Israeli PM approves stepped up attacks on Hamas

Brotherhood calls on Arabs to expel Israeli envoys GAZA: Israel s prime minister cleared the way on Wednesday to expand an offensive against the Palestinians governing Hamas movement aimed at…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Milan prosecutors seek arrest of four more Americans in alleged kidnapping

Operation for Egyptian cleric believed to be part of CIA programAssociated PressROME: Italian prosecutors said Wednesday they were seeking the arrest of four more Americans as part of an investigation…

Daily News Egypt

Shares soar after mobile auction, telecoms up

CAIRO: Egyptian shares surged on Wednesday after Egypt s third mobile license sold for $2.9 billion at an auction, a price that exceeded expectations and injected confidence into the market,…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Church warns against dealing with rebel priest

CAIRO: Egypt s Coptic Orthodox Church on Wednesday refused to recognize a dissident priest who recently broke away to form his own church and warned against dealing with him, the…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Arabs resume financial aid to Palestinians, $100 million sent to Abbas

Associated PressCAIRO: The Arab League has transferred some $50 million to the Palestinians, the first funding since international aid was cut off after the Hamas militant group won legislative elections,…

Salah Nasrawi

Farewell party

 ŠΘ###Pam Tabernacle, John Metcalf, Tony Benitz and Ayman Hegazy##May Houssam and Steve Railey

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Charitable meeting

 ŠΘ###President of the club, Awatef Serag El Deen, other Lions member, in addition to many of Egypt's businesswomen, socialites and charity volunteers attended the meeting, here She is with Manal…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

One out of seven Egyptians has hepatitis C

Changing personal habits essential in combating spread of diseasePARIS: On the second day of the 12th International Symposium in Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease, hepatitis C (HCV) held center stage,…

Najla Moussa

Analysis: Journalists as activists?

CAIRO: A current debate among journalists in the country is whether a reporter can be an activist as well as do their job. A journalist's job is to report from…

Joseph Mayton

Judicial law passes over judges' objections

ACIJLP publishes report outlining the law's shortcomingsCAIRO: Members of the self-elected Judges Club have decided to stand firm in their protests against a recently amended draft of the judicial law,…

Pakinam Amer