Middle Eastern passports have ranked low on this year's Henley Passport Index, which ranks the travel documents according to the number of destinations their holders can travel to without obtaining a...

Egypt's health minister has stipulated that mobile phones must be taken away from hospital patients for the duration of their stay following the death of an entire ICU ward...

A high-level US delegation arrived in Algeria on Wednesday to discuss bilateral cooperation, the Western Sahara file and the situation in Libya and the Sahel. The delegation includes Air...

Phones have turned into weapons in the hands of many people. Most importantly, they have allowed people to capture a moment in real-time. Phones have therefore turned every citizen...

The Libyan army's confidence in renegade General Khalifa Haftar's commitment to the ceasefire has been "shaken", a spokesperson said yesterday. In a statement to Anadolu Agency spokesman for the Sirte-Jufra Liberation Operations...

The Tunisian Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday the launch of an investigation into the "deliberate leaking" of classified ministry documents on social media. In a statement, the ministry...

The governorate of Gafsa, southern Tunisia, on Thursday staged a general strike that included most of the city's public facilities to demand development projects and job opportunities for the...

Spokesperson for Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Talaat Fahmy on Thursday welcomed the results of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit. The summit led to a reconciliation between Qatar and its...

Egyptian authorities seized a shipment of drugs estimated to be worth $39 million after discovering a container which was transiting through Port Said with over eight million fenethylline hydrochloride...

The Egyptian foreign minister made calls to his Israeli and Palestinian Authority (PA) counterparts yesterday to discuss the upcoming quartet that aims to "advance peace in the region", the...

The Egyptian Ministry of Health confirmed the availability of oxygen in sufficient quantities in all hospitals treating patients with coronavirus, stressing that the state spares no effort to preserve...

Increasing electricity tariffs was the "alternative" on offer to the country's finance ministry to cover domestic electricity demands, Sudanese Energy Minister, Khairy Abdel Rahman, announced yesterday. "Electricity subsidy cuts...

Qatari Finance Minister Ali Al-Emadi along with a delegation arrived on Tuesday in the Egyptian capital Cairo for the first time since the start of the Gulf blockade in...

Egypt's Interior Ministry has referred 1,112 people to the public prosecution after they refused to pay the 50 Egyptian pounds ($3.19) fine for violating precautionary covid measures. On Sunday,...

The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres, in a letter to member states dated 31 December, asked regional blocs to nominate observers to monitor Libya's shaky ceasefire and arms...

The Somali opposition has warned US oil firms not to sign deals with the Somali government, according to a statement posted on the Twitter account of one of the...

Sudanese military sources have confirmed that the army responded to two attacks this week carried out by Ethiopian forces, in the latest clashes between the two sides after a...

Head of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez Al-Sarraj has welcomed the outcomes of the Gulf summit held on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, which he believes: "Succeeded...

The four Arab countries that had imposed a three-year siege on Qatar have waived their 13 preconditions as they announce reconciliation with it on Tuesday. Following the announcement of...

Sudan on Wednesday quietly signed on to the Abraham Accords, US-brokered agreements which have ushered in public rapprochements between Israel and several Arab states, Reuters reports. While Sudan and...

Tunisian President Kais Saied demanded Wednesday that the UN contribute to addressing reasons that cause conflicts because he said hostilities continue to threaten world peace and security, Anadolu reports....

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in the Saudi Arabian city of Al-Ula has ended the blockade imposed on Qatar by the Kingdom, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt in...

Moroccans are grappling reluctantly with their country's shocking level of normalisation with Israel. They have organised sit-ins, and a petition to thwart the deal, while weighing the steep toll...

The Egyptian health minister is under fire again after a video of her at a wedding has gone viral. The video was posted on Instagram by fashion designer Samo...

The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) yesterday welcomed measures announced on Monday to finalise reconciliation among member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), group spokesman, Talaat Fahmi, said in a statement. Fahmi...

Progress in the talks between Egypt and the Gulf States that boycotted Qatar do not mean full reconciliation, the New Khaleej reported Egyptian media saying yesterday. Reporting the Egyptian newspaper Al-Shorouk, the New...

Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah are expected to meet in Cairo soon to discuss the implementation of the latest agreement which it is hoped will bring an end to...

The Libyan army yesterday announced that its forces were fired at by the militia of renegade General Khalifa Haftar in the Bukharia region, west Sirte. The spokesman for the...

The US Senate joined the House of Representatives last week to overturn President Donald Trump's veto of the National Defence Authorisation Act. The Act covered the approval of the...

An Egyptian security source denied allegations circulated on Facebook pages affiliated to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood (MB) about a COVID-19 outbreak in prisons, leading to multiple fatalities. "What was...

Mauritanian MPs called to enact legislation criminalising the normalisation of relations with the Israeli occupation. In a joint statement the Union of Forces of Progress (UFP), People's Progressive Alliance (APP),...

Turkey's top diplomat on Tuesday met the owner of the Turkish company targeted in a recent terrorist attack in Somalia, reports Anadolu Agency. Mevlut Cavusoglu hosted Hidayet Zorlu, owner...