Archaeologists on Thursday unveiled an unusually large tomb on Luxor’s west bank dated to ancient Egypt’s 18th dynasty, Reuters reports. The 3,500-year-old, 450-square-metre (540-square-yard) tomb contains 18 entrance gates...

Two Saudi sisters who fled their country and appealed for international protection earlier this week saying their lives would be at risk if they were to return to the...

The US State Department on Thursday called on Sudan’s military to step aside and make way for a peaceful civilian-led transition, as protesters in Khartoum kept up demands for...

Mortar bombs crashed down on a suburb of Tripoli on Thursday, almost hitting a clinic and adding to people’s suffering after two weeks of an offensive by eastern troops...

Israeli bulldozers demolished a Palestinian home in the Beit Hanina town of occupied East Jerusalem, on Wednesday, Ma’an News reported. Sources told Ma’an that Israeli police forces escorted bulldozers into...

The Israeli police released, on Wednesday, video footage showing Israeli undercover forces detaining two Palestinian minors from the Shufat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem, for throwing Molotov cocktails...

Egypt has stepped up security across the country in advance of a Saturday referendum on proposed constitutional changes that would, if approved, allow President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to remain in...

The Turkish Red Crescent on Thursday began distributing 11,000 food parcels — weighing a total of some 440 tons — to displaced persons in Yemen’s west-central Maarib province, Anadolu Agency reports....

An armed group attacked a major air base in southern Libya held by eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar on Thursday after he moved most of his forces north to...

President Hassan Rouhani said Iran’s armed forces did not pose a threat to its neighbours as he addressed a display on Thursday of Iran’s latest military equipment, including domestically...

Thousands of Sudanese on Thursday demonstrated outside army headquarters in Khartoum to demand that executive authority be relinquished to a civilian government, Anadolu Agency reports. Last week, Sudanese President Omar...

Egypt has seen a recent growth in the so-called “used food” markets, as citizens bear the brunt of President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi’s economic reform programme, Arabi21 has reported. Markets...

A French investment firm has divested from Elbit Systems following pressure from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and a number of international NGOs. AXA IM – a...

Qatar’s Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Ghanim Bin Shaheen Al-Ghanem yesterday met with Turkey’s Colonel Mustafa Aydin in Doha, the Qatari Ministry of Defence said in a statement. The two officials discussed bilateral military relations as...

The number of reported car accidents in Egypt fell by nearly a quarter last year, according to new figures from the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS)....

A Human Rights Watch statement today accused Iraqi officials of allowing torture to continue in Mosul detention facilities. “If the Iraqi government ignores credible reports of torture, it’s no...

Oil prices rose to a record high for 2019 reaching above $72 a barrel yesterday, thanks to China’s economic growth and an unexpected decline in US inventories. By 11.30...

Areas under the control of the Syrian regime are facing a serious fuel crisis after an Iranian credit line was halted six months ago, intensifying the impact of international sanctions and opposition blockages

US Congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has proposed the US cut military and economic aid worth $3 billion a year from Israel in response to the re-election of Benjamin Netanyahu as...

An Egyptian politician who is known for having supported the bloody coup which ousted the country’s first freely elected president in 2012, has expressed his opposition to the constitutional...

Israel has detained 1,600 Palestinians in the first few months of 2019, including 230 children and 40 women. According to a new report by the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)’s...

An armed Sudanese rebel movement announced yesterday it was unilaterally suspending hostilities in support for peaceful transition of power in the country, Reuters reported. The movement, which is active...

A prominent Saudi journalist has said that achieving peace with Israel is more important than the status of Jerusalem and that the Palestinian issue must be “eliminated”. Abdul Hameed...

The security services of the Matrouh province, in the northwest of Egypt, have foiled an attempt by 309 Egyptians to cross the country’s western border into Libya, the state-run...

Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said yesterday that he will present a report of his meeting with Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan....

Only local publishers could take part in the ongoing Book Fair being held in Gaza City, Safa news agency reported, stating that there are only 20,000 titles compared to...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia have organised aid packages to help those affected by floods in Iran. The UAE Red Crescent said in a statement on...

The Islamic Bloc, Hamas’ student arm, yesterday won 23 seats in the student elections of the University of Birzeit in the occupied West Bank, Al-Resalah newspaper reported. The Bloc...

Saudi is carrying out an arrest campaign against Palestinians in the country, an exiled academic has said according to Al-Resalah newspaper. On Twitter, Said Bin Nasser Al-Ghamdi wrote: “In...

Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh yesterday reiterated that the US’ “deal of the century” will be born dead and there would be no partners for the deal,...

Israeli occupation authorities refused to issue travel permits for hundreds of Palestinian Christians from Gaza who planned to visit holy sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem during Passover, Safa news...

Israeli bulldozers demolished the Palestinian Bedouin village of Al-Araqeeb in the Negev desert for the 143rd time yesterday. Locals reported that Israeli bulldozers, escorted by Israeli police forces, demolished...