Zahi Hawass appointed Minister of Antiquities
CAIRO: Prime Minister Essam Sharaf appointed the head of the Supreme Council…
Assad sees unrest “plot”, unyielding on emergency law
DAMASCUS: President Bashar Al-Assad defied calls on Wednesday to lift a decades-old…
Rebels retreat from Libya oil port under attack
AJDABIYA: Moammar Qaddafi's ground forces recaptured a strategic oil town Wednesday as…
Bahrain’s Shia leader wants Saudi-led force out
MANAMA: Bahrain's Shia Muslim opposition on Wednesday demanded that the Saudi-led military…
Army council announces constitutional decree
CAIRO: The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) announced Wednesday the…
Huge Yemeni crowds press on for president’s ouster
SANAA: Hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters packed the streets of several…
Hamdeen Sabahi launches presidential campaign as ‘independent’
CAIRO: Popular figure and founder of Al-Karama Party, Hamdeen Sabahi, announced the…
State-owned press overhaul announced days before planned protest
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: In a decree that many deem as overdue, Prime…
Protesters demand Syria release Egyptian detainee Mohamed Radwan
CAIRO: Supporters of Mohamed Radwan, an Egyptian-American engineer detained in Syria earlier…
Evacuated US diplomats to return to Egypt
WASHINGTON: The State Department says American diplomats who were evacuated from Egypt…