Shoura candidates accuse electoral commission, authorities of violations
CAIRO: A number of Shoura Council election candidates on Tuesday accused security and the Supreme Electoral Commission of committing violations against them and their supporters. In a press conference held…
Najaf cemetery witness to Iraq's tragic history
NAJAF: Pictures of the two brothers stare out, side by side, separated by the gulf of a quarter century. Rahim Jabr died in 1981, a foot soldier in the bloody…
Israeli police question ex-PM on bribe case
JERUSALEM: Israeli fraud investigators questioned a former prime minister on corruption charges Tuesday, his first appearance before police since being driven out of office last year. Police questioned Ehud Olmert…
Iran police vow to crack down on 'illegal' opposition rally
TEHRAN: Iranian police warned they would crack down on any unauthorized rallies after opposition leaders again called for demonstrations to mark the anniversary of last June's disputed presidential election, the…
Hamas makes arrests over torching of UN summer camp in Gaza
GAZA CITY: The Hamas rulers of Gaza on Tuesday said they had arrested a group of suspects over the torching of a UN children's summer camp, in which attackers also…
Egypt index tumbles to 25-wk low on euro woes
Fallout from global markets, which have been reeling from Europe’s debt crisis, hammered Egypt’s main index, sending it to its lowest point in over 25 weeks. The index tumbled 6.1…
Government negligence blamed for Iraqi MP's death
MOSUL: Relatives and colleagues of an Iraqi MP gunned down outside his home blamed government negligence for his death as the lawmaker, from ex-premier Iyad Allawi's bloc, was buried on…
Airstrike kills Yemen mediator, tribes hit pipeline
SANAA: An air strike in Yemen targeting al Qaeda missed its mark on Tuesday and killed a mediator by mistake, prompting members of his tribe to blow up a crude…
Zamalek unlikely to sign Ghaly
CAIRO: Hossam Ghaly's link with Zamalek has been played down as the Nassr midfielder is unlikely to accept an offer from the Whites. Ghaly, a former Ahly midfielder, has been…
8 killed in spate of Baghdad jewel heists, says ministry
BAGHDAD: Masked gunmen swooped on Baghdad jewelers in a morning rampage on Tuesday, killing at least eight people and bombing almost a dozen stores after robbing them. The stores along…