Amnesty International's MENA advocacy director has called on US President Joe Biden to denounce human rights in Egypt and demand change. "Tens of thousands of people have been swept...

The almost week-long blockage of the Suez Canal last month by a giant 250,000-ton container ship once again raised the issue of alternative routes for world shipping. The Netherlands-bound...

An Iranian civilian ship, the Saviz, was attacked in the Red Sea on Tuesday resulted in "minor" damage to the vessel, Foreign Ministry spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said yesterday. "The...

In a recent report, the UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), concluded that French warplanes had struck a crowd attending a wedding on 3 January in the remote village of...

On 29 March, the French Embassy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, was reopened after seven years of closure. The new embassy relocated from the upscale Al-Andalus neighbourhood, west of...

The Libyan National Army (LNA)'s battle won't end until the country's "prestige, borders, military bases and territorial waters are restored," General Khalifa Haftar vowed on Tuesday. "Any attempt directed...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Tuesday issued a warning to the Hirak protest movement calling for reforming the country's political system, stressing that the authorities will not tolerate the...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi declared on Wednesday, regarding the issue of the Renaissance Dam, that: "All options are possible if a drop of Egypt's share of Nile water...

US President Joe Biden's administration is set to formulate a new strategy in Libya that differs from the one implemented by former President Donald Trump. Biden hopes to revise...

Former Tunisian President, Moncef Marzouki, yesterday called for "early elections to help solve the political and economic crises" which are currently rocking the North African state. "Early presidential and...

Greece's embassy in Libya was reopened by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a visit to the North African country yesterday, aiming for a reset of relations soured by the...

Audio chatroom app Clubhouse is on the rise in the Arab world, providing a rare platform for open debate on taboo subjects from so-called honour killings in Egypt to...

Morocco will keep its nightly curfew in place during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when people gather after breaking their fast at sunset, Reuters reported the government announcing today. The...

Head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabie said yesterday that the initial estimate of the losses resulting from Ever Given ship running aground amounted to $1 billion. State-owned Akhbar El-Yom newspaper...

The latest round of talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has led to no progress because Ethiopia refused a proposal which would have seen the formation of an...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, has reiterated his country's call on Algeria to sit at the negotiating table over the Western Sahara...

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh discussed with his Italian counterpart Mario Draghi, on Tuesday, reconstruction, trade exchange, migration, and bilateral relations. This came during a meeting held at...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has called on France to return archives dating back to the Ottoman era, smuggled out of the country during the French colonial era from 1830...

Tunisia's President Kais Saied said on Tuesday that he had rejected parliament's attempt to reduce the number of votes needed to approve the formation of a constitutional court, Anadolu...

The Egyptian government yesterday published the names of 51 more persons that have been added to its terror list. In March 2020, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi approved amendments to...

Tunisia's Ennahda movement on Monday stressed the need to complete the election process for members of the Constitutional Court, which has been stalled by political disputes. A statement issued...

Some 18 people have been killed and 54 injured as a result of renewed tribal violence in West Darfur State, Sudan, the West Darfur Doctors' Committee announced on Monday. The non-governmental...

Moroccan authorities have discovered a new strain of the coronavirus, a member of the state-run scientific and technical committee for managing coronavirus announced yesterday. Azzedine Brahimi reported that the...

An Iranian cargo ship has come under attack in the Red Sea, Reuters reported Al Arabiya TV as saying on Tuesday, quoting unnamed sources. It cited the sources as saying...

Sudan has cancelled a law that boycotts Israel that was imposed since it gained independence from Britain, the Council of Ministers said in a statement on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reported....

The Presidency of the Libyan High Council of State warned against circumventing the political agreement and violating the legal and constitutional contexts governing the political process, and the mechanism...

A shipment of 3.5 million barrels of oil sent by Iran is reportedly currently on its way to Syria to help with the fuel crisis in the country, following...

Algeria's oldest opposition party, the Socialist Forces Front (FFS), announced on Saturday its decision to boycott the early legislative elections scheduled for 12 June. The statement said: "The elections...

First Deputy Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan, Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, stressed the need for all mercenaries to leave Libya. Speaking during a...

Sudanese authorities on Friday closed the border crossing linking the Gallabat city to Ethiopia after an armed attack on government forces on Thursday. The Sudan Tribune quoted well-informed sources who said...

A state-owned Iraqi newspaper on Sunday proposed Al-Faw Grand Port as an alternative to the Suez Canal. Al-Sabah said Al-Faw, in the southern city of Basra, would allow ships that...

The Egyptian Army Chief of Staff Mohamed Farid met on Monday with his Sudanese counterpart Mohamed Othman Al-Hussein and discussed security issues that concern the two countries, the Egyptian...