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…
Ministry reports three dead from Cabinet crackdown, activists put toll at seven
By Amira Salah-Ahmed CAIRO: At least seven people were killed, according to eyewitnesss, and over 250 injured in a violent crackdown on protesters outside the Cabinet headquarters that started before dawn…
Two dead, over 170 injured in bloody crackdown on Cabinet sit-in
By Mostafa Sheshtawy CAIRO: At least two people were killed and over 170 injured in a violent crackdown on protesters camped outside the Cabinet headquarters that started before dawn Friday and…
Judges threaten to boycott elections as Islamists maintain lead
CAIRO: Judges threatened to boycott supervising the elections and vote counting after a group was attacked by military police in Sharqiya on Thursday night. "We want an official written apology…
Advisory Council members resign in protest of crackdown on Cabinet sit-in
By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: Four members of the Advisory Council, recently formed by the ruling military council, resigned on Friday in protest of the crackdown by army forces on a…
FJP lead the vote count in Menufiya, Beheira
MENUFIYA/BEHEIRA: The Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm was leading the vote count on Friday in the Delta governorates of Beheira and Menufiya. In Menufiya, the Freedom and Justice Party had 45-50…
Syrians hold mass rallies to demand Arab action
DAMASCUS: Hundreds of thousands of Syrians protested nine months into their uprising on Friday, demanding the Arab League hasten its response to a bloody crackdown on dissent, activists said. The…
Repeat MSCI snub to Gulf shows extent of investor angst
DUBAI: Index compiler MSCI's latest snub to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar underlines the need for the Gulf neighbors to push through reforms, but problems plaguing UAE stocks run…