Morocco yesterday said it would deported 141 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa who attempted to storm the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Sunday. “The public forces have intervened to thwart...

The driver of a train that crashed in Morocco on 16 October, killing at least seven, was travelling more than twice the speed limit on the section of track...

Egypt has issued arrest warrants for two Egyptian lawyers, who are suspected to have been disappeared by government authorities since mid-September, for failing to adhere to the terms of...

A Cairo criminal court has adjourned until 16 December the trial of defendants in a human trafficking case. Public prosecutors investigated the case after they received information from the...

A senior Egyptian security delegation yesterday met top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, the Palestinian group said in a statement. The Egyptian delegation, which entered the Gaza Strip through the...

During the negotiations to unify the military, held in Cairo, Fayez Al-Sarraj, head of the Libyan Presidential Council (PC), demanded a clarification of the status of the civilian authority...

An Egyptian MP has called for the country to follow the example of Algeria and ban women from wearing the full face veil in government buildings, the Egypt Independent...

Egypt State Information Service yesterday denied “organ theft” of a British tourist who had recently died in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada. Officials were responding to reports published...

There were many unique aspects of the late leader Sheikh Abdul Rahman Suwar Al-Dahab’s character. He possessed unique approaches and orientations, as expressed in this thinking and behaviour. This...

Hamas said that Egypt is seeking an internal reconciliation between Palestinian factions before reaching a truce with Israel. Senior Hamas leader Moussa Abu Marzouq told Ma’an that the Egyptian...

Egypt has detained economic expert Abdel-Khaliq Farouq after he published a book analysing the economic and social situation in the country, Arabi21 reported yesterday. Last week, Egyptian security collected...

Egypt’s parliament voted on Sunday to extend a state of emergency in the country for three months, prolonging the authorities’ ability to use special powers into 2019. Egypt first...

One African migrant died and three others were injured when around 300 stormed the border fence separating Spanish enclave Melilla from Morocco on Sunday, the local authorities said. About...

The family of former Egyptian MP Mustafa Al-Najjar has accused Egyptian authorities of forcibly disappearing him, Al-Khaleej Online reported on Friday. His family believes he was disappeared after publishing...

The deputy chief of the Egyptian General Intelligence Services met with the Israeli national security adviser and senior officials of the Shin Bet security service yesterday. Ayman Badia and Meir Ben-Shabbat discussed reaching a truce in...

A number of traders in Egypt’s Sayeda Zeinab neighbourhood have confessed that they had sold skulls and human body parts to medical schools, local sources reported yesterday. The police...

The UK’s SDX Energy yesterday announced that its recent attempts to buy some of British Petroleum (BP)’s Egyptian assets have failed. “Discussions regarding our proposed acquisition of a...

Egypt and the European Union have signed two agreements worth almost $155 million in a bid to create jobs and tackle illegal migrations, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported yesterday. The signing...

The team representing Tunisian politicians Chokri Belaid and Mohamed Brahmi who were assassinated in 2013 have accused the Ennahda movement of forming a “secret security apparatus” linked to the...

The Palestinian resistance groups launched two rockets against Israel on Tuesday night to let the occupation authorities know that their firepower is more accurate and effective. The intention was...

Libyan tribesmen staged a demonstration at the eastern oil port of Hariga on Thursday in protest against the appointment of a government minister, a leading member of the tribe...

Algerian authorities on Thursday banned women from wearing full-face veils, or niqabs, at work, citing reasons of identification for the decision, Reuters reports. The country has been split between moderate...

Egypt has unveiled video footage of its new unmanned aerial aircraft system which it recently added to its Air Force fleet

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir yesterday announced the appointment of Ambassador Jamal Al-Sheikh as peace envoy to follow up with the implementation of the peace agreement signed last month between...

The United Nations has signed purchase agreements with Israeli companies specialising in water and security services worth tens of millions of shekels. The deals have been made in the...

Former President of Sudan, 83-year-old Field Marshall Abdel Rahman Suwar Al-Dahab, has died at a hospital in Saudi Arabia. Sudanese media noted that Al-Dahab had been in a military...

Around 200 deputies kept Algeria’s parliament locked up for several hours on Tuesday in a protest action to press demands for the house speaker to step down, AFP reported....

Israeli Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot has met with his counterparts from several Arab countries during the Counter–Violent Extremist Organisations conference held in Washington, Quds Press reported yesterday. According to...

Russia is due to offer a range of weapons and military equipment to the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi during his current visit to the country’s coastal city of...

Amnesty International has called on the Moroccan authorities to rescind the conviction of Nawal Ben Aissa, an activist in Hirak Rif. This came in the organisation’s statement that Anadolu...

The Tunisian government has allocated 55 million Tunisian dinars ($19.48m) to support rural women in the country and to encourage their productivity and the creation of small enterprises. This...

Najib Ayyad, Head of the 29th Carthage Film Festival, said that 206 films from 47 Arab and foreign countries would be screened during the festival. The Carthage Film Festival...