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October 2, 2019

Macron made last-minute bid to get Trump and Rouhani to talk in New York

Before leaving New York last week, French President Emmanuel Macron made a failed last-minute push to get US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to speak on...

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October 2, 2019

Sisi resorts to ‘subsidies’ to contain Egyptian rage

Egypt’s Ministry of Supply said yesterday said it will reinstate 1.8 million Egyptian citizens to the so-called “smart-card system” for subsidised goods. Minister of Supply Ali Al-Muselhi, it added,...

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October 2, 2019

Hassan Rouhani’s brother sentenced to 5 years in prison

Iran’s judiciary sentenced Hossein Fereydoun, brother and adviser of President Hassan Rouhani, to five years in prison, Tuesday. Fars News Agency quoted judicial spokesman Gholam Hossein Ismaili as saying:...

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October 2, 2019

Iran repatreates 1,800 artefacts from University of Chicago

On Tuesday, the Iranian government declared that it had repatriated 1,800 artefacts that had remained in the US for decades. The government said these artefacts were part of the...

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October 2, 2019

Tunisia: Appeal court to consider request for the release of Nabil Karoui

A Tunis appeal court initiated, on Tuesday, a hearing on a request for the release of presidential candidate Nabil Karoui. A member of the Karoui presidential campaign’s media office,...

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October 2, 2019

Ethiopia Prime Minister: No force can stop our path towards prosperity

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali said on Tuesday that no force could stop Ethiopia’s path towards prosperity. This came in a speech at the opening of a project...

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October 2, 2019

Morocco: would-be migrant dies after stowing away on a plane wheel

A man from sub-Saharan Africa has died after stowing away in the landing gear of a Royal Air Maroc plane. Having made his way onto the runway at Conakry...

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October 1, 2019

A look at the legal trouble facing Israel’s Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attempt to head off a corruption indictment at a series of pre-trial hearings that begin on Wednesday, in which he will try to persuade...

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October 1, 2019

‘Murder of Khashoggi was extrajudicial execution’

UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions criticized Tuesday the Saudi government for “consistently” denying her finding that the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was an “extrajudicial execution”, reports...

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October 1, 2019

Demonstration in support of Palestinian prisoner in Jerusalem

READ: Palestinian citizens of Israel protest lack of police action over violence...

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