Israel set to complete swap for captured soldier
JERUSALEM: Israel was wrapping up preparations to release 550 Palestinian prisoners late Sunday, in the second and final phase of a swap with Hamas insurgents that brought home an Israeli…
Yemen: 4 soldiers killed in clashes with militants
SANAA: Four Yemeni soldiers and two Al-Qaeda-linked militants were killed in clashes in the country's south, military and medical officials said Sunday. The fighting took place overnight outside the city…
Activists say army defectors kill 6 Syrian troops
BEIRUT: Syrian army defectors killed six government troops in heavy fighting Sunday in the country's rebellious central region, activists said, in the latest sign that the nation's uprising may be…
Last US troops leave Iraq, ending war
BAGHDAD: The last convoy of US soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi…
Tales of the country
By Myriam Ghattas The Fourth Panorama of the European Film concluded recently. Taking place in Cairo it featured a number of documentaries that explored certain facets of Egypt which may have…
Mahfouz literary award given to the January uprising
For the past fourteen years, the American University in Cairo Press has given the Naguib Mahfouz medal, named for Egypt’s most internationally known novelist, to a younger talent, to “recognize…
France denounces ‘excessive use of force’ in Egypt
PARIS: France on Saturday denounced what it termed the excessive use of force against protesters by Egyptian authorities after clashes in Cairo left nine people dead and about 300…
Blast hits Egypt’s gas pipeline to Jordan, Israel
CAIRO: An Egyptian pipeline carrying gas to Israel and Jordan was bombed on Sunday, the 10th such attack this year, but no fire erupted because the line that runs through…
Troops, protesters clash in Cairo for third day
CAIRO: Military police battled demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday, the third day of clashes that have killed 10 people and injured hundreds, casting a shadow over the first…
Eight killed in ongoing crackdown on protesters
CAIRO: Eight were killed and over 300 were injured in a crackdown on the cabinet sit-in, the ministry of health said Saturday. A crackdown on protesters camped outside the…