Gunmen kill two Interior Ministry officers in Baghdad
BAGHDAD: Gunmen in speeding cars opened fire on a vehicle transportingIraqi Interior Ministry officials in Baghdad on Monday, killing two officers, police and medics said. There was no immediate claim...
View ArticleIsrael, Jordan discreetly foster ties amid regional chaos
AMMAN: A new Jordanian think tank that focuses on Israel is tucked away on the seventh floor of a glass-fronted Amman office building, without a sign announcing the presence of the Center for Israel...
View ArticleHamas rejects UN report it may have committed war crimes
JERUSALEM: Gaza’s Hamas rulers are rejecting a United Nations report that its fighters may have committed war crimes. Senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad said Monday that its rockets and mortars were...
View ArticleIsrael’s Netanyahu calls UN report on Gaza war ‘biased’
JERUSALEM : Israel’s prime minister says the United Nations report on the 2014 Gaza war is “biased.” Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the U.N. Human Rights Council that commissioned the inquiry...
View ArticleNearly 150 die of heatstroke in Pakistan’s Karachi
KARACHI: Nearly 150 people have died from heatstroke in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi in the last two days, officials said Monday. Hospital reports confirm at least 148 deaths, said the...
View Article3 Spanish mountain climbers die in rock slide in Kyrgyzstan
MADRID: A Spanish mountaineering club says three of its members have died in a rockslide while climbing in Kyrgyzstan. The Federation of Hiking Groups of Catalonia said in a statement that the three...
View ArticleIran, EU hold nuclear talks as June 30 deadline nears
LUXEMBOURG : Iran’s foreign minister and European Union counterparts are holding talks in an effort to reach a deal over Tehran’s nuclear program before a June 30 deadline. Foreign Minister Mohamad...
View ArticleSaudi sentences 2 ex-army officers, 6 others for terrorism
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s counterterrorism court has convicted two former military officers on terrorism charges, including supporting al-Qaida attacks on Saudi officials and “rejoicing” at an...
View ArticleAfghan forces recapture key district from Taliban
KABUL: Afghan government forces regained control of a key district near the northern city of Kunduz on Tuesday, after Taliban fighters had threatened to capture a provincial capital for the first time...
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Protocol on recycling cooking oil into biodiesel signed in Egypt
CAIRO: A protocol on recycling used cooking oil into diesel oil has been signed by Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafy Alexandria Company for Petroleum Additives (ACPA,) Youm7 reported Monday. The...
View ArticleEgyptian journalist detained over charges of ‘belonging to illegal group’
CAIRO: A journalist with state-owned newspaper Akhbar al-Youm has been detained at Torah prison, Southern Cairo, over charges of “belonging to an illegal group,” said head of Journalists’ Syndicate...
View ArticleEgypt, U.S. to hold ‘strategic dialogue’ in Cairo June 28-29
CAIRO: Egypt and the U.S. will hold a bilateral “strategic dialogue” on 28-29 June in Cairo, said the Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Badr Abde Atty in a statement Tuesday. U.S. Secretary of...
View ArticleSwiss drop part of case over Mubarak’s still-frozen funds
CAIRO: Switzerland is dropping part of a prosecution case against Egypt’s longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak, his close aids and family members, involving hundreds of millions of Swiss francs frozen in...
View ArticleBritish Ambassador’s Health Check
By British Ambassadot to Egypt John Casson People often think an Ambassador has to be a good talker. But the biggest mistake a diplomat can make is to sit inside Embassy walls and the ministry...
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Kurds take Syria military base near Islamic State stronghold
BEIRUT: Kurdish fighters and their allies have captured a Syrian military base once held by the Islamic State group, activists and officials said Tuesday, moving within some 50 kilometers (30 miles) of...
View ArticleMahlab meets ministers over Upper Egypt’s investment conference
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab held a meeting with ministers of local development, labor, investment, and interior to discuss preparations for Upper Egypt’s investment conference, Youm7 reported...
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