Spain’s Union Fenosa Gas (UFG) may drop a lawsuit against Egypt if it approves a deal for the company to import Israeli gas into its idle liquefied natural gas...

A spokesperson of the Libyan parliament, Faraj Bohashim, has denied media reports claiming that his country had signed a security agreement with the Egyptian government allowing Egyptian armed forces...

The Muslim Brotherhood has rejected foreign intervention in the Middle East under the pretext of confronting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, saying the intervention is nothing but...

Saudi Arabia’s labour department said that the number of Egyptians working in the Kingdom was estimated to be 968,000 at the end of 2013, representing about 40 per cent...

Algeria will not be joining the US-led international coalition to combat the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria because it refuses to interfere in the internal affairs of...

An unidentified military jet yesterday launched an air strike against a military base in the Libyan city of Gharyan, 85 kilometres south of the capital Tripoli. Libya’s Bawabat Al-Wasat...

A senior Tunisian official has denied that the visit of Hamas Leader Khaled Meshaal is aimed at discussing his residency in Tunis with Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki. Anwar Al-Gharbi,...

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi said he expects Egypt’s population to grow by 40 million over the next 15 years. During his speech at the 41st session of the...

An Egyptian court sentenced the supreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie and 14 others to life imprisonment. The 15 defendants: Mohamed Badie Mohamed Al-Beltagy Essam El-Erian Assem...

Algeria yesterday officially offered to host talks between the Libyan rival parties to help resolve the crisis in the North African country, the Anadolu news agency said. Algeria’s Foreign...

Qatar dismissed allegations by the Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thanni who accused the Gulf country of arming Libyan Dawn troops. In a statement to the Qatari News Agency, the...

Al-Araby Al-Jadeed has obtained 20 “top secret” documents consisting of three main section all signed on behalf of the Egyptian authorities by Brigadier General Muhammad Muhsin Al-Shadhli, chief of...

Egyptian armed forces are preparing for the execution of an extensive operation inside Libya in order to fight the revolutionaries and support the militias that are loyal to the...

The Cairo Criminal Court has adjourned the “Grand Espionage” case in which ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and 35 others are charged with “spying with foreign entities and harming...

Undemocratic powers across the world have always felt the need to have a chosen enemy to maintain their power or to help feed the perception that without their existence...

A senior leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said Monday that the group “does not violate any laws in the U.K.” following reports that the U.K. government was planning to...

The Libyan National Army’s renegade general Khalifa Haftar signed a strategic and military cooperation agreement with the Egyptian government, leaked secret documents revealed. Al-Jazeera, which reported the news, said...

Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Ali Bishr announced he would not meet with the chairman of the 30 June fact-finding committee because of the latter’s “politicisation of the meeting.” Lawyer...

Algeria is reported to have requested France guarantee regional stability if the West decides to intervene militarily in Libya, a diplomatic source revealed yesterday. Libya has been witnessing turmoil...

Libyan renegade retired general Khalifa Haftar yesterday threatened to shell any ship that enters the port of Benghazi if the harbour’s management does not respond to his demands and...

Shaimaa Mohamed Morsi, daughter of Egypt’s first democratically elected President Dr Mohamed Morsi, said that the oppression of the coup would not terrorise the revolution, and that they will...

Mohamed Abdel Salam, spokesman of Yemen’s Houthis, said his group “has suspended consultations with official bodies because of the obvious intervention of foreign parties”. This morning, a newspaper quoted...

The Tunisian Initiative Party has announced the nomination of its chairman Kamal Morgan to the 2014 presidential elections, the Deutsche Presse Agentur reported. Morgan was the last foreign minister...

The Egyptian prosecutor general Hisham Barakat has asked the international police agency INTERPOL to arrest “fugitive” leaders and members of the Muslim Brotherhood, including those who have been asked...

At least 15 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip have drowned near the coast of Egypt’s Alexandria city after a boat boarding dozens of migrants sank en route to Italy,...

An Egyptian diplomatic source has cited Saudi and American pressures for a recent Qatari move to expel seven Muslim Brotherhood figures from the country. “Saudi and U.S. pressures were...

Amnesty International has called on Egyptian authorities to release a number of detained women’s rights activists who were arrested during their participation in a demonstration against a controversial protest...

The Algerian opposition launched on Wednesday a joint entity for democratic transition called “the Consultation and Monitoring Agency”, which includes among its members three former prime ministers, party leaders...

The chairman of the Egyptian Electric Holding Company accused opponents of the military-backed authorities of orchestrating the massive power outages that hit the country recently. He has gone onto...

Clashes have taken place between prisoners affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and other inmates in the Port Said prison in north-eastern Egypt, some minor injuries were sustained, the ministry...

The Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Salaheddine Mezouar said yesterday that his country had not received an invitation to participate in the conference hosted by Saudi Arabia...

Morocco ranked third in the world and first in the Maghreb region for acquiring French arms in 2013, France’s La Tribune newspaper revealed citing a defence ministry report submitted...