US First lady Melania Trump announced embarking on an African tour starting October 1, where she will visit four “beautiful and very different” countries, according to the Associated Press. The US first lady will visit [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities have executed 32 people since the military overthrew the first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013. According to the New Khaleej, Egyptian authorities have executed 32 people in nine cases since the coup [ More … ]
By: İbrahim Karagül An earthquake… The US has spiraled out of control. For whom will doomsday strike? The Great Gulf War plan… U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech at the UN General Assembly signals a dire future [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday stated that Turkey and Germany had reached a consensus to revive cooperation mechanisms between the two countries. Erdoğan is on a three-day state visit to Germany and will [ More … ]
In an incident that brought the woes of one of the world’s oldest churches back under the spotlight, Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church said that prosecutors are investigating the death of a monk who had until [ More … ]
Israel’s Quneitra border crossing was closed four years ago at height of the conflict in neighbouring Syria Israel announced Thursday that it had made all necessary preparations to reopen its main border crossing with Syria [ More … ]
Representatives from Gulf countries shared platform with Mossad director at summit against 2015 Iran nuclear deal. The foreign minister of Saudi Arabia, the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Washington, and the director of Israel‘s Mossad spy agency [ More … ]
A press freedom group has called on Egyptian authorities to reverse their decision to take over a daily newspaper, a day after security forces stormed its headquarters. Reporters Without Borders that the decision to take [ More … ]
Plans to deepen EU ties with Cairo over migration crisis would turn ‘a blind eye’ to human rights abuses, critics say. uropean leaders agreed to enter talks with Egypt in a bid to reduce the number of migrants entering [ More … ]
The Saudi-led military coalition has been accused of bombing multiple civilian targets, including hospitals. Saudi Arabia has been accused of attempting to shut down a UN-backed war crimes investigation inYemen where thousands of civilians have died in the [ More … ]
By: Mohamed Abu Saada* According to a study published by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), an Israeli think tank, President Donald Trump aims through his proposals known as the “Deal of the Century” [ More … ]
Fatah’s conditions “make reaching reconciliation very impossible”, the head of Hamas’ Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh said yesterday. Speaking at a conference to mark 30 years since the movement was launched, Haniyeh said Hamas “insists” the [ More … ]
Throughout the five years of the military coup that overthrew Egypt’s first democratically-elected government, Al-Sisi’s regime has launched the largest crackdown on opposition in the country’s modern history. Amnesty International says Egypt’s crackdown on freedom [ More … ]
The mass trial of survivors of a massacre of pro-democracy protesters shames Egypt. Western powers should understand how autocracy is eating away at the Arab nation In its editorial, The Guardian expressed the newspaper’s view [ More … ]
Money earmarked for Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza will instead be redirected to programs within Israel’s borders. The US has cut additional aid to the Palestinians for programmes supporting conflict resolution with Israelis, adding [ More … ]
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