Egypt court voids 2006 sale of historic chain store
CAIRO: A court has annulled a 2006 deal to sell Egypt's historic Omar Effendi department store chain to a Saudi investor, the state news agency MENA said on Saturday, after…
Mashrou’ Leila wins over Cairo
By Chitra Kalyani Be warned — when you ask Mashrou' Leila about their name, the Lebanese band will not give a straight answer. They’re a bit tricky, and might just spin…
Egypt economy hardest hit in MENA, experts say
CAIRO: Egypt’s economy is the hardest hit following the impact of political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, according to a Fitch Ratings report. Official data…
The Arab spring and Israel-Palestine
By Rami Khouri The upheavals throughout parts of the Arab world caused by millions of people demonstrating for their citizenship rights can only impact positively on the Palestinian-Israeli and wider Arab-Israel…
Osama bin Laden’s Pakistan
By Brahma Chellaney NEW DELHI: The killing of Osama bin Laden by United States special forces in a helicopter assault on a sprawling luxury mansion near Islamabad recalls the capture of…
The battle of the temples
By Thitinan Pongsudhirak BANGKOK: The military skirmishes between Thailand and Cambodia that have claimed more than two dozen lives, caused scores of injuries, and displaced tens of thousands of people since…
Getting it right in North Africa
By Donald Kaberuka TUNIS: Like a long dormant volcano that suddenly erupts, the revolutions that have swept across North Africa — against a backdrop of strong economic performance — took all…
Egypt falls on clashes, oil weighs on Gulf markets
CAIRO/DUBAI: Sectarian violence in Egypt weighed on its index on Sunday while most Gulf Arab markets fell in response to a sharp drop in oil prices. Saudi Arabia, the world's…
EU aid policy on Arab world failing: study
BRUSSELS: The EU must offer more trade incentives to Arab nations in exchange for true democratic progress after its aid system proved a failure, a study said Sunday just as…
Hundreds of Salafis march to US embassy to protest bin Laden killing
CAIRO: Hundreds of Salafi protesters gathered after Friday prayers at Al-Nour mosque in Abbasiya, condemning the killing of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by US forces in Pakistan. They then…