrainian accused of arms smuggling to the Emergency Supreme State Security Court, his office said. The Ukrainian and one…