Egypt’s index ends down 0.9 percent
DUBAI/CAIRO: Egypt's index ended down 0.9 percent, a day after it reached a post-revolution high, with traders saying foreigners have been selling and a new trigger is required to push…
High oil prices threaten to derail growth: IEA
SINGAPORE: High crude prices may derail growth in China and India, the two nations that have helped the global economy overcome the financial crisis, the International Energy Agency said. Asian…
Iran frees jailed human rights activist
TEHRAN: Iran has freed human rights campaigner Emadeddin Baghi after he served a year-long jail term on charges of spreading "propaganda against the regime," Arman daily reported Tuesday, quoting his…
63% of Israelis back swap deal to free Shalit
JERUSALEM: Nearly two-thirds of Israelis back a prisoner exchange deal which would see 1,000 Palestinians inmates released in order to free captured soldier Gilad Shalit, a poll showed on Tuesday.…
Iran deputy foreign minister resigns amid pressure
TEHRAN: Iran's newly appointed deputy foreign minister has resigned under pressure from hard-liners who view him as part of a movement seeking to weaken the role of Iran's powerful…
NATO says lost unmanned helicopter in Libya
BRUSSELS: NATO said it lost an unmanned helicopter drone over Libya on Tuesday but denied a Libyan state television report that it was a manned Apache aircraft. A NATO statement…
Syria’s Assad orders new amnesty as huge crowd rallies
DAMASCUS: President Bashar Al-Assad on Tuesday ordered a new general amnesty, a day after an offer of "national dialogue" to end Syria's deadly unrest and as a huge crowd…
22 killed in suicide car bombings south of Baghdad
BAGHDAD: Suicide bombers detonated two explosives-laden vehicles early Tuesday near a government compound by a southern Iraqi governor's home, killing at least 22 people and wounding dozens, Iraqi officials said.…
Tunisians dissatisfied with quick Ben Ali verdict
TUNIS: Tunisian authorities were under fire Tuesday for their high-speed sentencing in absentia of deposed strongmen Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and his wife to 35 years in prison for…
Panel advises rejecting challenge to Egypt’s TMG
By Edmund Blair /Reuters CAIRO: A judicial panel has recommended that a court reject a legal challenge that sought to scrap the sale of state land to real estate developer Talaat…