All Stories

October 9, 2020

Egypt: Ninth anniversary of Maspero Massacre

Today marks the ninth anniversary since the Maspero Massacre, when over 20 Copts were murdered in front of the Egyptian state TV headquarters by Egyptian military personnel. On 9...

News
October 9, 2020

One-year-old Palestinian toddler injured by Israel settlers

Israeli settlers injured a one-year-old Palestinian toddler after throwing stones at a car he was in on a West Bank road, reported Wafa news agency. Illegal settlers from the Neve Daniel...

News
October 9, 2020

Hollywood's Mark Ruffalo calls out Israel's apartheid

Hollywood A-lister Mark Ruffalo called out Israeli apartheid during an interview on the Mehdi Hasan Show...

News
October 9, 2020

Egypt parliament seat costs $3.2m, reveals MP

Egypt MP Mortada Mansour has revealed that the price for a seat in parliament is 50 million Egyptian pounds ($3.2 million). In a leaked video the president of the...

News
October 9, 2020

US reveals list of Shia militia sites it plans to strike in Iraq

The United States has compiled a list of 80 sites linked to Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and presented it to the government in Baghdad. The Americans have told the...

News
October 9, 2020

Ex-oil executive sentenced in Iraq bribery case

A former executive at Monaco-based oil and gas consultancy Unaoil has been sentenced to three years and four months in prison for bribing public officials in Iraq to seal...

News
October 9, 2020

Europe Parliament seeks sanctions on Saudis over Khashoggi murder

The European Parliament urged the European Council on Thursday to impose sanctions on Saudi Arabians responsible for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Anadolu Agency reports. The European Parliament...
October 9, 2020

Turkey’s Central Bank raises lira swap rate

Turkey’s Central Bank increased the Turkish lira interest rate for swap transactions by 150 basis points on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. The rate, the bank uses in weekly currency...

News
October 9, 2020

Firefighters tackle blaze at Al-Azhar Mosque

A fire broke out on the second floor of the Al-Azhar Al-Sharif Mosque in Cairo on Wednesday...

Videos & Photo Stories
October 9, 2020

PTSD. Anxiety. Nightmares: Life after prison for Egypt’s child detainees

On 27 September, Egypt’s public prosecution ordered that 79 children detained since the start of the demonstrations be released. All the children were aged between 10 and 15 and...

All Stories Archive

Subscribe to our newsletter