Global Sister Cities Summit concludes with signing of MoU
CAIRO: Sister Cities Africa and People Development Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Cairo on the last day of the Global Sister Cities Summit, promoting an ongoing partnership…
ANALYSIS A look at the 10th anniversary of 9/11 from inside Egypt
CAIRO: Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the United States. Many are heralding the Arab Spring, and the Egyptian Revolution more specifically, as a clear…
Syrian group says top activist ‘severely’ beaten
NICOSIA: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday prominent rights campaigner Najati Tayara is in a "very bad" health condition after he was "severely" beaten at a Homs…
Kuwait youth group calls for deep reforms
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwaiti youth activists called on Sunday for major reforms to turn the oil-rich emirate into a constitutional monarchy, including the appointment of a premier from outside the Al-Sabah…
Palestinians to go to UN despite US threats: Abbas
AMMAN: President Mahmud Abbas said in remarks published on Sunday that Palestinians will seek UN membership despite US "threats" to stop financial aid. "We will go to the United Nations…
Iraq’s Sadr orders no attacks on US troops before pullout
NAJAF: Shia radical leader Moqtada Sadr has ordered his followers not to launch any attacks on US troops before the completion of their pullout from Iraq scheduled for by the…
Yemen dissidents accuse Saleh loyalists of shelling
SANAA: Dissident troops loyal to a Yemeni general who defected to join anti-government protesters accused the elite Republican Guard Sunday of shelling one of their positions in the capital,…
Qaddafi defenders stall advance on Libyan town
NORTH OF BANI WALID: Battle-hardened Libyan combatants joined the fight to capture a desert town from well-armed loyalists of Moammar Qaddafi on Sunday after the head of Libya's interim council…
Egypt BoP deficit at $9.2 bln in FY 2011
CAIRO: Egypt had a balance of payments deficit of $9.2 billion in the financial year 2010-11, reversing a surplus of $3.4 billion a year earlier, the state news agency MENA…
Egypt cenbank cancels 91, 273-day T-bill auctions
CAIRO: Egypt's central bank cancelled auctions for 91-day and 273-day treasury bills worth LE 6 billion ($1 billion), the Finance Ministry said on its website on Sunday. The bank gave…