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…
G8 raises Arab Spring financing pledge to $38 bln
MARSEILLE: Group of Eight finance chiefs pledged $38 billion on Saturday in financing to Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco and Jordan over 2011-13, widening a deal agreed in May and offering Libya…
Egypt core inflation eases to 6.98 pct in Aug
CAIRO: Egypt's core annual inflation dropped to 6.98 percent in the year to August from 8.71 percent in July, the country's central bank said on its website on Sunday. Core…
Egypt stocks drop on Israeli Embassy attack
CAIRO: Egypt's benchmark stock index fell slightly on Sunday, weighed down by investor unease after the storming of Israel's embassy and protests in Cairo over the weekend. Inflation, meanwhile, eased…
Egyptian shot at Israel border dies as ties strain
CAIRO: Egyptian policemen shot on the border with Israel last month has died of his injuries, a human rights group said Sunday, bringing to six the number of those killed…