EU report puts poverty in Egypt at 20 pct
CAIRO: The European Union (EU) put poverty in Egypt at 20 percent while it expressed “concern and disappointment” over Egypt’s decision to extend its decades-old emergency law and disfavored a…
Saudi paper chief resigns after clash with conservatives
RIYADH: Prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi resigned on Sunday from the helm of Al-Watan daily in a move believed linked to official displeasure with articles critical of the state's harsh…
One dead, 28 wounded in Rwanda hand grenade attacks, says police
KIGALI: Two hand grenade attacks in the Rwandan capital Kigali killed one person and wounded 28 others overnight, a police spokesman said on national Radio Rwanda on Sunday. The attacks…
Gunmen kidnap four Lebanese workers in Nigeria
LAGOS: Gunmen sporting military uniforms kidnapped four Lebanese road construction workers in an attack that left at least two dead in oil rich southern Nigeria, a security source said on…
Algeria says has not made Orascom offer for unit
ALGIERS: Algeria is willing to buy Orascom Telecom's Algerian unit but has not made the Egyptian firm an offer and wants Orascom to clearly state its intention to sell, the…
Boy who survived Libya crash returns to Netherlands
EINDHOVEN: Nine-year-old Ruben van Assouw, the sole survivor of a Libyan airliner crash, arrived back home in the Netherlands on Saturday, three days after the disaster that killed his parents,…
Protesters held as Israel archaeologists move ancient graves
ASHKELON: Fifteen ultra-Orthodox Jews were arrested in southern Israel on Sunday as they protested against the relocation of ancient graves in a move they view as sacrilegious, police said. The…
FDI in Egypt dips, portfolio investments surge
CAIRO: Direct foreign investment (FDI) in Egypt slid 17.3 percent year-on-year in the nine months to end-March, but portfolio investment inflows surged, the central bank said on Sunday. Portfolio inflows…
Sudan arrests Islamist opposition leader Turabi, says party
KHARTOUM: Sudanese authorities Sunday arrested Islamist opposition leader Hassan Al-Turabi and closed down his newspaper a month after the country's first competitive polls in two decades, party officials said. "At…
Palestinians mark displacement in 1948 Mideast war
GAZA CITY: Bitter Palestinian rivals marched together Saturday in a rare show of unity as they marked 62 years of displacement in the war surrounding Israel's creation. Loyalists of rival…
