Israel’s Peres cancels Morocco visit after royal snub
JERUSALEM: Israeli President Shimon Peres has cancelled a trip to Morocco after his requests to meet King Mohammed VI were spurned, an Israeli official said on Monday. The Israeli leader…
Iraq’s Maliki visits Iran as premiership rival cries foul
TEHRAN: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki visited Tehran on Monday to garner support for his premiership bid, as his chief rival Iyad Allawi accused Iran of meddling in Baghdad's political…
Djezzy has 25 days to pay reassessed taxes: paper
Bank assets of Orascom Telecom’s (OT) Djezzy will be frozen and property will be seized if the Algerian telecom operator is late on reassessed tax charges of $230 million for…
Egypt’s Citadel Capital may list two of its firms
Egypt's Citadel Capital is considering listing two of its existing portfolio companies in the next 12 to 24 months, a senior executive at the private equity firm said. "The listings…
Egypt panel advises higher TMG contract value-paper
An Egyptian legal committee advising the government on drafting a new contract for Talaat Moustafa's (TMG) flagship Madinaty project recommended valuing the land at a higher price, a newspaper said…
Qaeda reaches out armed with English and Internet
DUBAI: Al-Qaeda has combined the global reach of both the English language and the Internet as cyber-terrorism tools to win over non-Arab sympathizers. Al-Qaeda's Yemen-based wing released the first edition…
UN yet to decide on Sudan reinforcements
KHARTOUM: The UN has not yet decided whether to send more troops to the tense border between north and south Sudan ahead of a southern independence vote in January but…
UK director Mike Leigh cancels Israel trip over loyalty oath
JERUSALEM: Veteran British film director Mike Leigh has cancelled a working visit to Jerusalem over plans to compel all non-Jewish new citizens to swear a controversial loyalty oath to Israel…
Bin Laden living comfortably in Pakistan, says CNN
KABUL: Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is living comfortably in a house in northwest Pakistan close to his deputy Ayman al-Zawahri, CNN on Monday quoted a NATO official as saying.…
Roadside bomb in Baghdad kills local politician
BAGHDAD: A roadside bomb hit a convoy carrying a member of Baghdad's local government, killing him and wounding eight people on Monday, a spokesman for Baghdad's Provincial Council said. Insurgents…
