The health sector in Egypt is facing multiple ongoing crises due to a sharp decline in the number of doctors, local and international media have reported. Financial problems have been cited as a reason for [ More … ]
A number of prominent public figures, activists, Human rights advocates and journalists worldwide have joined the ‘Ifrag’ campaign for the release of the elderly and patients in Egypt’s prisons, especially amid the outbreak of the [ More … ]
International community must put pressure on Egypt to prevent prison deaths, warns Amnesty International A decade after the uprising that overturned politics in Egypt, political prisoners are being targeted inside the country’s overcrowded prison system. [ More … ]
The forces that unleashed uprisings across the Middle East remain as potent as ever, a lengthy report about the Arab Spring in The Washington Post stated. Ten years ago, much of the Arab world erupted [ More … ]
Qatar has reiterated its readiness to mediate between Iran and the United States days after newly elected President Joe Biden took office “Qatar is ready to mediate between Iran and the United States as the [ More … ]
Chevron Corp. and other companies helping to develop Israel’s natural gas fields will invest around $235 million in pipelines to export the fuel to Egypt. Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation. One of the [ More … ]
An Egyptian court has ruled for the seizure and confiscation of the assets of 89 Muslim Brotherhood members, including the country’s first and only democratically-elected President Mohammed Morsi. According to the state-owned daily Akhbar al-Youm, [ More … ]
A heavy Sudanese troop presence helped restore calm Tuesday in the Darfur region, after three days of inter-ethnic violence claimed at least 155 lives and displaced tens of thousands. A heavy Sudanese troop presence helped [ More … ]
More than 200 people were arrested after “riots” targeting public and private property in Tunisia, according to an official in the Tunisian Ministry of Interior. An official in the Tunisian Ministry of Interior said yesterday [ More … ]
The United Arab Emirates is open to the possibility of normalizing relations with Turkey, its chief diplomat has announced. Although Turkey has welcomed UAE’s positive statement on relations, however, it is not yet fully convinced. The [ More … ]
The government has banned wedding and funeral gatherings in bid to stem rapid rise in infection and deaths Rapidly rising Covid-19 infections are setting off alarm bells in Egypt, leading to a new raft of [ More … ]
An informed official says the visit of the Egyptian delegation to Tripoli aimed to ‘preempt further Emirati incitement of military adventure’, according to Mada Masr. On Sunday, a senior Egyptian delegation headed by General Intelligence [ More … ]
Saudi court sentences to women’s rights activist al-Hathloul 5+ years in prison [ More … ]
Despite plans to sell shares in some firms, the military will retain control of much of the economy. Anyway, “Egypt’s military companies aren’t going anywhere” according to a Bloomberg column. After several years of aggressive [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia wants the U.S. to act before Jan. 20, when President Donald Trump leaves office and Joe Biden — who has promised a tougher stance toward the kingdom — becomes president, the person said. [ More … ]
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