Family members of 17 former Brotherhood leaders and prominent figures have been indefinitely banned from visiting them in Egypt’s infamous Aqrab Prison, relatives reported yesterday. In a statement, the...

The head of Libya’s national consensus government Fayez Al-Sarraj yesterday announced that his government will operate from Tripoli, France Press reported. The French agency quoted a source in the...

The Lawyers Union for Democratic and Legal Studies has called for political prisoners in Wadi Natrun prison in northern Egypt to be saved, claiming that the prison management has...

Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has warned the Egyptian authorities of consequences if they do not cooperate with investigations into the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni, Anadolu news...

Algerian opposition groups held the second symposium to discuss political change in the country yesterday. The first symposium was held in 2014 and resulted in the ratification of the...

Russia announced yesterday that it will not resume flights to Egypt after an EgyptAir flight was hijacked and forced to land in Larnaca Airport, Cyprus. State-run television channel, Russia...

The mother of an Italian student who was found dead in Cairo last month described the pain of seeing her son’s tortured body and demanded a tough response from...

French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Jean-Marc Ayrault has started a two-day visit to Algeria to discuss mutual relations, Quds Press reported yesterday. In a statement, the...

The Egyptian army has fallen eight places within 24 hours in a ranking of the world’s most powerful militaries prepared by website Global Firepower. Egypt is now at number...

An EgyptAir airliner was hijacked Tuesday morning and forced to land in southern Cyprus, officials said. Flight MS181 landed at Larnaca airport at 8.50 a.m. local time (0550GMT), police...

Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Zahar has revealed that the movement has agreed to Egyptian demands for talks to restore mutual relations, AlMesryoon.com reported on Sunday. He noted that a...

The Sudanese security and intelligence service confiscated copies of Al-Ayam and Al-Mustakellah newspapers that were prepared for distribution on Sunday, without giving reasons for the confiscation. The editor-in-chief of...

Italy’s Interior Minister, Angelino Alfano, said Sunday that Egypt will keep the case of Italian research student, Guilio Regeni, open two days after the Egyptian authorities claimed they had...

Libya suspended air traffic in Mitiga airport, east of Tripoli on Sunday due to security reasons that are likely to be associated with the scheduled arrival of the UN-backed...

Egyptian doctors demonstrated on Saturday evening in front of their syndicate's headquarters in downtown Cairo to protest what they describe as "chronic police brutality" and to demand better security...

Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Zahar said on Friday that his movement is heading to Cairo on Sunday to resume meetings aimed at improving relations with the Egyptian authorities. Speaking...

The Algerian police announced Thursday it has thwarted a suicide attack against a local police headquarters in the town of Ma’atqah, in Tizi Ouzou province; 100 km east of...

Severe clashes erupted yesterday between Libya Dawn forces, affiliate to the Tripoli government, and militants affiliated to renegade General Khalifa Haftar, who controls Tobruk in the east of the...

US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power yesterday accused the Egyptian authorities of “scaring” politicians and rights activists as well as “violating” human rights, the Anadolu Agency...

Spokesperson for the Tunisian government Khalid Shawkat said on Wednesday that all mosques in the country will be controlled through law enforcement. Shawkat said in a statement following a...

US Secretary of State John Kerry stressed that the US position on the Western Sahara has not changed, noting that dialogue will continue to find a final settlement. The...

British Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Tobias Ellwood has expressed his concern over what he called "the growing restrictions on civil society in Egypt". According to...

Egypt’s Freedom and Justice party yesterday condemned the terror attacks on the Belgium capital Brussels. The Independent: Terrorism in Europe is a result of the West's policies “We all...

The Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi yesterday announced the extension of the state of emergency in the country for three additional months starting today. Also read:  Tunisian President: Country...

The Egyptian army is no longer able to repel armed attacks carried out by militants stationed in the Sinai Peninsula, France’s Le Monde newspaper said yesterday. This is in...

Libya’s renegade General Khalifa Haftar will meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi in Cairo, Egypt, today to discuss the latest developments in Libya, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported Libyan political...

The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) denounced the attack on a member of its Board of Trustees Salah Sultan and on the Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide, Mohamed Badie,...

Egypt’s President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi said yesterday: “I am responsible for 90 million people, and keen to balance between their security, the stability of the state, securing freedoms and...

Leader of Tunisia’s Ennahda movement, Rashid Ghannouchi, said the Arab Spring is continuing, stressing that his country’s experience is proof that democracy will find its way into the region....

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi today convened an emergency security meeting to discuss a recent spike in militant attacks in the Sinai Peninsula. On Saturday, at least 15 Egyptian...

Leading Israeli newspaper Haaretz yesterday published an opinion piece written by Zvi Bar’el equating Egypt with Israel as both are suffering the symptoms of the same problem regarding accusations...

The Muslim Brotherhood is celebrating 88 years since its establishment in 1928 across 52 Arab, European, Asian, African and American countries, the Anadolu Agency reported. Despite its widespread presence,...