Israel puts off Gaza invasion, will give Egyptian truce efforts more time
JERUSALEM: Israel decided on Wednesday to suspend plans to invade the Gaza…
Prosecutor General repeals verdict on contaminated blood bag case
CAIRO: Prosecutor General Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud has repealed the verdict issued by the…
Israel hands six suspected Bedouin drug smugglers to Egypt
AL-ARISH: Israel has handed over six Egyptian Bedouins suspected of drug trafficking…
'Marry or be fired', Iranian state firm warns
TEHRAN: A major Iranian state-owned company has told its single employees to…
Opposition gas campaign uneasy about Fahmy's announcement
CAIRO: Petroleum Minister Sameh Fahmy's Sunday announcement that gas export prices would…
Mubarak stays away from mini-summit in Libya
CAIRO: Government officials say President Hosni Mubarak will stay away from an…
Hundreds of students stranded in Gaza due to border closures
GAZA CITY: They squander their days watching TV and surfing the web…
Lawyers rise in protest on eve of amendments vote
CAIRO: Standing before a row of black-clad central security police, lawyers from…
Abbas says settlements main obstacle to peace
CAIRO: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday that continued Israeli settlement…
Forty-four Africans arrested trying to slip into Israel
AL-ARISH: Egyptian border forces arrested 44 African migrants on Sunday as they…