2,000 members of the National Democratic Rally (RND), led by former Algerian Prime Minister, Ahmed Ouyahia, resigned from the party in protest against the latter’s statement which they considered...

Sudan’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it has summoned Egypt’s ambassador to Khartoum, Hossam Issa, over Egypt offering oil and gas exploration blocks “in Red Sea areas subject to...

The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in UK held the Malaysian authorities fully responsible for the safety of five Egyptians and an unidentified sixth person who were handed over...

The Sudanese government yesterday rejected the South Valley Egyptian Petroleum Holding Company’s call for bids in ten oil and gas exploration blocks in the Red Sea including areas within...

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika may step down on 28 April when his fourth term ends, local media reported on Tuesday. Algeria’s Ennahar newspaper quoted sources close to the Algerian...

Famous Egyptian novelist and writer Alaa Al-Aswany is wanted in Egypt for “insulting president, armed forces and judicial institutions,” his publisher revealed on Tuesday. The French publisher Actes Sud...

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi yesterday called to amend the constitution because of what he described as “differences in the interpretation” of some of the constitution’s chapters. This came...

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud called Morocco’s King Mohammed VI to review “brotherly relations” between the two countries, state news agency SPA said on Wednesday. Moroccan...

Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda football team’s former Egyptian tactician Ahmed Hossam, known as “Mido,” is subject to one year in prison, official Saudi media reported yesterday. Mido, former Egyptian football...

The United Nations will hold a conference inside Libya in April to discuss elections as a way out of the country’s eight-year-long conflict, a UN envoy said on Wednesday,...

Egypt has no conditions for restoring Syria’s membership in the Arab League, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri said on Wednesday. “Egypt has no condition for Syria’s return to the Arab...

An Egyptian court had extended the detention of the daughter of prominent Muslim scholar Yusuf Al-Qaradawi and her husband for 45 more days, bringing the period they have spent...

An influential Algerian party that was a long-time supporter of Abdelaziz Bouteflika has criticised the ailing president for seeking to stay in power, as mass demonstrations calling for the...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday called on Egyptian authorities to locate the disclose the whereabouts of former parliamentarian Mostafa Al-Nagar who has been missing “for nearly five months”. “The...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Algerian people will determine their fate based on their constitution and in line with the principles of international law. during a joint...

The United States (US) is angry over the Egyptian army’s interference into the local business activity across various sectors, diplomatic sources reported yesterday. The sources told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that...

Israel on Tuesday asked 26 countries for support against a UN vote that singles out its violation of international human rights and humanitarian law in the occupied Gaza Strip,...

Former Algerian Prime Minister Ali Benflis said President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s recent message, in which he stressed his commitment to a road map to overcome the crisis, “has gone beyond...

The French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian lauded the “great progress” made in southern Libya by Libya’s National Army Chief Marshal Khalifa Haftar, pointing out at the same time...

The proposed constitutional amendments in Egypt and their impacts on people were discussed at a seminar held in Istanbul on Tuesday, Anadolu reports. The Center for Islam and Global...

The US on Tuesday pledged $500,000 in security assistance to Libya’s UN-backed National Accord Government, Anadolu reports. US Ambassador to Tripoli Peter Bodde and AFRICOM Commander Gen. Thomas Waldhauser...

The family of a Palestinian businessman has appealed to Ghanaian authorities to investigate the whereabouts of their son, who disappeared upon arriving in the capital city Accra three months...

Hamas yesterday denied holding meetings with Israeli officials in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. The movement’s spokesman, Hazem Qassem, described the reported meeting as “false and baseless”. “The promotion of...

Gulf countries have supported Egypt with nearly $92 billion since the revolution that overthrew the regime of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. Sources in the Central Bank of Egypt...

Thirteen independent trade unions in Algeria have refused to support the efforts of newly-appointed Prime Minister Noureddine Badawi to form a government he hopes will help pacify protesters who...

Egypt has signed a $2 billion deal with Russia to buy more than 20 Sukhoi SU-35 multi-role fighter jets, Russia’s daily Kommersant reported yesterday. The contract, which was signed at...

Hundreds of protesters, mostly students, took to the streets in and near Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Monday, continuing a three-month wave of demonstrations that has posed the most serious...

The ban list imposed by Egyptian intelligence services on the appearance of ministers on official and private TV channels has been extended to include MPs. Well-informed sources revealed to...

Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to demilitarize the disputed common borders between the two countries within one month, the defense ministries of the two countries said on Monday,...

Amid ongoing protests against his rule, Algeria’s president on Monday reaffirmed his decision to hold a national conference meant to lead to a constitutional referendum, says Anadolu Agency. In...

Libya’s UN-backed administration agreed with the central bank and other players on a 2019 budget worth 46.8 billion dinars ($33.83 billion), it said on Monday after months of arguments,...

Former Tunisian President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki has stressed that the UAE cannot stop the “second wave of the Arab Spring” which is taking place in Algeria and Sudan. Marzouki...