14 March 2010, 7:55 am
(AP:CAIRO) Egyptian officials say sandstorms slowed traffic in the Suez Canal and closed five ports in the Gulf of Suez. Head of Red Sea Ports Authority Mamdouh Deraz said the ports were shut Sunday until further notice because of sandy winds.... Read More »
14 March 2010, 6:05 am
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt has canceled the inauguration of a restored synagogue citing the Israeli oppression of Muslims in the occupied territories as well as excesses by Jews during an earlier ceremony at the synagogue.... Read More »
14 March 2010, 5:11 am
(AP:CAIRO) The head of Saudi Arabia's market regulatory agency says the country will launch a stock market index fund by the end of March into which foreigners can invest.... Read More »
14 March 2010, 12:50 am
Follow Israel news on and . (IsraelNN.com) Mass-murderer Marwan Barghouti has submitted his doctoral thesis in political science to Cairo University, thanks to the Israel Prison Service.... Read More »
13 March 2010, 4:56 pm
CAIRO - EGYPT'S president, who had surgery a week ago, is returning steadily to health, the head of the medical team treating him in Germany said in a media statement on Saturday. Mr Hosni Mubarak, 81, who has ruled Egypt for almost three decades, had his gall bladder removed in the surgery last Sat... Read More »
13 March 2010, 4:12 pm
CAIRO, March 14 — Egypt’s president, who had surgery a week ago, is returning steadily to health, the head of the medical team treating him in Germany said in a media statement today. Hosni Mubarak, 81, who has ruled Egypt for almost three decades, had his gall bladder removed in the surgery las... Read More »
13 March 2010, 5:35 am
CAIRO (AP) - An Egyptian bishop says 23 Coptic Christians have been wounded when extremist Muslims attacked a church community center in a western province.... Read More »
13 March 2010, 5:35 am
CAIRO (AP) - A 3,000-year-old wooden sarcophagus confiscated at Miami airport after being shipped from Barcelona has returned to Egypt.... Read More »
13 March 2010, 2:27 am
The visit to Israel by Joe Biden, the US vice-president, may usher in a new stage in US foreign policy toward the Middle East peace process, a phase that is clearly different from what many Arabs hoped for after listening to Barack Obama, the US president, in Cairo last June.... Read More »
12 March 2010, 3:45 pm
A bill that would create Alexander-Cairo Port District passed the Senate committee.... Read More »