Former minister criticizes new pensions and insurance law
CAIRO: Former Minister of Social Affairs and Insurance, Ambassador Mervat El-Telawi, heavily criticized the Egyptian government and accused it of stealing LE 435 billion from the pensions budget in order…
Amnesty criticizes Egypt over rights lawyers, blogger trial
CAIRO: Amnesty International criticized on Wednesday Egypt's use of a defamation law to pursue three activists for slander and blackmail after they allegedly accused a judge of plagiarism. "We fear…
No-fly to Germany for cargo of deadly Egyptian scorpions
CAIRO: Egyptian customs officials have arrested a man on suspicion of trying to smuggle 75 deadly scorpions to Germany by express mail, an airport official said on Wednesday. Ashraf Talaat…
Elton John to perform in Morocco despite outcry
RABAT, Morocco: Elton John will be the highlight of Morocco's biggest music festival despite calls by the country's main Islamist party to shelve the British singer because of his homosexuality,…
Israeli air raids wound two in Gaza
GAZA CITY: Israel carried out two air strikes on Gaza during the night, seriously wounding a 15-year-old and another person, Palestinian medical sources said on Wednesday. Emergency services said the…
Iran warns US, Russia new nuclear deal 'unlikely''
TEHRAN: Iran's hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged the United States and Russia Wednesday to back a nuclear fuel deal, warning it would be the last "opportunity" to resolve the atomic…
Belgian tourist stabbed in Aswan
CAIRO: A Belgian tourist was hospitalized in a critical condition on Tuesday after he was attacked in Egypt, a hospital official said. The unnamed 26-year-old was stabbed in the neck…
Police planned to disband parliament sit-ins, says rights group
CAIRO: Amonisto workers did not try to storm the People’s Assembly on Sunday, rights activist Khaled Ali said, suggesting that the decision to remove the protests near parliament had already…
New net domains break language barriers
CAIRO: The use of non-Latin characters in internet addresses is a key step to opening up the web and making it more "personalized" for billions of users, the head of…
Mosaad Abu Fagr's lawyer to take case to international rights bodies
CAIRO: Amir Salem, the lawyer representing Sinai activist Mosaad Abu Fagr, who has been detained for 3 years now under the emergency law, has started what he calls "the international…