Egypt condemns North Korean nuclear test
CAIRO: Egypt firmly condemned North Korea s first nuclear test Monday but also urged South Korea to show restraint and pursue diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis. Egypt is categorically…
Arab diplomats say Sudan rejects offer for peacekeepers
CAIRO: Arab countries have launched a new effort to push Sudan toward a compromise over UN peacekeepers for Darfur, offering to dispatch a force of Arab and Muslim troops to…
Sadat nephew loses parliamentary immunity
CAIRO: The nephew of slain Egyptian ruler Anwar Sadat lost his parliamentary immunity after implicating the army in the former president s assassination 25 years ago, state-run newspapers said Friday.…
Muslim Brotherhood denounces what it calls "new Danish insults" to Islam
Associated PressCAIRO: Egypt s largest Islamic group, the Muslim Brotherhood, on Saturday denounced what it called new Danish insults to Islam and urged the world to boycott countries that allow…
Doctors examine jailed and ailing Egyptian opposition leader
CAIRO: A team of doctors examined ailing Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour Saturday as a step toward a ruling on his condition that could see him freed from jail early,…
U.S. nuclear specialists to visit Egypt
CAIRO: U.S. nuclear experts are to offer technical advice to their counterparts in Egypt, which last month announced it was relaunching its civil nuclear program after a 20-year freeze, official…
Four Egyptians arrested for trying to tunnel into Gaza
CAIRO: Four Egyptians who were trying to cross into the Gaza Strip through an underground tunnel were arrested on Saturday in the border town of Rafah, official media reported. Egyptian…
Scrap dealer arrested over mines
CAIRO: Security forces have arrested a Bedouin scrap dealer in the Sinai Peninsula after finding dozens of old mines in his house, security sources said on Saturday, but the man…
NBE still searching for buyer of 50 percent AMOC stake
AMOC stock up more than 10 percent since NBE announcementCAIRO: More than two months after the conclusion of due-diligence procedures by five potential buyers of the National Bank of Egypt…
