The Islamic Sate(ISIS)has claimed responsibility for an attack at a Cairo church that left at least nine people dead.The claim, which was carried by the group’s Aamaq news agency, said Friday’s attack was carried out [ More … ]
An Egyptian court has sentenced former president Mohamed Morsi and 19 others to three years in prison on charges of insulting the judiciary. Morsi, democratically elected after Egypt’s 2011 revolution, was deposed following mass protests [ More … ]
Palestinian officials say US team admitted they did not know details of past peace process but believed business skills could break deadlock US President Donald Trump believed he would be able to secure a peace [ More … ]
Egypt’s pro-government media on Thursday vilified neighboring Sudan over its expanding ties with Turkey and Qatar, saying the three are conspiring against Egypt. While the government has publicly remained silent, Egyptian media seized on a [ More … ]
Egypt said on Tuesday it had suggested to Ethiopia and Sudan that they all call in international experts to help settle a dispute on an Ethiopian dam project on the River Nile. Egypt fears the [ More … ]
Emirati minister calls for rallying around ‘Arab axis’ of Saudi Arabia and Egypt to ward off Turkey and Iran A senior UAE diplomat said on Wednesday that the Arab world would not be led by [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* When President Erdoğan said that “the world is bigger than five,” he also expressed the UN’s inability to create solutions for the urgent and chronic issues of today’s world along with pointing [ More … ]
Oil industry sources said Libya had lost around 90,000 barrels as a result of the explosion Armed men were responsible for the explosion that damaged a Libyan crude oil pipeline on Tuesday, a military source [ More … ]
Russia’s aviation specialists need to carry out more checks at the airports of Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh, according to the transport minister Air links with Egypt’s seaside resorts of Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh are unlikely [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities on Tuesday executed 15 political prisoners ,They were imprisoned on charges of attacks on security forces in the restive Sinai Peninsula, police officials said. The men were hanged in two jails where they [ More … ]
Russia will have permanent access for its warships in Syrian waters and ports as deal signed earlier this year is enacted Russia has started establishing a permanent military presence at naval and air bases in [ More … ]
The US faces an embarrassing loss in the United Nations General Assembly Thursday despite comments by President Donald Trump suggesting countries that vote against the US could face repercussions. Egypt called for a vote at [ More … ]
Turkey has boosted investments in struggling Sudan since south seceded in 2011, taking with it three-quarters of country’s oil output Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Khartoum, Sudan, on Sunday for a two-day visit [ More … ]
The Astana process has deprived the Syrian opposition of an efficient bargaining chip in their negotiations with the regime for a political transition in Syria. In comparison, the Geneva discussions appear to have lost all [ More … ]
Campaigners have criticized the gift-giving of countries like Saudi Arabia and UAE as a ploy to ‘increase influence’ Gulf monarchies have continued to shower UK foreign ministers with lavish gifts, according to newly released government [ More … ]
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