UAE academic Dr Abdul Khaliq Abdullah criticised what he called the return of the police regime in Egypt. He pointed out that his friends had told him that the...

The Egyptian government announced on Sunday that it will halt all financial support for cotton farmers from the next agricultural season, overturning a decades-long policy to protect one of...

Below is the text of the letter written by Mohamed Fahmy’s legal counsel, as published by the Huffington Post. On 1 January 2015, the Egyptian Court of Cassation issued...

A leader in Tunisia’s Ennahda party said that the movement does not have any objection to Habib Essid who was assigned by President Beji Caid Essebsi to form a...

Libya’s interior minister Omar Al-Sanki issued a decision yesterday banning the entry of Sudanese, Palestinian and Syrian nationals into the country. Bawabat Al-Wasat news site quoted the Information Office...

The Egyptian Popular Current Party, led by former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi, announced that it will not participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled for this year, a senior...

The Egyptian Criminal Court in Al-Mansoura has sentenced 20 Egyptian students to lengthy jail terms on charges related to anti-coup activities. Details of the exact charges were not provided...

The Algerian attorney general announced on Sunday that former presidential candidate Said Sadi will be investigated for libel against three national figures, including the country’s first president, Ahmed Ben...

Morocco Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane said yesterday that he does not want to do anything that might affect Rabat’s relations with the UAE, the Anadolu Agency reported. During a...

Senior Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk said on Sunday that his movement condemns the killing of a Palestinian youth on the Gaza-Sinai border by Egyptian troops. The death took...

Egypt’s State Council has received a lawsuit demanding the Minister of Higher Education Dr Al-Sayed Abdul Khaliq form a committee which includes members of the Supreme Council of Universities-Egypt...

Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church on Monday rejected an invitation from the head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to visit Jerusalem. “Our position is clear on this issue:...

Egypt’s April 6 youth movement has called on all parties that participated in the 2011 uprising which toppled long-serving president Hosni Mubarak to “rise above partisan interests and unite...

Egypt’s Interior Ministry on Saturday denied that an arrest warrant had been issued for human rights lawyer Amal Clooney or that she was barred from entering the country over...

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri may visit Morocco in a bid to end the diplomatic crisis between the two countries. Speaking to Anadolu News Agency on Friday, an anonymous...

Credible sources in Egypt have claimed that at least 10 new governors to be appointed by the government have asked to be relieved of the posts even before they...

Thirteen Egyptian workers were reportedly abducted in Libya’s coastal city of Sirte on Saturday – purportedly by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant group –...

Egyptian border troops shot and killed a Palestinian youth on Friday. According to Reuters, Palestinian and Egyptian sources said that he was trying to cross the border from the...

UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash is reported to have hailed Iran’s role in the fight against “terrorism and extremism” in the region. Iran’s Fars news...

Tunisia’s Islamist Ennahda movement, which holds the second most parliament seats, will not participate in the new government, a source from majority-holding Nidaa Tounis Party said Thursday. “The new...

Egypt’s highest appellate court ordered Thursday the retrial of three journalists from the Qatari-owned Al Jazeera news network who have been imprisoned on charges of abetting terrorists and broadcasting...

Israeli media is continuing to voice anger at the Egyptian court decision banning the Jewish celebration of the birth of Rabbi Abu Hasira. The court also ruled that the...

Libyan General Khalifa Haftar’s forces are to attack oil firms in Misrata in response to Libya Dawn’s targeting of oil tankers in the Oil Crescent with guided missiles, the...

Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane said on Tuesday that most of the Arab leaders are planning to get rid of the Islamist movements in their countries, Arabi 21 reported....

A US official has denied media reports that Secretary of State John Kerry threatened the Palestinian Authority with economic sanctions if President Mahmoud Abbas goes ahead with a unilateral...

Every day we hear of calls for the Muslim Brotherhood to stay away from politics, or even for it to be dissolved. The intention, it is claimed, is to...

It is easy to see why democracy has yet to make its way to the people of Libya in the wake of the revolution, for dictatorships are still alive...

The US has “deep concerns” about Egypt’s detention of three Al-Jazeera English journalists on terrorism-related charges, the State Department said Monday. “We continue to urge the Egyptian government to...

The Judges Disciplinary Council decided on Monday to postpone the trial of 55 judges accused of signing a statement in support of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi until 20...

Egyptian authorities have finished the process of counting the houses of Egyptian residents in the Sinai Peninsula in order to expand the buffer zone along the border with the...

Pope Tawadros II has criticised the Egyptian military, accusing it of killing Christian Copts in the Maspero massacre that took place in front of the headquarters of the official...

When a government stipulates that a television channel has to be the first item on the agenda for possible reconciliation talks between countries, then you know that the administration...