Egypt’s deal with Hamas to help the Gaza Strip has no political dimension and is solely a humanitarian effort, the head of Islamic Jihad’s media office, Daoud Shihab, told...

An Egyptian court yesterday sentenced five Egyptians to two years in jail after they were found guilty of violating the demonstration law in Alexandria where they protested against the...

Qatar’s economic and trade ministry has announced that both Qatari and non-Qatari companies in Qatar will prosecute the countries imposing the blockade, namely Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and...

Amelia Smith interviews Abdugheni Sabit, a Uyghur activist who left China in 2007 and settled in the Netherlands. Sabit is currently appealing to the international community to put pressure...

Russia is holding talks with Egypt, Algeria and Turkey during the Moscow 2017 International Aerospace Show for potential acquisitions of airplanes and air defence systems, the Russian news agency Sputnik News reported....

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused a German-Egyptian submarine deal in 2012 for fear of the weapons being in the hands for ousted President Mohamed Morsi, but has since...

Sudan has pledged to restart negotiations with the United States over sanctions relief at the insistence of Saudi Arabia, the official Sudanese news agency (SUNA) revealed yesterday. The announcement...

Egyptian security forces killed a prominent Daesh militant on Tuesday suspected of being involved in recent attacks in North Sinai, an Interior Ministry statement said. Egypt faces an Islamist...

Egypt received today the final installment of the first $4 billion tranche of the $12 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan, the state-run Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported....

Qatar’s Defence Minister Khalid bin Mohammad al-Attiyah said no country has the right to call for the closure of the Turkish base in Doha. In an interview with TRT...

An Emirati company has plans to develop the Al-Warraq Island in Cairo in which clashes have erupted in recent days, local newspaper have reported. According to Al-Masry Al-Youm and...

For the sake of argument I will assume that Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi actually obtained on that abominable day in July 2013 what he described as a mandate to combat...

 A Russian diplomat has caused crisis at Cairo International Airport after he refused to have his luggage inspected and to undergo security checks by the Egyptian security officers before...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that he hopes Yemen’s war will not spark direct confrontation between Iran and Saudi Arabia and that they can work...

Egypt will end visa-free entry for Qatari nationals with some exceptions, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Monday, the latest measure taken against Doha which Cairo and three Gulf...

Hamas has reinforced its armed presence near the Rafah Border Crossing and the Israeli army is worried, Egypt’s Almesryoon.com news website has reported. The details originated on Israel’s Wallah...