The Egyptian Navy has received an Egyptian-made, Gowind-class frigate to join its fleet, the army said in a statement yesterday. Made in Egypt in collaboration with France, the frigate...

The World Health Organisation has used an aircraft belonging to the Syrian regime to deliver medical supplies to the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, making it the latest of...

Somalia's prime minister has introduced a quota of 30 per cent female representation in parliament in preparation for the election being held next month, Reuters reported yesterday. Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein...

Egypt's foreign minister has said that no country has the right to interfere in the internal affairs of his country besides Egyptians themselves. "Each society has its own conditions...

Beny Steinmetz, Israeli-French mining tycoon, yesterday appeared in a Swiss court over corruption claims that he paid millions of dollars to Guinean officials for mining franchises, international news agencies...

The family of the Turkish citizen Halil Gozel, who was kidnapped by the militia of renegade General Khalifa Haftar about 11 months ago, expressed concern about his fate, while...

Morocco's Justice and Development Party, which heads the government coalition, lost a key stronghold last week in the Errachidia district. The party, which is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood...

Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, returned to Germany on Sunday to complete his treatment for COVID-19. Tebboune had travelled to Germany a few months ago to receive treatment, and returned to Algeria at the...

Sudan announced on Sunday that it possesses files, maps and documents confirming Ethiopia's recognition of its disputed territories. Media adviser to the head of the Sovereignty Council, Taher Abu...

A man who fought for an Islamist militant group as a teenager in Libya was jailed for the rest of his life on Monday for murdering three men in...

Libya's United Nations-backed government was urged on Thursday to investigate the deaths of hundreds of people in Tarhuna, an agricultural town 45 miles southeast of the Libyan capital, which...

A former Algerian prime minister has admitted selling gold bars on the black market, Algerie Presse Service (APS) has reported. Ahmed Ouyahia, 68, received the gold in his official...

Undersecretary of Egypt's Ministry of Health in Qalyubia Governorate has died from coronavirus two weeks after he contracted the virus. Hamdy El-Tabbakh died on Saturday evening at Agouza Hospital....

Egypt has collected six million Egyptian pounds ($383,691) worth of fines in one week from people found not to be wearing a face mask, reports the state-run Al-Ahram. Over 125,000...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has sacked the transport minister and the CEO of the country's flag carrier Air Algeria, according to the Presidency, Anadolu reports. A presidential statement said...

Libyan authorities on Saturday discovered a new mass grave in the city of Tarhuna, 90 kilometers (56 miles) northeast of the capital Tripoli, likely committed by militias of retreating...

The Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH), the largest human rights association in the country, demanded on Friday recognition of the Amazigh New Year as an official holiday. The...

On Friday, representatives of Addis Ababa in the Ethiopian-Sudanese Joint Borders Committee accused the Sudanese army of "killing and displacing" Ethiopian farmers living along the border between the two...

The Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani has announced that bilateral disagreements between Qatar and Egypt will be resolved in talks between the two sides. Al-Thani...

Palestine, Libya and Qatar announced more infections and deaths linked to the novel coronavirus on Friday as they continued efforts to contain the disease, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the...

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning in Khartoum has signed an agreement with the US Treasury Department to settle Sudan's debts at the World Bank. Finance Minister Heba...

Middle Eastern passports have ranked low on this year's Henley Passport Index, which ranks the travel documents according to the number of destinations their holders can travel to without obtaining a...

Egypt's health minister has stipulated that mobile phones must be taken away from hospital patients for the duration of their stay following the death of an entire ICU ward...

A high-level US delegation arrived in Algeria on Wednesday to discuss bilateral cooperation, the Western Sahara file and the situation in Libya and the Sahel. The delegation includes Air...

The Libyan army's confidence in renegade General Khalifa Haftar's commitment to the ceasefire has been "shaken", a spokesperson said yesterday. In a statement to Anadolu Agency spokesman for the Sirte-Jufra Liberation Operations...

The Tunisian Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday the launch of an investigation into the "deliberate leaking" of classified ministry documents on social media. In a statement, the ministry...

The governorate of Gafsa, southern Tunisia, on Thursday staged a general strike that included most of the city's public facilities to demand development projects and job opportunities for the...

Spokesperson for Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Talaat Fahmy on Thursday welcomed the results of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit. The summit led to a reconciliation between Qatar and its...

Egyptian authorities seized a shipment of drugs estimated to be worth $39 million after discovering a container which was transiting through Port Said with over eight million fenethylline hydrochloride...

The Egyptian foreign minister made calls to his Israeli and Palestinian Authority (PA) counterparts yesterday to discuss the upcoming quartet that aims to "advance peace in the region", the...

The Egyptian Ministry of Health confirmed the availability of oxygen in sufficient quantities in all hospitals treating patients with coronavirus, stressing that the state spares no effort to preserve...

Increasing electricity tariffs was the "alternative" on offer to the country's finance ministry to cover domestic electricity demands, Sudanese Energy Minister, Khairy Abdel Rahman, announced yesterday. "Electricity subsidy cuts...