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Below is the translation of the interview on Al-Hayat TV. Presenter: You are talking about the new beginning that saw the success of Field Marshal Abdel-Fatah Al-Sisi who won...

In an epic scene that is reminiscent of an Ancient Greek myth, the leader of the violent and bloody coup is being appointed emperor of Egypt amid a celebratory...

The Director of the United Nations Office for Women in Cairo has called for new legislation in Egypt to protect women from violence. According to Turkey's Anadolu news agency,...

A student group opposed to former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi has said that at least 197 university students had been killed since last year's military coup, a...

Saudi officials intervened at the last minute on Sunday to prevent a rift occurring between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Egyptian authorities during the inauguration ceremony of President...

The South African chapter of the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign has welcomed a decision by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to divest $184 million of...

The London-based Muslim Brotherhood leader Ibrahim Mounir emphasized that his group adheres to peaceful resistance despite the injustice is it currently facing by the military regime. At a seminar...

The While House said that US president Barack Obama has called Egyptian post-coup president and ex-army chief Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi to congratulate him on his inauguration and "to convey...

An Egyptian court is scheduled to hear an appeal into a prison sentence handed down against a 15-year-old female activist charged with "possession of Rabaa (R4BIA) sign and disturbing...

Military affairs analyst at Al Jazeera General Abdel-Hamid Emran said the decision to transfer assets of Al-Arish port to the armed forces is a military decision that could lead...

An American professor and scholar spoke before the House of Commons on Tuesday in a hearing about allegations of MB's links to terrorism. Professor of International affairs and Islamic...

Secular and Islamic opposition in Algeria unanimously agreed during a conference Tuesday on the need for democratic transition in the country. Tuesday's conference is considered the largest since the...

The anniversary of June 30th is approaching in the Nile Valley; an anniversary that has the same taste in both Egypt and Sudan. In both countries, this anniversary marks...

Tunisia's 2003 anti-terror legislations declare that they may be used against political opponents but when the country faced a revolution it found itself forced to draft a new law...

One of the most important tribes in eastern Libya where renegade Khalifa Haftar is based has asked him to leave its territory, tribal sources said. The request came following...

President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi has taken up office in Egypt in the midst of a human rights crisis as dire as in any period in the country's modern history,...

The former Special Envoy to Syria for the Arab League and the UN Lakhdar Brahimi resigned from his position to draw the world's attention to the Syrian crisis, he...

Deputy head of the Freedom and Justice Party, Dr Essam El-Erian, was transferred to a military hospital on Monday after suffering severe back pain, Anadolu news agency reported. El-Erian's...

Dutch ambassador in Tel-Aviv Caspar Veldkamp has revealed that a number of Arabic and Islamic states had set up commercial relationships with Israel through his country. These states such...

The Egyptian post-coup interim president Adli Mansour transferred the assets of Sinai's Al-Arish port from civilian to military control three days before leaving office, the official gazette reported Monday....

Egyptian commentator Ayat Oraby said that Ibrahim Mahlab, the Prime Minister appointed by Egyptian military coup leader Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi, is "the representative of the disbanded National Democratic Party...

The US State Department's deputy spokesperson Mary Harf said in Monday's press briefing that President Barack Obama will call former army chief Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi soon, and that the...

"Whenever you have mutual interests between even two enemies and they agree on how to deal with it so they both profit that's perfect, that's exactly what you want...

It took the CIA 60 years to admit its involvement in the overthrow of Mohammad Mossadeq, Iran's first democratically elected prime minister. The circumstances around the overthrow of Egypt's...

"We live in the most glorious time of democracy and I cut out the tongue of anyone who says otherwise," Bassem Youssef said, summing up Egypt's current freedom of...

A report by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth suggested that the Sisi regime has forged secret deals with Israel. According to the newspaper's military affairs commentator Ron Ben-Yishai, Israel...

In Egypt's Lost Power, Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit reveals the hidden story of Egypt's oil and gas industry. It describes how tycoons cashed in as a nation lost out...

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius yesterday started a two-day visit to Algeria in a bid to boost "excellent" ties between Algiers and Paris. The visit came after an invitation...

The Muslim Brotherhood said in a statement on Sunday that the "Egyptian people will carry on their peaceful revolutionary struggle until it regains freedom and dignity." The statement came...

Even in the best of times it would take much more than good intentions and hope to make the unity arrangement between Fatah and Hamas work. Both parties have...

The General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie said after his court hearing on Saturday that the Egyptian people will continue resisting the coup until their last breath....

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres spoke Friday with Egyptian coup leader Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi to congratulate him on winning the elections and emphasize the importance...