Egypt’s State Council Judges’ Club (similar to a syndicate) has strongly slammed the proposed constitutional amendments as violating the independency of judiciary. The judicial body criticism came in a memo that it has recently sent [ More … ]
Egypt’s brutal crackdown on workers’ rights runs far deeper than the fate of two actors. In case anyone should underestimate the regime’s fear of union power, let us remember the story of murdered student Giulio [ More … ]
A coalition of opposition parties on Wednesday urged Egyptians to vote against constitutional amendments that would potentially allow Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to remain in power until 2034. Egypt’s Parliament, which is packed with al-Sisi supporters, overwhelmingly [ More … ]
The Algerian Constitutional Council said it would decide whether to move to remove the president The head of Algeria’s army, Ahmed Gaid Salah, called for Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be declared “unfit to rule” [ More … ]
Hundreds of female students at Egypt’s Al-Azhar University held a protest yesterday, accusing college officials of attempting to cover up the rape of a woman on campus the week before. Screams were heard at a [ More … ]
Saud al-Qahtani, a Saudi royal adviser fired over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is not among the 11 suspects on trial at secretive hearings in Riyadh despite Saudi pledges to bring those responsible to [ More … ]
What do Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed say about U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Golan belongs to Israel” outburst? Are they going to [ More … ]
The meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to be held in Istanbul in the wake of Christchurch massacre. Turkey has called an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss the [ More … ]
The Egyptian government agreed February 27 to a proposal introducing new legal amendments to Anti-Terrorism Law No. 94 of 2015, forcing landlords to inform the police of any new lease contracts, as part of the government’s [ More … ]
Egypt imposes new rules that allows state to block websites and social media accounts for ‘fake news’ or incitement. Egypt’s top media regulator put into effect tighter restrictions that allow the state to block websites [ More … ]
Egypt has so far managed to keep its economic interests away from its foreign political disputes. The head of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, Rifat Hisarcıklıoglu, visited Cairo March 5 for [ More … ]
Vice President Fuat Oktay says terror and terrorists have ‘no religion, no race, no geography’ Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay on Monday has called on the world to stop promoting “provocative language” after Friday’s terrorist [ More … ]
International donors at a Belgian conference pledged $7bn to help Syrian refugees, falling short of what the UN said it needed on the eve of the eighth anniversary of the country’s uprising. More than 370,000 [ More … ]
Turkey requested notice for 20 Saudis suspects wanted in relation to Khashoggi killing A red notice was issued for 20 suspects related to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi last fall in the Saudi [ More … ]
Turkey urges end to ‘Islamophobic fascist terrorism”, says presidential spokesman Turkey is urging the world to stop “Islamophobic fascist terrorism” after armed terrorist attacks on two mosques in New Zealand early Friday which left at least 49 people [ More … ]
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