Offering a positive note after two days of inconclusive Mideast peace negotiations, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he sees no alternative to continuing the talks in search of a peace deal with Israel. His comments came as Israel was … read more
Opponents of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak are outraged that the nation’s largest newspaper published a photograph of him that it apparently altered to make him appear more vigorous. Al Ahram, Egypt’s oldest and largest circulation state-owned daily, published the photo … read more
Pieces of an ancient Egyptian necropolis which were pillaged from Egypt in 1999 have been discovered in an antiques shop in Spain. A Middle Eastern expert spotted the eight fragments of limestone after recognising the inscriptions, Barcelona police said. The … read more
Rumors that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will have his son Gamal succeed him are looking less like rumors and more like fact, writes Kristen Chick in the Christian Science Monitor. Mubarak is 82 and in failing health, and it’s not … read more
Lawyers for 11 Egyptian culture ministry officials charged with negligence over the theft of a $55 million Van Gogh painting said on Tuesday their clients were scapegoats and the minister should shoulder responsibility. Judge Mohamed Assar set a further hearing … read more
Israeli and Palestinian leaders have begun a new round of peace talks in Egypt under the close eye of the United States, which wants a deal within a year. There is little confidence among the Israeli or Palestinian public that … read more
A spill of around 100 tons of diesel into the Nile River has forced Egyptian authorities to shut down four water purification stations as a precaution to prevent contamination. The spill resulted from the partial sinking of a barge owned … read more
Cairo is habitually engaged in violent intimidation of political activists and members of the press, a U.S. resolution under consideration states. Washington reacted harshly to an Egyptian decision this year to extend certain provisions of an emergency law enacted in … read more
Reports of Ethiopia developing infrastructure along the Nile River have led to Egypt again showing an iron fist in the face of potential loss of water from the world’s longest river. However, an Ethiopian government official has told Bikya Masr … read more
An Egyptian court sentenced seven Bedouins for life imprisonment on Monday, in a case some tribesmen said would refuel long-running tension in the Sinai Peninsula. Bedouins, among nomadic Arab tribes in the Sinai, often complain of neglect by the Cairo … read more