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The Tripoli-based Libyan unity government, on Thursday, decried the refusal of Greece's Foreign Minister to get off his plane following his arrival in the capital, Tripoli, and his return...

Two Egyptian girls, aged 11 and 13, were found beheaded on Monday in Al-Hawl camp in north-east Syria

An Egyptian prisoner has died in prison due to medical negligence, less than 24 hours after the death of another detainee in similar circumstances, a human rights group has...

Egyptian lawyers have rejected the application of the electronic invoice system and the value-added tax law, saying they harm the legal profession. Last Thursday, the head of the Egyptian...

The new UN envoy for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, warned on Tuesday that further delaying elections and prolonging the interim period would make the north African country more vulnerable to...

Kuwait has executed seven people convicted of murder, in what are the first executions conducted in the country in the last five years. According to media reports, four Kuwaitis,...

The UK and France underlined the urgency of addressing irregular migration, a joint statement by the two countries foreign ministers said on Friday, reports Anadolu Agency. The countries welcomed...

Turkish and South African firms met Friday in Johannesburg to explore investment opportunities, reports Anadolu Agency. "Our (Turkish) economy is one of the fastest growing economies in the region....

One hundred and fifty Israeli businessmen are currently attending the COP27 climate change summit in Egypt, an official announced yesterday. They are there, apparently, to discuss potential investment opportunities...

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi and a number of military leaders have discussed establishing an artificial island in the Mediterranean Sea, local media reported yesterday. The announcement comes at a...

The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has asked the Grand Mufti of Oman, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Khalili, to become its head. In a short video posted by Qatari journalist Jaber...

Twelve independent, Egyptian, regional and international human rights organisations met in Cairo for the first time in years to discuss opportunities to promote and protect human rights in Egypt....

The unemployment rate in Egypt increased to 7.4 per cent during the third quarter of 2022, up from 7.2 per cent in the second quarter of the year, the...

Journalists and politicians in Tunisia have denounced the country's Anti-Crime Squad's summons of the director of a news website because of an article criticising Prime Minister Najla Bouden, Al-Quds...

The Sidi M'Hamed Court of First Instance in Algiers has sentenced the former CEO of the Sonatrach oil company, Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour, to 15 years enforceable imprisonment and a...

The Egyptian Presidential Pardon Committee yesterday announced the release of 30 pretrial detainees. The committee said in a statement that "procedures to release the 30 pretrial detainees have been...

The UN warned, Tuesday, that Libya is at risk of partitioning since elections, which were scheduled for 24 December, were postponed last year, Anadolu News Agency reports. Abdoulaye Bathily,...

The Tunisian government's decision to conduct a review of the university certificates of all its employees to verify their validity is a "stupid operation", Riad Al-Shuaibi, the political adviser...

Detained Egyptian-British activist, Alaa Abdelfattah, has told his family he has broken his hunger strike, his sister, Sanaa Seif said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. "I've broken my strike. I'll...

The richest polluting nations are spending 30 times as much on the military than they do on climate finance for the world's most climate-affected peoples, according to a new...

Rishi Sunak, Britain's new Prime Minister, is guilty of using discriminatory rhetoric against Muslims and, under his government, "more discrimination" awaits Muslims, according to a British political scientist, Anadolu...

The US is offering up to $10 million for information that helps bring to justice three leaders of the terrorist group, Al-Shabaab, as the Al-Qaeda-aligned group has stepped up...

Top military leader of Sudanese Army, General Abdul Fattah Al Burhan, the de facto leader of the African country, congratulated Israel's Likud leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, on his election win,...

A former Tunisian minister said that the authorities dismissed the General-Secretary of the Union of Diplomatic Corps, Ibrahim Rezki, after he praised Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Former Minister Hatem...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that his "most pressing priority" is to stop small boats crossing the English Channel and arriving in the UK. Sunak's promise to...

The United Nations yesterday confirmed that it is investigating allegations of surveillance and misconduct by Egyptian police providing security at the COP27 climate conference taking place in the Egyptian...

An Algerian court issued a life sentence in absentia on Monday to the head of the Movement for Self-Determination of Kabylie, the Algeria Press Service has reported. A second...

Egypt's COP27 Special Envoy dismissed as "ludicrous" reports that his country was spying on delegates at the climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh and said some developing States believed the issue was an...

The sister of Egyptian-British activist, Alaa Abdelfattah, said on Monday the family had received a letter from prison that served as "proof of life" from the hunger striker, Reuters reports....

The European Union will disburse a total of €100 million ($100 million) to the Tunisian government to support the country's budget, Tunisia's Ministry of Economy and Planning announced yesterday....

Libya will not open any additional border crossings with Tunisia, Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah announced yesterday. "The region is going through real security problems and terrorist risks," Dbeibah told...

English language professors at Ibn Zohr University in the Moroccan city of Agadir announced yesterday that they will stop teaching at the university in protest of attacks and threats...