Two business jets, an offshore company, millions in cash, wealthy Gulf royals, one Israeli businessman – and Iran. Leaked documents reveal the secrets behind the United Arab Emirates’ newest spy planes, reports Haaretz. For the [ More … ]
Head of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council (ERC) Maha Azzam has written to the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Jeria urging her to publicly condemn the regional conference on torture which will be [ More … ]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to receive the UAE’s highest civilian award while visiting the Gulf later this week. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to receive the UAE’s highest civilian award [ More … ]
The opposition and military council met at a ceremony on the Nile to sign ‘constitutional declaration’ Sudan’s main opposition coalition and the ruling military council on Saturday signed a landmark “constitutional declaration” paving the way [ More … ]
The Egyptian government has announced a new trading system for cotton, which would be sold through public bidding, raising the ire of farmers who already suffer from severe losses. In an attempt to restore the [ More … ]
Human rights activists on Thursday criticized a United Nations decision to hold a conference in Cairo on torture with an Egyptian state organization. “It’s illogical for a country where torture is systematic to host a [ More … ]
Report given to UK government claims evidence shows British arms should not be sold to Saudi Arabia Evidence that the Saudi-led coalition has covered up human rights abuses in Yemen was submitted to the British [ More … ]
Rights groups keep demanding probe into deadly crackdown on Egyptians protesting against Mohamed Morsi’s overthrow. Six years ago, Egyptian security forces killed hundreds of supporters of Mohamed Morsi, the country’s first democratically elected president, in [ More … ]
“Recent tension in the Gulf affords a glimpse into one of many disputes between Saudi Arabia and the UAE on appropriate responses to common challenges”. “THE NATIONAL INTEREST” The relations between Saudi Arabia and the [ More … ]
The “Void Egypt Prisons” campaign has attracted more than 65,000 votes online in solidarity with political prisoners, demanding their release, three days after its launch. The number of signatories, on Wednesday, approached 70 thousand. The [ More … ]
Confidential UAE document reveals Mohammed bin Salman is concerned the journalist’s murder could become a heavily debated topic during the upcoming US election The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman is determined to [ More … ]
Amendments to Egypt’s constitution proposed and agreed by a parliamentary chamber dominated by supporters of General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi have, in the words of his political opponents, concentrated more power in the hands of one [ More … ]
The Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation announced the return of Minister Mohamed Abdel-Ati from a three-day overseas tour to Sudan and Ethiopia to discuss the latest developments in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam [ More … ]
Security forces detained Lotfy Ibrahim, a young construction worker, as he left a mosque near his home on the Nile Delta in the spring of 2015. When his family finally saw him again nearly three [ More … ]
This spring, as Egypt’s parliament debated handing General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi greater power and allowing him to govern until 2030. Speaker Ali Abdelaal declared the proposals were the will of the nation’s legislature. The ideas, [ More … ]
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