Israel will attend the US-led Mideast conference in Bahrain slated for June 25-26, officials announced Sunday, Anadolu reports. “Israel will be at the Bahrain conference,” Foreign Minister Israel Katz...

Egypt on Sunday launched a revamp of the Egyptian Museum, promising to preserve and enhance the storied site even as it loses its most famous collection, Reuters reports. Located...

The German government had approved an €800 million ($899 million) arms export deal with Egypt during the period from 1 January to 5 June 2019, the country’s economic affairs...

What was an offhand proposal by the former head of the Saudi intelligence service, Turki Al-Faisal, to the late Egyptian intelligence chief, Omar Suleiman, with the aim of easing...

Just one week after rights groups condemned British authorities for failing to publicly condemn the death sentence of a minor, UK Minister for the Armed Forces Mark Lancaster and...

Egypt will always support the Libyan troops loyal to the General Khalifa Haftar, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said yesterday. “Egypt’s position on supporting the Libyan National Army in...

The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Thursday, called on Arab states and all other parties that received an invitation to attend the US-led “Peace for Prosperity”...

In a recent Foreign Policy article Brotherhood member Yehia Hamed forecast that Egypt will soon be bankrupt if it continues in the same vein. External debt has increased fivefold...

An Egyptian military court handed down various sentences that ranged from three years to life imprisonment against 296 defendants over an alleged attempt to assassinate Egyptian President Abdel Fattah...

Egypt’s trade deficit rose by more than 10 per cent in March, hitting $4.15 billion compared to $3.77 billion during the same month the previous year, the Central Agency for...

Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani said he did not know of his country’s participation in the Bahrain Conference which is aimed at promoting the US peace plan known as...

The top US diplomat for Africa on Wednesday joined an international effort to press Sudan’s military rulers and the opposition toward a deal on a transition to democracy two...

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi may shuffle military officials who are currently occupying senior posts, Arabi21 reported citing military sources. Among those who may be removed from their posts is the...

The counter narcotics and organised crime sector of the Egyptian Ministry of Interior has announced the seizure of 3.4 billion Egyptian pounds ($178 million) from money laundering crimes through...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday received the President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder in Cairo and discussed ways to settle the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the presidency said...

Egypt’s Court of Cassation on Monday upheld 25-year prison sentences against 22 members of the Muslim Brotherhood including the group’s Mufti Abdul Rahman Al-Barr, a judicial source said. The...

The military junta in Sudan has changed its political rhetoric; it has entrenched its position and is not yielding to the demands of the opposition. This is obvious, not...

Hamas has denied reports that an Egyptian delegation is planning to visit Gaza, Quds Press reported yesterday. “Hamas supports any Egyptian efforts aiming to arrange the internal Palestinian home...

Reuters has reported that Egypt, Jordan and Morocco have informed the Trump administration they will attend a US-led conference in Bahrain this month on proposals for boosting the Palestinian...

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A ship carrying 75 refugees has been in stranded in international waters near Tunisia for 11 days after authorities refused to allow it to dock. The Tunisian Red Crescent...

An Egyptian social media campaign standing in solidarity with Syrian refugees has sparked on Twitter in response to lawyer Samir Sabry’s calls for new laws to strictly surveil Syrian...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) enlisted a businessman to spy on the White House as part of a scheme to gain influence over President Donald Trump’s foreign policy in...

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An Egyptian private travel company has launched a new “paid service” for the residents of the occupied Gaza Strip via the Egypt-Palestine Rafah crossing. The company, Hala for Tourism...

Egypt’s annual urban consumer price inflation jumped to 14.1% in May from 13% in April, official statistics showed on Monday, rise analysts said was greater than expected and prompted...

On Saturday the sentence of Ahmed Saddouma, who was 17 when he was arrested and accused of terror offences and the attempted murder of a federal judge, was reduced...

As Eid Al-Fitr was being celebrated, there were mortar shells and gunfire fired at our officers and soldiers in Sinai and screams emanating from their throats, exhausted by yelling...

The Supreme Administrative Court in Egypt has ruled that the intelligence services, defence and interior ministries and the National Apparatus must agree on investments in Sinai, the New Khaleej...

The Hebrew-language Israeli daily Maariv has revealed new details about the deep secret Israeli-Emirati relations which started about 20 years ago, Al-Khaleej Online reported yesterday. Citing former Haarets intelligence...

Speaker of the Egyptian House of Representatives Ali Abdel-Aal stated that Human Rights Watch (HRW) is a “politicised” organisation and is in violation of its charter. Abdel-Aal indicated at...

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood (MB) on Friday called on Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) to swiftly cede power to an elected civilian government, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement shared on Facebook,...