NGO starts fight against pneumonia among Egypt’s children
CAIRO: Alashanek Ya Balady (AYB) Association for Sustainable Development, an Egyptian non-governmental organization, launched a project to fight pneumonia among children. UNICEF and the World Health Organization have called pneumonia…
Mubasher launches Sharia-compliant trading platform
CAIRO: Mubasher Trade, the Middle East’s first e-trading company, launched Mubasher Islami, a new division which specializes in Sharia-compatible services in Egypt. The new service has been active since the…
Oil market caught flat-footed
A surprise attack from an unlikely source sent oil prices reeling this past week. The International Energy Agency, the Paris based research arm of 28 industrialised countries, held an emergency…
OPEC talks to EU against tense backdrop
VIENNA: Iran's OPEC president stuck to its uncompromising stance as it headed into talks with the EU on Monday, saying there was no need to add extra oil to the…
Impressions in an Arab mirror
By Chitra Kalyani Phillipe Vincent pinches bits of air around the table when describing his play to Daily News Egypt. Despite what the title suggests, “An Arab in My Mirror” does…
A night on the town, Libyan revolution style
By Andrew Beatty/ AFP A night out in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi is not everyone's idea of fun. There are no cinemas, no clubs, only a handful of open…
4 honors for Chris Brown at music-heavy BET Awards
The BET Awards honor various arts, but Sunday's ceremony was all about the music. There were more performances than awards during the 3 1/2-hour show at the Shrine Auditorium, where…
ICC judges issue arrest warrants for Qaddafi
THE HAGUE: War crimes court judges Monday issued arrest warrants for Libyan leader Moamer Qaddafi and two of his closest allies for crimes against humanity committed against opponents of his…
Palestinian statehood bid ‘could lead to war’, says Mofaz
TEL AVIV: A unilateral Palestinian bid for statehood in September could lead to fresh conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and destabilize the whole region, a senior Israeli politician has…
Dissidents openly call for democracy at Damascus meeting
DAMASCUS: More than 100 dissidents heard calls for a peaceful transition to democracy at a public meeting in Syria's capital on Monday that they said was unprecedented in five decades…
