On Tuesday evening, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the files of Syria and Libya, in addition to the files of illegal immigration, Turkish-European relations, and the coronavirus crisis,...

The Algerian government began the evacuation of Algerian citizens stranded in a number of countries following its decision to suspend air and sea travel as well as the closure...

The Egyptian security forces arrested three female relatives of well-known political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah today for staging a protest to demand the immediate release of all detainees amid...

More economic gloom is heading towards the Middle East as a result of the coronavirus outbreak after it was announced that the region’s airlines are facing a liquidity crisis...

Construction of Egypt’s new administrative capital has been suspended after 20 construction workers tested positive for coronavirus. The discovery of infected cases has caused panic among engineers and other...

Egypt has been called upon to release all prisoners, including political detainees, amid fears that the coronavirus outbreak could spread to prisons. The call was made by political activist...

Cities in Egypt’s South Sinai Governorate, including popular resort town Sharm El- Sheikh, will be closed to tourists for the next 14 days, reports the state-run Al-Ahram, as the...

The Sudanese government is to be commended for its swift response to the coronavirus pandemic, there being just one death to date, and 19 cases of infection. Schools and...

Of all Libya’s neighbours Egypt stands out as the most dangerous. Cairo now holds huge sway over Khalifa Haftar’s camp as his main regional backer to take the capital...

The outbreak of the coronavirus continues to ignite crises between countries. Similar to the ongoing crisis between China – the source of the virus – and the US, tension...

Clashes renewed in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Wednesday between UN-recognized government forces and militias of renegade commander Khalifa Haftar, Anadolu reports. The violence erupted in Ramla axis in...

The United States on Wednesday named seven companies that it has blacklisted for trade-in Iranian petrochemicals, three based in mainland China, three in Hong Kong and one in South...

Tunisia closed its land crossings with Algeria at midnight in its effort to counter the coronavirus pandemic. An Algerian diplomatic source told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that Tunisia’s decision to close...

The parties to the conflict in Libya have been called upon to declare an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in light of the threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic, Anadolu has...

Moroccan journalist and rights activist Omar Radi was yesterday handed a four-month suspended sentence and a $52 fine on charges of insulting a judge on Twitter. Radi was indicted...

The Grand Mufti of Egypt, Shawki Allam, warned citizens yesterday about what he described as “false rumours aimed at betraying religion and the homeland.” Speaking on Facebook, Allam called...

Egyptian authorities yesterday shut down the local office of the Guardian newspaper after the British agency released a report which said that the number of coronavirus cases in the country were...

The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) revealed on Monday that the UAE is sending aviation fuel to the areas controlled by the renegade General Khalifa Haftar’s forces. In a statement, the NOC denounced...

Liverpool FC and Senegalese international Sadio Mané has donated $50,000 to help his country fight the COVID19 virus. According to the Senego website, Mané donated 30 million CFA francs...

Dozens of Sudanese workers who signed contracts with a UAE company have handed over a petition to the Council of Ministers demanding the government to request an official and...

Euro-Mediterranean Human Right Monitor warned that an outbreak of the novel coronavirus among prisoners in jails in the Middle East would “lead to a devastating tragedy in no time”, a...

Abdullah Morsi’s last request to human rights lawyers was to continue denouncing the conditions of his brother Osama’s detention, and the abuses that he was being subjected to. The...

Algeria has banned street protests over the coronavirus, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on Tuesday, in a bid to end a year of unprecedented mass demonstrations that brought down the...

Tunisia will impose a curfew from 6 pm. to 6 am. starting Wednesday with the army patrolling the streets, Tunisia’s president said on Tuesday, tightening the measures to counter...

Egypt on Tuesday reported two more coronavirus deaths, bringing the country’s total to six, the health ministry said in a statement. A 78-year-old Italian woman and a 70-year-old Egyptian...

Egypt is reducing energy prices for industrial users and cutting the tax on company dividends, it said on Tuesday, as part of measures to soften the economic impact of...

Tunisian police used tear gas to disperse dozens of youths at a traditional ram fight on Tuesday because it broke coronavirus rules against crowds, the local Mosaique FM radio...

The Sudanese prosecutor’s office on Tuesday ordered the arrest of former foreign minister Ali Karti for his role in the 1989 coup which brought Omar al-Bashir to power. It...

Moroccan King Mohammed VI has issued instructions to set up a $1 billion fund to rehabilitate the health sector and support vulnerable economic sectors affected by the coronavirus outbreak....

An official at the Egyptian heath ministry yesterday denied recent reports by the Guardian and the New York Times that thousands of people have been infected by the novel...

A shipment of jet fuel has been imported into eastern Libya from the United Arab Emirates in breach of an arms embargo and other international agreements, Libya’s NOC state...

The voice of a 3,000-year-old mummified Egyptian priest has been recreated by researchers in London angering Egypt’s parliament