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April 18, 2018

Grand Mufti of Egypt declares buying Facebook likes ‘haram’

The Grand Mufti of Egypt, Shawki Allam, has issued a fatwa forbidding the purchasing of Facebook likes, declaring it contrary to Islamic law. The Grand Mufti’s ruling was published...

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April 18, 2018

Activists: Israel officers providing martial arts training in Morocco

Former Israeli military officers have been providing training to martial arts practitioners in Morocco, pro-Palestinian groups revealed at a joint press conference yesterday, according to Arab48. Despite Morocco and...

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April 18, 2018

Child marriage doubles amongst Syria refugees in Jordan

Child marriage among Syrian refugees has more than doubled in the last four years according to new data released by Jordan’s court system. War, poverty and economic instability have...

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April 18, 2018

Saudi in discussion with US over troop deployment in Syria

Saudi Arabia is holding talks with the US over sending troops into Syria as part of a wider international coalition, the Kingdom’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir has said. “We...

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April 18, 2018

US plans to move American prisoner to foreign country

An American citizen languishing in a US detention facility without charge in Iraq since September last year is going to be transferred to another country, the Guardian reported yesterday....

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April 18, 2018

Court sentences Brotherhood’s Beltagy to one year in prison

The Cairo Criminal Court has sentenced the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed El-Beltagy to one year in prison for obstructing court proceedings. The former MP was accused of causing a disturbance...

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April 18, 2018

Egypt forms judicial committee to confiscate assets of ‘terrorists’

The Egyptian parliament passed a bill to regulate the legal procedures to seize, manage and dispose assets of those who are classified as “terrorist organisations” by the courts. According...

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April 18, 2018

Russia: Joint nuclear energy deals with Egypt amounts to $60bn

Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom” have signed a number of contracts with Egypt worth tens of billions of dollars, the company’s chief announced yesterday. Alexey Likhachev said that...

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April 18, 2018

Report: UAE dissatisfied with Saudi policy in Lebanon

The UAE has been exerting pressure on Saudi Arabia to change its policy in Lebanon and support Sunni leader Ashraf Rifi in the election, Lebanese Al-Akhbar newspaper reported. The...

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April 18, 2018

NATO: Turkey to be responsible for rapid response unit soon

Turkey will be responsible for NATO’s rapid response unit within the next few years, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced yesterday, according to Hurriyet Daily News. The announcement was made...

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