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  • September 6, 2016

    739 Brotherhood members to appear in Egyptian court today

    Some 739 Muslim Brotherhood members and leaders are to appear in an Egyptian court today charged following the events that took place at the Rabaa sit-in in 2013. Judge...

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  • September 6, 2016

    Netherlands, Israel to build gas pipeline to Gaza

    The Dutch government will help improve water and gas supplies to the besieged Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed today. Speaking during his visit to the Netherlands,...

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  • September 6, 2016

    70-year-old is Algeria’s only fisherwoman

    Seventy-year-old Aisha Hamdi has sailed away from stereotypes providing for herself and her family by working as a fisherwoman in Algeria. Aisha is the first female in this profession...

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  • September 6, 2016

    ‘Tense and difficult’ Libya talks to conclude today

    The “tense and difficult” first round of talks between Libyan political groups in the Tunisian capital Tunis have ended without result. Members of the Libyan Political Dialogue group (LPD)...

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  • September 6, 2016

    Families of Palestinians missing at sea demand answers

      It has been two years since some 450 Palestinians and nationals of other Arab countries went missing on board an Egyptian ship destined for Italy. Days after their...

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  • September 6, 2016

    Brazilian weapons smuggled into Yemen

    Latin America’s largest weapons factory Forjas Taurus has been found to be selling weapons to Fares Mohammed Hassan Mana’a, one of the most notorious arms smugglers in Yemen, a...

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  • September 6, 2016

    New app gives location of forcibly disappeared in Egypt

    An Egyptian human rights group has launched a mobile phone app to help locate activists who have been abducted by security forces. The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms...

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  • September 6, 2016

    Israeli forces round up Palestinian kids in Hebron for settlers to ID

    Israeli occupation force in Hebron rounded up Palestinian children as young as eight years old for Jewish settlers to identify, Israeli NGO B’Tselem reported. On 10 August, following a...

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  • September 6, 2016

    Obama recognises crisis with Russia over Syria

    American President Barack Obama said on Monday that there are still “differences between his country and Russian regarding Syria,” stressing that a ceasefire would facilitate fighting terrorism including Daesh...

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  • September 6, 2016

    Erdogan urges G20 to help setup ‘safe zone’ in Syria

    Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged world leaders at the G20 meeting in China to set up a “safe zone” in Syria. Turkey, which is home to more than four...

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