Nine states urged to ratify nuclear test ban treaty
UNITED NATIONS: A ministerial conference on Thursday pressed the nine states which have yet to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) to do so to ensure the pact…
Hamas says Meshaal to go to Cairo on Sunday
GAZA CITY: Khaled Meshaal, exiled leader of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, will go to Cairo on Sunday for fresh talks with Egyptian officials, a Hamas spokesman said on Thursday in…
UNESCO defeat will not alter Egypt's foreign ties: analysts
CAIRO: Culture minister Farouk Hosni s failure to secure UNESCO s top job will do little to shake Egypt s foreign policy, even if Cairo s grumblings are heard for…
Egypt will not back down from Israeli nuclear monitoring
CAIRO: Egypt will not back down from calling for monitoring of Israel's nuclear program, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki in the wake of a letter Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul…
Proof of CIA kidnapping 'indisputable': Italian prosecutor
MILAN: A top Italian prosecutor Wednesday made his case against 26 US secret agents accused of snatching a terror suspect from a Milan street and sending him home to Egypt…
Spain's Zapatero to visit Mideast next month
MADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will make his first visit to the Middle East next month to support efforts by US President Barack Obama to relaunch the…
Seasonless dressing gets nod at NY Fashion Week
The styles shown over the last eight days at New York Fashion Week are meant for next spring - not that you'd know it.The collections in previews wrapping up Thursday…
At Gaza's only spa, the well-heeled find relief – Feature
High above the pot-holed streets, donkey carts and militant graffiti that have come to define the besieged Gaza Strip sits Rosy, the territory's only spa and a refuge for its…
Menswear trends: possible to strut on Egypt's streets?
It is an exercise in careful fashion ponderings and considerations when fashion weeks in Europe and the US start setting the trends for the seasons to come. With women, one…
Lifestyle Highlight: Cairo's best coffee shop
Cairo's best franchise coffee shop, in my opinion, is located on 10 Al Ahram Street in Heliopolis. Gloria Jean's Coffees is, literally, the neighborhood's coffee shop where regular patrons have…