Looking for exit, US scales back ambitions in Afghan war
WASHINGTON: Nearly nine years into the Afghan war, the United States has begun scaling back its ambitions, searching for an acceptable way out that avoids defeat. Talk of routing the…
Racing Palestinian girls speed into record books
RAMALLAH: Palestinian women are speeding into the record books by competing on an all-female car racing team — the Speed Sisters. Along the way, they're crashing through another gender barrier…
Palestinians must resolve Gaza power crisis: UN
GAZA CITY: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Sunday called on bickering Palestinian factions to resolve a deepening electricity "crisis" in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. "It is such a…
Iran threat, peace process key in Saudi-US summit
RIYADH: Saudi doubts over US-driven sanctions on Iran, the flagging Middle East peace process and Afghanistan will be the focus of King Abdullah's talks at the White House this week,…
Northern Afghan airstrike kills 8 insurgents
KABUL: A US airstrike killed eight insurgents including a local Taliban commander in northern Afghanistan, NATO and Afghan officials said Sunday. The battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan has been…
Tender for wind power station within days: Younes
A tender for establishing a wind power station in the Gulf of Suez area will be launched within the coming few days, Egyptian Minister of Electricity Hassan Younes said. This…
Investment ministry finalizes new bills on investment
The Investment Ministry has finalized a set of new legislations that aim to develop the legislative framework governing investments in Egypt. The legislations also aim at modernizing the non-banking financial…
Egypt wants diversified wheat origins: Rachid
Egypt wants to maintain imports of wheat from a diversified range of origins, the trade minister said on Sunday, after Egypt tightened terms for tenders that some suppliers said…
Vodafone-Tel Egypt talks end over sale size: report
Talks to boost Telecom Egypt's stake in Vodafone's Egypt unit ended because the British firm insisted on selling all or none of its share, the unit's head said in…
Germany's Metro to open Egyptian store, plans others
CAIRO: Germany's Metro Group said on Sunday it would open its first wholesale store in Egypt this month and might add about 20 more, a move Cairo said would…