Latest in Tag: News Highlight
Latest in Tag: News
Constituent Assembly dodges dissolution bullet
Assembly has enough time to finalise and put to referendum the draft constitution
Sorour released
Illicit gains investigation progressing
Morsy appoints new governor in Matruh
One military man makes way for another
Syria truce hopes dim as violence rages
President Bashar Al-Assad in a pre-Eid gesture issued an amnesty on Tuesday for all crimes committed in Syria “up until today.”
Two dead as Sudan rebel fire hits South Kordofan capital
Sudan accused South Sudan of supporting the SPLM-N, a charge which analysts believe despite denials by the government in Juba.
Baghdad anti-Shiâa attacks kill at least eight
Four car bombs exploded in Shuala and three others were set off in Chikouk, an interior ministry official said, putting the overall toll from the attacks at 11 dead and 32 wounded.
Iran says could host inter-Syrian dialogue
Russia and Iran advocate a political solution and dialogue between the government and opposition groups to end the Syrian crisis.
Tense anniversary of Tunisia’s first free elections
The anniversary of Tunisia’s historic elections comes at a time of heightened political tensions between the ruling coalition and the opposition.
Complaint filed with the prosecutor general over treatment of Saber
Saber is ill treated and subjected to poor prison conditions
Okasha calls for sit-in in front of Nile Sat premises
Nile Sat refuses to re-broadcast El-Fara’een channel
El-Erian didn’t resign from presidential advisorsy council
Presidential advisor going on a long vacation
Shafiq goes to battle with prosecutor general
Elections results and bank accounts at centre of law suits.
Review: Columnists ask why the army is angry?
Many writers have focused on a recent public debate over false news that ex-military generals were banned from travelling. In another note, some writers have criticised Morsy for his groundless decisions.
Two Gaza militants killed in Israel air strikes
The first strike hit north of Beit Hanun, critically wounding four Qassam Brigades militants, one of whom later died of his injuries, medics and the militant group said.
‘Slim’ hope of truce as fighting rages on Syria battlefields
Fierce machinegun battles broke out near Aleppo’s ancient Umayyad Mosque, as troops fended off rebel attacks on their checkpoints, said a military source.
Anti-government demo in Tunis on poll anniversary eve
Supporters of the leftist coalition the Popular Front shouted slogans such as: “The people want to regime to fall!” and “Jobs, freedom, dignity!”
Al-Qaeda Yemen deputy leader dismisses death reports
A tribal source told AFP after the raid that a ground operation had taken place in Hadramawt, but would not confirm Shehri’s death.
Prostitution trial linked to Gaddafi son opens in France
Mutassim Kadhafi was killed with his father on October 20 last year. Investigators never questioned the son.
Troops, gunmen exchange fire in Beirut as tensions rise
Lebanon has been on edge since Friday, when police intelligence chief General Wissam Al-Hassan died in a Beirut car bombing.
Family of missing boy clash with local police
Unidentified corpse found in Dakahliya.
Darfur peacekeepers hit by weapons ‘never used before’
The ambush occurred while a UNAMID convoy of military, police and civilian personnel was on its way to the Hashaba area.
Qatari emir to visit Gaza Tuesday, say Hamas sources
It will be the first visit to the Palestinian enclave by an Arab head of state since it was occupied by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war.
Fatah claims victory in first West Bank poll since 2006
The last time the Palestinians voted was in the general elections of January 2006, which the Islamist Hamas movement won by a landslide.
Police battle protesters in Kuwait, witnesses say
Riot police earlier prevented protesters from gathering at three sites set by organisers, using tear gas and batons to disperse them and arresting several people including former Islamist MP Waleed al-Tabtabai.
Review: Op-ed pages fueled with FJPâs latest elections
Egyptian opinion writers were almost overwhelmed with the latest elections of the Muslim Brotherhoodâs Freedom and Justice Party to pick their new president. After Saad El-Katatny was pronounced the partyâs new leader, columnists have saluted El-Erian for his courteous reaction after his defeat, where as many have listed a number of pieces of advice to the partyâs new management.
Demands mount as protests rock Cairo
Protesters impatient to have their demands met
The Angry âLiberalâ?
In any ideological struggle or clash of discourses original ideas may not necessarily hold water.
Investor and state interests in conflict over government land-use proposal
A policy under study by the Ministry of Investment would only allow investment in government land under a usufruct system.
Shafiq promises âaggressive reactionâ to asset freeze
Trial against former prime minister to be held in absentia on 2 December
âGlobal Telecom Holdingâ brand awaits the approval of OTHâs shareholders
The board members proposed the company rebrand itself as âGlobal Telecom Holding,â as a part of the Vimpelcom acquisition and demerger deal, Orascom announced Sunday.