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Israel launches air raids on Gaza

GAZA CITY: The Israeli military launched aerial raids overnight in the Hamas-ruled…

AFP
AFP

Biden to visit World Cup, Egypt, Kenya

WASHINGTON: US Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill will visit…

AFP
AFP

Saudi Arabia and the United States: working toward a better world

JEDDAH: Two initiatives — US President Barack Obama’s vision of interfaith harmony…

Daily News Egypt

The price of clarity

LONDON: “Through the contrivance and cunning of stock jobbers there hath been…

Robert Skidelsky

Iran's nuclear deal and the new global power brokers

The visits to Iran of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and…

Daily News Egypt

In defense of Facebook…and yes, I am a Muslim

  CAIRO: In Pakistan, people are furious, and fury is contagious. A…

Rania Al Malky

Cannes awards for controversial Danish war film, Vietnam movie

A controversial Danish movie set in Afghanistan and a first feature from…

AFP
AFP

Watts stars as CIA operative Plame in Cannes film

Naomi Watts has gotten used to playing unstable women. But with the…

AP
AP

Cannes protests for France-Algeria war film

Riot police held off protestors on the Cannes waterfront Friday during a…

Daily News Egypt

The Middle East's new war: Facebook Popularity

CAIRO: Egyptian Nobel Peace Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei become the most popular Arab…

Daily News Egypt