The Arabs agreed in 1948 on the decision to form combat groups against the Zionist colonisation of the land of Palestine, which was known as the Nakba. Exactly 72...

The Egyptian prosecutor has successfully appealed a release order issued for Reem Desouky, Ola Qaradawi, Alaa Abdul Fattah and Mohamed Al-Baqer. All four have been detained on spurious charges....

Egyptian singer Essam Shaaban aims to fight the deadly coronavirus

Qatar’s Foreign Minister has said that talks with Saudi Arabia stopped in January without any prior notice, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani made his...

The dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam could take “months” to resolve, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned yesterday. Pompeo told reporters at...

Apparently belly dancing whilst you're a boy is an expellable offence in Egypt

The London-based Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported on Tuesday that Egypt warned Israel not to assassinate senior Hamas officials in Gaza. Yahya Al-Sinwar and Marwan Issa were named specifically in the...

Libya’s internationally recognised government on Tuesday suspended talks hosted by the United Nations to halt warfare over the capital after eastern forces shelled Tripoli’s port, killing three people and...

The Egyptian Music Syndicate has banned musicians performing the popular music genre Mahraganat, Arabic for festival. Born out of Egypt’s slums, it was the first genre of music to...

Two Egyptian paramedics were sentenced to 20 years in prison each, after writing a false medical report for a cancer patient to be used to issue a false death...

Last month the Egyptian army began construction of a new separation wall on the border shared with the besieged Gaza Strip, allegedly to reinforce security in the Sinai Peninsula,...

Libya’s combatants are readying for a long conflict, as foreign weapons flood in, eastern factions close oil ports and rival alliances wrangle over revenues from Africa’s largest petroleum reserves, Reuters...

Egyptian cabinet yesterday said that a new military base would be built on the country’s eastern border to secure the Suez Canal. Local official sources told The New Khalij...

The Egyptian public prosecutor’s office is pursuing a criminal investigation into an Egyptian researcher studying in Italy on charges of spreading fake news that posed a threat to security...

For the first time, an Israeli plane has flown through the Sudanese airspace, Ynet News reported yesterday. The plane had first taken off last Monday from Israel’s Tel Aviv...

Turkey would never forcibly deport any refugee whose life could be in danger in his or her home country, Turkish interior minister said yesterday. Speaking to Qatar’s Al-Jazeera, Süleyman...

The agreement includes arrangements on the filling of the dam and measures to be taken during times of drought, as well as rules on long-term operation.

A British man has been imprisoned in Egypt after being accused of sexual assault after he patted a male airport security guard on the back. Tony Camoccio, 51, was...

Public prosecutors in the Egyptian province of Matrouh have ordered the detention of 25 people, including employees of the postal service, following allegations of money laundering and transfers. Local...

Hamas has announced that its leader’s foreign tour will continue throughout 2020 in order to complete a very busy political and speaking schedule. The fact that Ismail Haniyeh will...

Egypt’s state-run Ahram newspaper has announced that the Supreme Council of Antiquities has installed the pyramid shaped top of the Tahrir Square obelisk. Over the next few days four...

British Petroleum (BP) has invested $35 billion in Egypt making it one of the largest foreign investors in the country. As analysts have pointed out, this means it more...

Human rights advocates are not safe in Egypt, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said earlier this week, noting that they are regularly detained and tortured. In a statement, HRW said...

Shell is still open to receiving offers from potential buyers of the company’s onshore upstream assets in Egypt’s Western Desert, Shell Egypt’s country chair, Khaled Kacem, announced yesterday. The...

They've certainly put the 'soap' in soap opera...

The Egyptian satirist Shady Abu Zeid has become the latest victim of Egypt’s revolving door policy after he was added to a new case despite being released. On 6...

The Egyptian parliament is removing satellite channels, radio stations and social media from the definition of “a terror entity” to try and clean up its image for Western media....

Channel 4's One Born Every Minute has nothing on Egypt...

Egypt has signed a new oil and gas exploration deal with the German company Wintershall DEA with minimum investments of $43 million, according to the state-run Al-Ahram. Under the...

Egyptian intelligence officers arrived in the Gaza Strip yesterday to mediate a long-term ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Jewish News Syndicate has reported. The delegation is led by...

Egypt’s Supreme Court has issued a final ruling banning a teacher who sexually harassed 120 primary school students in a school in Alexandria. The teacher was dismissed from the...

Egypt and Italy are close to signing an arms deal worth $1.3 billion, noting this deal might be part of larger one that worth $9.8 billion, the New Khaleej...