Egypt says Nile sharing meeting fails
CAIRO: Egypt s state news agency reported Tuesday that 10 African nations have failed to conclude a long delayed new agreement for sharing water from the Nile and will call…
Protestor says was tortured for hours by police on Tuesday
CAIRO: A protestor arrested during a Kefaya demonstration on Tuesday says that he was tortured in police custody.Bahaa Saber was seen by Aida Seif El-Dawla, a psychiatrist with the Nadeem…
Chamber of Tourist Establishments calls for red meat boycott April 26
CAIRO: The Egyptian Chamber of Tourist Establishments (ECTE) has ordered all food outlets and tourist enterprises to boycott red meat on April 26, protesting the recent hike in prices that…
400 dead as quake devastates remote China region
BEIJING: Rescuers dug with their bare hands through the rubble of a devastating quake which hit a remote area of China Wednesday, killing 400 people and injuring thousands as it…
Experts hope to cultivate relationship between film and tourism
CAIRO: Realizing the importance of art, particularly cinema and television, and its direct effect on tourism, experts from the Egyptian tourism sector and key players in the movie and television…
After warning, hundreds of Israelis flee Sinai
JERUSALEM: Hundreds of Israeli travelers returned home after Israel warned its citizens to urgently leave Egypt s Sinai Peninsula because of a kidnapping alert, police said Wednesday.In the unusually strong…
Med water conference ends in failure due to Israel-Arab row
BARCELONA: Talks aimed at adopting a water management strategy for the Mediterranean failed Tuesday due to a row between Israel and Arab countries over a reference to the Palestinian territories,…
Egypt briefly closes Rafah border over fears of a terrorist threat
CAIRO: Egypt closed the Rafah border crossing Wednesday a day after Israel issued an alert to its citizens in Sinai requesting them to return immediately.However, later on in the day…
