German Fenerbahçe midfielder, Mesut Ozil, has donated €101,000 ($120,770) to the Turkish Red Crescent for an aid campaign run during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Anadolu news agency reported. The...

The Sudanese army yesterday said it had handed over 61 Ethiopians who it had detained over the past few months. "The Sudanese Armed Forces have handed over 61 prisoners...

Egyptian journalist and opposition figure Khaled Dawoud has been freed after over 20 months in jail

A ship that blocked the Suez Canal for almost a week in March is being held in the waterway as canal authorities pursue a $916 million compensation claim against...

Nearly 2 billion Muslims worldwide will mark the first day of Ramadan on Tuesday after an official sighting of the new crescent moon

In the 5th century BC, the great historian and traveller Herodotus said that Egypt is the gift of the River Nile. Four hundred years later the Roman poet Tibullus...

Egypt is counting on Russia's support in resolving the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) dispute, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said yesterday. "We rely on Russia, through its relations with...

Egyptian media incites racism against the country's Nubian communities, an article published by international media watchdog the Media Diversity Institute (MDI) has claimed. "For decades, Nubians have received an...

The "powerful and dangerous" Israeli spyware firm NSO Group has suffered a major setback in its bid to shut down a lawsuit over the hacking of WhatsApp. Facebook, which...

Turkey and Libya have struck a number of agreements advancing bilateral relations yesterday, and have reaffirmed the maritime border deal they agreed upon in 2019. In a joint press...

The 21-year-old student whose sexual violence sparked Egypt's MeToo movement has been sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of sexually assaulting and blackmailing three underage girls. He...

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has said that Cairo is eager to start talks and build ties with Turkey in a way that serves the interests of both countries,...

There has been an outcry after the Egyptian public prosecutor held junior employees responsible for a train crash in Upper Egypt last month which killed 20 and injured 185 when a...

An Egyptian court yesterday ordered a retrial of a former acting general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mahmoud Ezzat, on charges of spying for the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement,...

Algeria's anti-corruption body has summoned 13 governors who help positions during Abdelkader Zoukh's term as governor of the capital within the framework of the case linked to an Algerian...

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) yesterday warned of the rapid increase in the number of prisons in Egypt, since the January 25 Revolution in 2011. The network said...

More than 24 Sudanese political parties announced their rejection of normalising relations with the occupation and the abolition of Israel boycott law. This came after the Sudanese cabinet approved...

Qatar's emir called Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday to exchange wishes at the start of the holy month of Ramadan, Egypt's presidency said in a statement, in...

Russia is temporarily suspending regular and charter flights with Turkey, Moscow announced Monday, Anadolu Agency reported. The suspension over COVID-19 concerns will last from April 15 to June 1, said Deputy...

Ever Given, the ship that blocked the vital Suez Canal waterway for almost a week, will remain in the hands of Egyptian authorities until compensation is paid to the...

A water war is about to take place if the international community does not intervene, the senior advisor to the chairman of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council warned yesterday. This...

A former presidential candidate in Egypt has called on the government to prepare for a "just war" against Ethiopia, following the failure of negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance...

Security services in Algeria found billions in the possession of Ayoub Belkacemi, who faked being an adviser to the President of the Republic when they raided his home, the...

Tobruk is now the official seat of the national parliament with Tripoli being redesignated as a council of ministers branch

Tunisian Minister of Finance and Investment Ali Al-Kali announced that public debt has reached its highest level, amounting to 16 billion Tunisian dinars ($5.7 billion). In a statement to Watania...

Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar confirmed that "three cities with full facilities will be built east, west and south of Benghazi, to accommodate...

Re-watch book launch of 'The Covid Challenge: Impact on the Middle East & Africa'

Egyptian authorities have added the names of 103 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group to the country's list of terrorists, local media reported. The Money Laundering Combating Unit...

Libya's new unity government launched a long-delayed COVID-19 vaccination programme on Saturday after receiving some 160,000 vaccine doses over the past week, with the prime minister receiving his jab...

Tunisia will not accept any harm to Egypt's water security, Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported. "We look for fair solutions , but Egypt's...

The head of the Libyan National Unity Government will visit Turkey on Monday for talks, a government spokesperson told Anadolu Agency late Saturday. Mohammed Hammude said a high-level delegation...

Tunisia will not accept any harm to Egypt's water security, Tunisian President Kais Saied said today, Anadolu Agency reports.. "We look for fair solutions , but Egypt's...