Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Kamel Amr today denied that he had received any official or oral offer to conjoin Egypt to the Gulf Council Countries (GCC).
Sources within the GCC today revealed that there is currently a discussion (...)
Arsonists set several buildings ablaze in Croydon on the southern outskirts of London, television news footage showed on Monday, as riots flared for the third day in the British capital.
Buildings and cars have been set alight elsewhere in London (...)
Three almost simultaneous blasts rocked three different locations in India's financial capital of Mumbai during evening rush hour on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, police said.
Police did not want to speculate on the nature of the blasts, (...)
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, in an address on state television on Saturday, said he had ordered the interior minister to issue a decree ending service for all police officers accused in cases of killing protesters.
Sharaf said he had also urged (...)
Syrian security forces opened fire during one of the largest anti-government protests so far in the 10-week revolt, killing at least 67 people, as tens of thousands of Syrians poured into the streets after the Friday prayers, a human rights group (...)
Egypt's military rulers swore in a new Cabinet Tuesday that includes 11 new ministers in a nod to the opposition movement that ousted longtime leader Hosni Mubarak but keeps three former members of the regime in key posts.
The move comes as the (...)
The explosion at a pipeline in Egypt's North Sinai on Saturday has targeted the gas supplies to Jordan, not Israel, security sources told MENA.
The sources in northern Sinai, has denied the bombing of (Sheikh Zuwaid) gas station responsible for (...)
A third Egyptian protester, wounded during clashes with security forces on Tuesday in a nationwide 'day of anger', died in hospital on Wednesday as a result of his wounds, medical sources said.
Gharib Abdelaziz Abdellatif, 45, died of internal (...)
Egypt's government has strengthened sanctions against fraudulent trading practices by setting limits of fines as not less than LE10,000 and not above LE200,000.
Amendments also stipulate that merchants are obliged to hand a "bill" to consumers (...)
Egypt's Pope Shenouda IIIreturned to Egypt this morning from the United States where he was undergoing a health checkup, MENA reported.
The pope had travelled to Ohio last Monday where medical experts checked the health of his kidneys, heart and (...)
Minister of Trade Mustapha Benbada said Thursday that his office has begun working to contain the crisis in the sudden rising prices of a wide range of consumer products. The crisis will begin to be resolved next week, according to Algerie press (...)
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Thursday Israel needs to revise its position over peace talks and settlement-building to reach a final accord with the Palestinians.
Meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Red Sea (...)
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