Residents of Detroit, a US city which has long been a poster child for urban decay, may lose the ability to govern themselves if their city council is replaced by a state-appointed technocrat. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is expected to name an emergency manager in the coming days in an effort to stave off
The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Chuck Hagel on Tuesday as President Barack Obama’s new secretary of defense, ending the unprecedented Republican delaying maneuver on Hagel, a twice-wounded Vietnam combat veteran. Senators backed the nomination by a 57-41 vote, as voting continued, with only about four Republicans joining Democrats in support of Hagel, a
Egypt’s ancient temple city of Luxor faces a crippling blow to its tourism industry, already reeling from unrest following the country’s uprising, after a horrific hot-air balloon crash that killed 19 tourists. “The accident will have a devastating effect on tourism,” said Yasser al-Zambali, who owns the Dream Balloon company in Luxor, one of
The “spontaneous” riots in Judea and Samaria in recent days are actually a message from the Palestinian Authority to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and United States President Barack Obama, IDF Major-General (ret.) Oren Shachor told Arutz Sheva. “There’s something organized here, maybe for Obama’s visit. They’re interested in a breakthrough, and they want a
The Cairo Administrative Court ruled on Tuesday that it has no jurisdiction over a lawsuit demanding the cancellation of the 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. According to a report in the Egyptian daily Al-Masry Al-Youm, the court said the issue involves state sovereignty, which is under the president’s purview. The plaintiffs
A day after a Hamas official called on terrorists to kidnap IDF soldiers in order to force Israel to release their fellow terrorists from Israeli prisons, another Hamas official called on PA Arabs on Tuesday to start an intifada (violent uprising). The official, Izzat al-Rishq, said in a statement he released, “Our Palestinian people
Egypt’s main opposition National Salvation Front announced on Tuesday that it will boycott parliamentary elections set to start on April 22, saying there must first be a law guaranteeing a free and fair vote. The National Salvation Front, an umbrella alliance of liberal and leftist groups, made the decision at a meeting in Cairo,
Egypt will send a new economic plan needed to secure a lifeline from the International Monetary Fund to parliament within two days after releasing a summary that makes no mention of cutting subsidies and other politically-sensitive measures. Cairo is trying to secure a $4.8 billion IMF loan to shore up its finances as the
Egyptian archeologists have condemned the Paris statue of Jean François Champollion, the French archaeologist who deciphered hieroglyphics, as “derogatory” and “shameful.” The reason is that Champollion appears on the statue standing with his left foot on a Pharaonic head. The statue was carved in 1875 by Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi and is located in the
At least 19 foreign tourists were killed on Tueday as their hot air balloon crashed near the city of Luxor. Nine people from Hong Kong are feared to be among the 19 after a hot air balloon exploded over Egypt’s ancient temple city of Luxor on Tuesday, the general manager of a tour operator
