Libya’s oil production has fallen to 390 thousand barrels per day as protestors partly stopped production at Al-Sharar oil fields; Libya’s National Oil Corporation spokesperson Mohammad Al-Harari said. On...

UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi discussed the issues of the Palestinian refugees in the region with the Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi, media sources reported on Monday. Grandi said he...

The story of the detention of Fadi Samir is indeed strange, for he is a Christian in Egypt accused of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood. In a press conference...

“I am calling on the lawyers, leading them is Dr Al-Awa, not to take part in this mockery in a show of respect for justice and to maintain a...

An Egyptian court sentenced on Sunday two minors to 15 years in prison for raping and killing a five-year-old girl, Egyptian media reported. Considering the gravity of the crime,...

The Tunisian army has placed troops on high alert along the border with Libya following a failed attempt to overthrow the government there. The former spokesperson for the Tunisian...

The Libyan “Revolutionaries Operations Room” (ROR) said on Sunday that it acquired “documented information” regarding plots by the UAE and Egyptian military-led authorities to meddle in the Libyan affairs...

A number of Egyptian youth based in different countries have launched a television channel called “Mekammeleen”. The channel is designed to be interactive and will be mainly broadcast on...

The Egyptian Ministry of Interior declined a request by the European Commission (EC) to visit Egyptian prisons following reports of widespread torture against detainees. Major Abu Bakr Abdel-Kerim, deputy...

Egypt’s former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh had a secret meeting with Field Marshal Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi before his trip to Russia, informed sources in Egypt have claimed....

Ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi, along with 35 others, stand trial today on charges of espionage. Egyptian state television reported that Morsi arrived at the court room on Sunday...

Tunisian interim president Moncef Marzouki has reiterated his country’s support for Libya, hours after the Libyan Prime Minister denied a coup d’état in Libya. In a phone call with...

A senior official at the Egyptian Federation for Private Aviation told Anadolu news agency that the losses in the private aviation sector in Egypt over the past year amounted...

Dahab Hamdy, an 18 year old Egyptian girl, was randomly arrested on January 14 on charges of taking part in a demonstration. Dahab had been pregnant (in her 8th...

The former commander of Libyan ground forces, Major-General Khalifa Haftar, has announced the “suspension” of the National Conference, the Libyan government and the Constitutional Declaration, it has been reported....

Egypt’s Defence Minister Field Marshal Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi appeared wearing a black jacket with a red star during his visit to Russia earlier this week. The jacket was a...

Egyptian satirist Bassem Yusuf and the director of MBC Egypt channel which airs his show are to be investigated on charges of “insulting the armed forces, President Adly Mansour...

The military coup in the Egypt will come to an end soon and judges who support coup leaders in cracking down on activists should rethink their alliances, a statement...

Libya’s Minister of Justice Salah Bashir Margani said on Thursday that the various factions in Derna, a port city in eastern Libya, have clashed due to their contradicting ideologies,...

The Libyan government thwarted an attempt by former military leaders and politicians to overthrow the National Congress and form a military junta to rule the country, Libya’s Defence Minister...

In an interview published on Wednesday, retired Algerian Major General Hocine Benhadid called on Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to leave “with dignity and pride” and not to run for...

Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika warned on Tuesday against attempts to destabilise the army unity. The President was referring to remarks by the ruling party’s secretary general Amar Saadani who...

Egypt’s GDP growth rate dropped to one per cent during the first quarter of the fiscal year 2013-2014 compared with 2.5 per cent during the same period of the...

The Egyptian army funded many Egyptian political parties and youth coalition groups in order to stand against the Muslim Brotherhood in the elections, Egyptian security expert and researcher Sameh...

Sinawi YouTube channel shared a video entitled “Watch the response of the people of Sinai in the wake of the leaking of Al-Sisi’s remarks on the area”. The video...

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) rejects European Union “interference” in “the management of the transitional phase” in Egypt, it said in a statement issued on Monday. The...

Iran is a priority for Egyptian foreign policy and cannot be overlooked; the Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said. In an interview with Al-Seyasa Al-Dawleya magazine, Fahmy said that...

The military-backed Egyptian authorities have set up a huge iron gate at one of the entrances to Tahrir Square, an oppressive measure the public views as violating the freedom...

South Africa’s Parliamentary Portfolio Committee held a “Solidarity Conference in Support of the Peoples of Palestine, Western Sahara and Cuba” on Thursday, 6th February. The session was opened by...

The former head of Egypt’s Military Council and his deputy left public life “quietly”, it has been claimed, in order to keep the army strong in the face of...

The UK-based Arab Organisation for Human Rights (AOHR) reported that 12 female students have been assaulted and sexually harassed while in provisional detention in December 2013. Families of the...

The deputy leader of Egypt’s Al-Wassat Party has alleged that he has been tortured for 16 consecutive days during his detention by the authorities. Essam Sultan told a court...