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Italy has expressed its "deep concern" about Israel's decision to build 800 new units in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, the Foreign Ministry in Rome said on...

The Egyptian Interior Ministry transferred one of the four main suspects in the murder of Italian graduate student Giulio Regeni to a new position on Tuesday, Anadolu has reported....

The number of Tunisian migrants landing on Italian shores soared fivefold to 13,000 in 2020, a rights group said on Tuesday, citing economic privations in Tunisia that fuel migration...

World leaders reacted with shock and dismay to the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of US President Donald Trump, protesting congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden's electoral victory, Anadolu Agency reports....

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 Green Italy party yesterday revealed its intention to file a legal complaint in the next few days against the Italian government's decision to sell weapons to Egypt. The...

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its rejection of the Egyptian Public Prosecution's decision to close the investigation into the murder of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni. The ministry...

The release of the Sicilian fishermen in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi has taken place in exchange for restoring relations with the commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA),...

Tunisian authorities yesterday arrested dismissed Minister of Local Affairs and Environment, Mustapha Laroui, as investigations continue into the case of importing Italian waste to the country. In a statement,...

Relatives of the 18 foreign fishermen who were detained by the militia of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi, eastern Libya, for nearly three months, revealed the ill-treatment and...

The Egyptian government called on INTERPOL and the Italian authorities to hand over Italian diplomats on charges of smuggling thousands of Egyptian artifacts to Italy, in a case dating...

The European Parliament called on its member states to conduct a "deep and comprehensive" review of relations with Egypt in light of the deteriorating human rights situation there. In...

Italian writer and journalist Corrado Augias has returned his Légion d'Honneur in protest against the decision to give Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi the same award during his recent...

Tunisian Prime Minister Hicham El-Mechichi today canceled his visit to Italy after Finance Minister Ali Al-Kali was infected with coronavirus. "The Minister of Finance… was among the delegation accompanying...

A trial over the disappearance and murder of student Giulio Regeni in Cairo in 2016 is "an instrument to reach the truth, which is expected to be shocking," the...

Italian prosecutors have said that Giulio Regeni was monitored by Egyptian security agents for more a month before he was tortured to death. Video clips obtained by Al Jazeera show a...

The Italian public prosecutor has announced the conclusion of the investigation into the murder of Giulio Regeni. Regeni, 28, was a Cambridge University doctoral researcher carrying out research into...

The Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Martino Milli, said that work is currently underway to grant €3 million ($3.6 million) to develop a number of projects...

Defence Minister of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Salah Al-Din Al-Namroush told Italy to seek French mediation to release its fishermen held captive by the Libyan National...

The media centre for Operation Volcano of Rage has issued a statement by the Defence Minister of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Salah El-Din Al-Namroush in which...

Libya and Italy signed an agreement on military cooperation on Friday, Anadolu Agency reported. "We agreed with Italy to cooperate in the fields of military training, experience sharing, support, development, maintenance...

In an open letter to US Senator Ted Cruz, Deputy General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Ibrahim Munir calls on officials to allow rights activists to receive the justice they deserve

Egypt is to "temporarily" end its investigation into the murder of Italian student Guilio Regeni, who was found dead in Cairo in 2016, Egyptian and Italian prosecutors said in...

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has joined the chorus of voices condemning the arrest of EIPR human rights advocates in Egypt. Last week the director of the Egyptian Initiative...

Turkey summoned the envoys of the European Union, Germany and Italy to protest against a German attempt to search a Libya-bound, Turkish-flagged commercial ship, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday....

Egyptian security forces suspected of torturing and murdering Giulio Regeni are set to face trial in Italy, reports the Times. In 2016, on the fifth anniversary of the Egyptian uprising,...

Former Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh has denied any association with the file known to media as "Italy's waste scandal". In a statement published on his official Facebook page,...

Iran has rejected a United Nations (UN) resolution that condemns human rights abuses in the country, Al Jazeera reported. The resolution, which was put forward by Canada, was adopted by the third committee...

The Tunisian Minister of Environment and Local Affairs, Mustafa Laroui, announced on Monday, that the judiciary has opened an investigation into containers of toxic waste which are being brought into...

France has increased measures to deport migrants residing illegally on its territory and counter the terrorist threat through diplomatic efforts, strengthening border security, and through arrest campaigns. This comes...

Tunisian authorities have seized thousands of tonnes of harmful waste imported from Italy following an investigative report broadcast by local TV, RT reported on Friday. According to RT, the...

Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi has asked his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio to persuade the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s leadership to return to the negotiating table, news agencies reported...