Morocco will play their final World Cup match with a big chip on their shoulders, with their coach taking a few early parting shots at referees and officials on...

Portugal coach Fernando Santos has dismissed the suggestion that his team relied too much on Cristiano Ronaldo and said they worked hard to function as a unit as they...

Egypt’s parliament approved on Sunday the extension of a nationwide state of emergency for three months from July 14. Egypt imposed the emergency in 2017 after two church bombings...

Libyan coastguards have recovered the bodies of five migrants and picked up 185 survivors off its western coast, a spokesman said on Saturday. It brings the total number of...

Libya’s UN-backed Presidential Council has confirmed the release of three Turkish nationals after 233 days in captivity in the southwestern town of Ubari. In a statement on Sunday, the...

Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser, said Washington would likely announce its Middle East peace plan even if Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, angered by US policy so far, chose to...

A spokesman for the Moroccan government spokesman has said that there can be no solution to the Sahara conflict without the active involvement of Algeria. “It is Algeria,” added...

The eldest son of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has asked when the violations against his father in prison are going to end, Anadolu reported on Friday. In a...

The imprisonment of Ola Al-Qaradawi, daughter of prominent Islamic scholar Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, and her husband Hosam Khalaf is “a flagrant violation of the international law”, the United Nations Working Group...

Egypt will formally protest to FIFA about the performance of Paraguay referee Enrique Caceres whose decisions they feel prejudiced the outcome of their World Cup game against hosts Russia...

The Libyan navy rescued 301 illegal immigrants yesterday off the country’s northern coast, the spokesperson said. In a statement the official said a patrol had rescued 301 illegal immigrants,...

The Union of Tunisian Imams called on the Grand Mufti of the Republic to discourage pilgrims from travelling to complete the Hajj this year because of the high costs...

Morocco and Algeria should apply to jointly host the World Cup 2030, King Mohammed VI told Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Moroccan website Le 360 reported that the proposal came...

Tunisian Minister of National Defence, Abdelkarim Zebidi, confirmed that there have been no coup attempts in his country since 2011. Local radio station Shems FM reported yesterday, Zebidi saying:...

The first time Talal Hasan met Omar Almahel they slept side by side on a piece of cardboard at a train station in Brussels. Not long after this the...

OPEC scrambled on Thursday to agree on raising oil output, with Saudi Arabia warning of shortages but Iran holding out against a deal amid the prospect of lower exports...

Climate changes on Egypt’s northern coast could force five million people to leave the country’s Nile Delta area, Egypt’s irrigation minister said yesterday. In light of population estimates for...

Egypt has called on the international community to “share the collective responsibilities of hosting refugees,” Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said on Wednesday. “We renew...

Excerpts of some of Egypt’s national high school exams were leaked on social media on Tuesday, the latest in a series of attempts by students to release questions from...

The United States has conducted 550 targeted drone strikes in Libya, The Intercept reported today. US military engagement in Libya began in 2011 when the Arab Spring uprisings swept...

Egypt’s Oil Minister Tariq Al-Molla said yesterday that his country is planning to increase fuel prices again, without specifying the date of the new increase or the expected rate....

The decision to increase license fees for Egyptian factories has forced 45 factories to close their doors in the industrial zone in New Cairo, Almesryoon reported yesterday. According to...

Four members of east Libyan security forces were killed in the city of Derna on Wednesday by a suicide bomber bearing a white flag as he drove towards a...

A below-par Portugal were again rescued by Cristiano Ronaldo’s eye for goal as they stumbled to 1-0 victory over Morocco on Wednesday that meant the unlucky North African side become the...

The United States on Wednesday strongly condemned recent attacks on Libyan oil ports by militia loyal to Ibrahim Jathran and called for “all armed actors” to withdraw immediately from...

There are few places that can be as vibrant as a school, as creative and colourful or as full of energy and youthful enthusiasm. For children growing up in...

Algeria is witnessing the longest labour protest in its history with the ongoing strike by medical residents in government hospitals. The protest has lasted since November, when the Autonomous...

Around 4,400 prisoners in Algeria are expected to sit for the Baccalaureate examinations next Wednesday, the Ministry of Justice has announced. The move, which has been approved by the...

Egypt is set to be given the fourth $2 billion tranche of the $12 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait has announced. The money will...

Egypt’s World Cup hopes were left in tatters after a disastrous spell at the start of the second half in Tuesday’s 3-1 loss to hosts Russia but Mohamed Salah’s...

The United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday accusing it of a “chronic bias against Israel,” a move that activists warned would make advancing...

The President of Algeria’s Agricultural Chamber in the El Oued Province, Bakar Hamid, said his country is experiencing a frantic propaganda campaign aimed at damaging the national economy. The...