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VIDEO A Sinai-based jihadist-Salafi group has released a 30-minute video which it claims is the attempted assassination of Egypt's interim interior minister. Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis (Supporters of Jerusalem) said...

The Secrets of Arabia web site has learned that Egypt's interim Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim expressed severe frustration during the last cabinet meeting in Cairo, admitting that all security...

A report by the Arab Organisation for Human Rights has revealed that an Israeli company, Seagull Maritime Security, provides maritime security services for cruises and cargo ships passing through...

Senior European diplomatic sources said that EU envoy Bernardino León's short visit to Cairo on Tuesday, during which he met with both Egyptian officials and representatives of the Muslim...

Amr Moussa, the head of the 50-member constitutional committee charged with amending the Egyptian constitution, announced on Thursday that he will not run for any executive position in the...

Cairo's Criminal Court refused on Monday the appeal filed by Muslim Brotherhood leaders against their detention on charges of violence, a judicial source told mass media. The defendants who...

Egyptian coup authorities detained on Monday the veteran judicial activist and former parliamentarian Mahmoud Al-Khudairi. The first deputy of the Egyptian Interior Ministry, Brigadier Ameen Ezzidin, issued the detention...

Tunisia's ruling EnNahda party has started a national dialogue on Friday with the opposition 'Salvation Front' to form a caretaker government and prepare for general elections. The dialogue is...

Egyptian General Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi, who carried out the coup against the freely elected president, has called for immunising the military institution for at least 10 years, a recorded interview...

General Omar Afifi, an Egyptian political refugee in the US, has criticised Egypt's Defence Minister General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi for denying media channels the right to broadcast the trial...

The director of the Azhari Mohammad Sharawi Islamic High School in Aswan, Egypt has suspended 32 students for a week on charges of defying Egypt's Defence Minister General Abdel...

The US embassy in Egypt has warned its nationals of possible unrest following the announcement by pro-democracy supporters that they intend to organise protests to denounce the ousting of...

A senior leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, Salah Bardawil, said he was disappointed with the third Arab-African Summit in Kuwait and the Arab Peace Initiative Committee which...

The leader of Tunisia's Al-Nahda Party has said that he and his colleagues have full confidence in the country's political factions. Shaikh Rashid Ghannouchi said on Sunday that all...

On Friday the South African foreign minister criticised the Israeli occupation of Palestine and said that it reminded her of the era of racial discrimination in her country, news...

VIDEO Mohammad Salim Al-Awa, a member of the legal committee defending Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi, and 13 members of his government, revealed details of his half hour meeting with...

The Director of Egypt's General Intelligence Service, Mohamed Farid Tuhami, disclosed that the cooperation between Egypt's two intelligence services and the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has now been...

Rashid Ghannouchi, the head of the Tunisian Al-Nahda Party, which is currently leading the ruling coalition in Tunisia, reiterated on Thursday his party's refusal to recognise the resignation of...

Cairo's Criminal Court refused on Monday the appeal filed by Muslim Brotherhood leaders against their detention on charges of violence, a judicial source told mass media. The defendants who...

Moheb Dous, a founding member of Egypt's Tamarrod movement, believes that none of its members have benefited from the movement, claiming that the only ones who have benefitted are...

US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has told the Washington Post that Egypt's economy will collapse if the military continues to rule the country. As Graham explained to veteran reporter...

A group of generals in the Egyptian army, along with the leadership of a military services branch, have met with ousted President Mohammed Morsi to launch a campaign called...

Ayman Nahid, a member of the legal authority for the defence of those indicted of the "itihadiyah events", has revealed that deposed President Mohammed Morsi told a legal delegation...

Egyptian, Arab and Western political sources have revealed that secret talks are taking place between Cairo and Abu Dhabi regarding a change in the economic support that the United...

The Secretary General of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Dr Mahmoud Hussein, has denounced the recent statements by US Secretary of State John Kerry, who described the Muslim Brotherhood as the...

Egypt's Ministry of Sports has decided to ban Kung Fu Champion Mohammad Yousuf from representing Egypt in the next round of international events after he made a gesture with...

The defence minister and a number of army officials carried out a military coup on July 3, 2013 against the legitimate government of Egypt that came into office by...

Video Published by pro-coup Al Watan newspaper, November 3, 2013. Below is the transcript of the video. (The coup) is legally a full-fledged crime. Hence, I am the president...

Arab MK Jamal Zahalqeh has called upon the Palestinian Authority to "immediately" stop peace talks with Israel in the wake of the Knesset's overwhelming vote on Monday to return...

The list of those being considered for prosecution by a team of international lawyers includes journalists and clerics associated with the coup in Egypt, it has been revealed. Tayab...

A senior member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Saad Al-Husseini, revealed in court that the coup leaders have offered to release Muslim Brotherhood leaders and members of Egypt's Anti-coup alliance...

Dr Amr Darraj, a leader of Egypt's Anti-Coup Alliance, has revealed that the interim government is offering the Muslim Brotherhood a post as Head of the Cabinet to resolve...