Israel/neighbors must cooperate to stop the food crisis
By Naava Mashiah GENEVA: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is facing hard times as it struggles with a growing food security crisis. Food security has been in the…
Arabs pledge to lobby for Palestinian UN membership
CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers agreed in a meeting attended by Palestinian chief Mahmud Abbas on Monday to marshal support for a Palestinian bid for UN membership this month despite Israeli…
Activists call on Arab League to press Syria
CAIRO: Activists are calling on the Arab League to follow up on a regional initiative to end the Syrian crisis by demanding guarantees that Syria's President Bashar Assad immediately stop…
Turkish PM, Abbas in Egypt ahead of Palestinian UN bid
CAIRO: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Monday kicks off an 'Arab Spring' tour in Egypt, where a diplomatic flurry is underway ahead of a Palestinian push to win UN…
Legal experts say amending, extending emergency law illegal
CAIRO: The new amendments to the emergency law announced by the ruling army council are illegal, experts argued Monday. The council said the state of emergency would continue until mid…
Separating Shoura and PA elections will facilitate voting process, say experts
CAIRO: Holding the Shoura Council and People’s Assembly elections separately "makes the voting process less complicated and reduces the number of potential invalid votes," said experts. According to a statement…
Sit-in for Egyptian cleric from ’93 NY attack
CAIRO: Around 100 Islamists protested Sunday near the US Embassy in Cairo against the detention of Egyptian-born Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, serving a life sentence in the US for a plot…
Al-Jazeera Egypt says hit by broadcasting ban
CAIRO: The satellite channel Al-Jazeera Egypt said on Sunday the authorities had prevented it from broadcasting, after entering its offices and confiscating transmission equipment. Ahmed Zain, the channel's chief in…
ElBaradei demands roadmap for ‘ill-managed’ transition
CAIRO: The deterioration of state affairs is due to the ill management of the transitional phase characterized by “absence of vision, transparency and honesty in dealing with the people, and…
Egypt denies shooting at Israeli soldiers near border
Al-ARISH: A security official denied Monday reports by Israel Radio claiming Israeli soldiers were shot at from inside Egypt near the border. The high profile source, who was speaking on…
