Ekrami picks up foot injury
CAIRO: Gouna goalie Sherif Ekrami suffered minor foot damage in his side s 1-0 loss to ENPPI in a friendly match on Monday. The Ahly-target custodian limped off in the…
Abd-Rabou unlikely to make Algeria clash
CAIRO: Hosni Abd-Rabou will almost certainly miss Egypt s crunch World Cup qualifier at home to Algeria on Saturday, an Egyptian Football Association (EFA) official said on Monday.The Ahly Dubai…
Egypt, Algeria call for calm before key qualifier
CAIRO: Egypt and Algeria have called for calm ahead of a key World Cup football qualifier in Cairo on Saturday, the Egyptian foreign ministry said on Tuesday, adding that sports…
Christian convert banned from travel after seeking religious asylum
CAIRO: Muslim convert to Christianity Maher El-Gohary filed a lawsuit in the Administrative Court last Thursday after he was banned from traveling abroad with his daughter.El-Gohary filed the case against…
Egypt inflation up at 13.3 pct, above forecasts
CAIRO: Urban consumer inflation in Egypt rose to 13.3 percent in the year to October compared to 10.8 percent in September, the state statistics agency reported on Tuesday, a bigger…
Saudi to bomb until Yemen rebels back off, says minister
AL-KHUBAH: Saudi Arabia will keep up its air strikes against Yemeni rebels until they pull back from the two countries border, Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan said on…
No to temporary Palestinian state, says Egypt
CAIRO: Egypt has dismissed any notions of setting temporary Palestinian borders in response to an Israeli proposal to form a temporary Palestinian state on 60 percent of the West Bank.The…
Arab League urges Abbas to stay as PA head
CAIRO: The Arab League s head on Monday urged the Palestinian president to reconsider stepping down from his position.Amr Moussa's request comes as Arab foreign ministers are meeting this week…
Italy says ties with US won't suffer after CIA convictions
BRDO PRI KRANJU: Italy s foreign minister said Monday he did not expect ties with the US to suffer because of the conviction of 23 CIA agents for the 2003…
QUEST MEANS BUSINESS: Getting on board
It's a rum world when your definition of "getting better is "not getting any worse. That though is the cheering view of many CEOs from the world's top airlines. "Some…