A British teenager who was arrested in Egypt after taking a photo from the plane window has been released from prison, after spending three weeks in jail. Ninteen-year-old Muhammed...

The Paris demonstrations by the Gilets Jaunes — yellow vests — movement have grabbed public attention around the world, and have spread to several other European capitals. It has...

Egypt’s Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enani revealed that he is investigating a major theft at the Egyptian Museum. “I am investigating a major antiquities issue. I will not be...

Egypt is promoting itself as a linchpin for intra-African trade and a model of economic reform as it prepares to chair the African Union in 2019. The country hosted...

Egyptian police killed two gunmen who carried out last month’s attack on a bus carrying Christians in Minya governorate to the south of Cairo, the interior ministry said on...

The President of Qatar’s National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) has said the European Union (EU) must do more to end the humanitarian tragedy caused by the ongoing blockade of...

The Arab interior minister’s council has issued an arrest warrant for Gaza’s former security chief,  Rashid Abu-Shbak, a close ally of dismissed Fatah leader, Mohammed Dahlan. The Palestinian prosecution...

The dismissed leader of the Palestinian Fatah movement and adviser to the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Dahlan, said that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman would remain...

The Euro- Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, called on the Algerian authorities to assume their responsibility in protecting Palestinian asylum seekers who arrived in Algeria from the Gaza Strip at the...

Egypt’s foreign affairs ministry yesterday condemned a recent report by the United Nations (UN)’s Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, saying that it contained “baseless” allegations about the state’s...

The Cairo Criminal Court yesterday sentenced leader of Muslim Brotherhood Mohammad Badei, his deputy Khairat El-Shater and four other senior members of the group to death, the Safa News...

Egypt’s security forces have arrested the former justice minister, Ahmed Suleiman, local former judges told Reuters on Wednesday. Suleiman was reported to have been arrested at his home in...

Egypt’s finance ministry yesterday denied recent reports, which claimed that the government had allocated part of the state’s budget to finance the country’s New Administrative Capital project. In an...

Italian prosecutors have initiated a formal investigation into five Egyptian security men believed to be involved in the disappearance and murder of Italian PhD researcher, Giulio Regeni in Cairo...

US Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats on Tuesday discussed in Cairo ways to reach political compromises in the current Middle East crises, according to Egypt’s presidency, Anadolu Agency...

The South Korean embassy in Cairo yesterday criticised the suggestion made by an Egyptian Member of Parliament to resolve Egypt’s stray dog problem by exporting them to countries that...

Egyptian social media users have expressed their outrage at the government’s announcement that the UAE-owned Dubai Ports World will acquire a 49 per cent stake in the Suez Canal...

Egyptian politicians and oppositionists in the United States underestimated the effectiveness of attempts by the regime of the coup leader, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, to influence the position of the...

When Houaida Mabrouk heard about a government campaign that offers free hepatitis C screenings, she hesitated, afraid of testing positive. But after many from her community started visiting health...

An Egyptian criminal court has ordered the conditional release of prominent blogger and journalist Wael Abbas, a judicial source said on Monday, rejecting an appeal by state security prosecutors...

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has failed to attend a court hearing in which he was due to testify with regards to events that led to a prison break...

An Egyptian actress is facing trial after she was charged with public obscenity for wearing a revealing dress to the Cairo International Film Festival last week. Several lawyers filed charges...

A senior Islamic Jihad delegation is heading from Gaza to Lebanon through Egypt, the movement’s sources revealed today. According to Palestine Today, the Islamic Jihad is to hold the...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Algeria on Sunday from Mauritania, resuming a tour of Arab countries after attending the G20 summit in Argentina, Reuters reports. Prime Minister...

Hundreds of women took part in a race in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Friday to campaign for an end to violence against women and push for acceptance of...

Member of Hamas’ political bureau Mahmoud Al-Zahar announced that he is heading a Palestinian parliamentary delegation on a foreign tour aimed at mobilising support for the Palestinian people. In...

Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Abdel-Latif Zayyani is to visit Qatar to hand over the invitation of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdel-Aziz to Qatari Emir...

Fatah has closed the door in the face of reconciliation with its rival Hamas, Arab48 reported on Friday. According to the London-based newspaper Al-Hayat, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO),...

A statement entitled “the Islamic jurist who tortured us” has been published on the front page of an Egyptian government magazine, signalling a confrontation between the Egyptian presidency and...

Italy’s foreign minister summoned Egypt’s ambassador on Friday and urged Cairo to respect its commitment to move quickly and bring to justice those responsible for the murder of Giulio...

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Egypt’s High Military Appeals Court accepted the petition filed by two defendants charged with membership in a cell that planned the assassination of army officers and politicians and committed other acts...