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The first anniversary of the passing of late Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is an occasion for reflection and soul searching. It evokes memories of his life and times, which culminated as Egypt’s first democratically elected [ More … ]
Ethiopia has been accused of ‘intransigence’ which has to lead to the stalling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations, Egypt’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation said. Mohamed Abdel Ati ruled out a [ More … ]
Egypt has maintained its policy of detaining journalists on charges of spreading ‘false news’. The country has already been named the third worst jailer of journalists by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Egyptian authorities detained [ More … ]
A well-known Saudi activist and whistle-blower known online as “Mujtahid” has exposed the existence of a secret prison run by Riyadh in Yemen’s largest province, Hadhramout. Mujtahid made his claim on Twitter yesterday, where he [ More … ]
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep shock late Friday at the discovery of mass graves in Libyan territory recently liberated from forces commanded by putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar, and called for a transparent investigation. The [ More … ]
Over a hundred jurists and law scholars from around the world, including scores from Israel, have said Israel’s plans to annex the occupied West Bank would “constitute a flagrant violation of bedrock rules of international [ More … ]
Egypt police raided the houses of two uncles of an Egyptian-American activist who has recently sued a former Egyptian prime minister in U.S. court, accusing him of crimes against humanity, an international rights group said [ More … ]
Amid Remarkable Progress in Military Industry, Turkey Constructing Modern Warship for Pakistan [ More … ]
Stratfor: Austerity will force Saudi Arabia to revise its military priorities Stratfor: Austerity will force Saudi Arabia to revise its military priorities [ More … ]
Turkish president says there could be a ‘new era’ in the Libyan conflict following a phone call with his US counterpart. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said “some agreements” have been reached with his [ More … ]
The Egyptian regime fabricates death reason in official documents of COVID-19 deceased doctors to avoid considering them as “martyrs”. The Sisi regime has reportedly been fabricating reasons of death of deceased doctors written in the [ More … ]
The collapse of Libyan militiaman Khalifa Haftar’s offensive against the capital Tripoli thanks to Turkish military intervention has exposed Europe’s inability to shape the conflict at its borders and left France trying to hedge its [ More … ]
The UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) captures Tarhuna, launchpad for Haftar’s 14-month assault on Tripoli Libya’s UN-recognized government captured the last remaining stronghold of eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar near Tripoli on Friday, all but [ More … ]
A cross-border attack by an Ethiopian militia has exacerbated a long-established competition over resources Diplomatic efforts to diffuse a security crisis on the border between Sudan and Ethiopia have been ongoing, but the situation on [ More … ]
Egypt’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said on Monday that the real numbers of infections in Egypt could be more than 100,000. During a presentation that showed modelled the spread [ More … ]
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