Abu Dhabi industrial zone lures Asian investors
ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi's mammoth new industrial zone is wooing investors from Asia to set up shop and help the emirate diversify its economy away from oil, its top official…
Global woes, oil weigh; Egypt bourse at 30-month low
CAIRO/DUBAI: Egypt's bourse slumped to a 30-month low on Sunday, leading a regional decline, with pressured world stocks dampening sentiment and a sharp decline in oil prices threatening local fundamentals.…
40 arrested after Israeli embassy events referred to military court
CAIRO: Forty protesters arrested over the storming of the Israeli embassy on Sept. 9 will be tried before a military court on Monday and Tuesday, as the military prosecution extended…
Lawyers of martyrs’ families slam maltreatment by Mubarak trial judge
CAIRO: Following an altercation with reporters, lawyers representing the families of martyrs killed during the January uprising reiterated demands made in court on Saturday to move the case against Mubarak…
Alex church bombing case adjourned
CAIRO: The Alexandria Urgent Cases Court adjourned on Sunday the Al-Qeddesine Church bombing case to Nov.13 to prepare the case documents. The Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod in Alexandria filed a…
UN chief urges nuclear test ban implementation
NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged the last countries that have not yet ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) to let it enter…
Attack on Yemen opposition camp kills 17
SANAA: Mortar shells and sniper fire struck an opposition protest camp in Sanaa on Saturday, and President Ali Abdullah Saleh's main military rival said the Yemeni leader's return to the…
Bahrain holds vote, Shia enclave protests
MANAMA: Bahrain's main opposition boycotted elections on Saturday held to fill parliamentary seats vacated by its members during a crackdown on a mostly Muslim Shi'ite protest movement in the Sunni-ruled…
UN will take weeks on Palestinian bid, says Abbas
AMMAN: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday he expected the Security Council to finish debating his nation's application for full United Nations membership in weeks, not months. Speaking to…
Sirte assault on hold as NATO blasts Qaddafi hometown
SIRTE: Plans by new regime forces in Libya to launch a fresh assault on Moammer Qaddafi's hometown appeared to be on hold on Sunday on the orders of NATO which…