Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt has been blamed by many Egyptians for Wednesday’s deadly train crash in Cairo which killed at least 25 people. Egyptians balmed Al-Sisi for rampant corruption and his refusal to invest [ More … ]
United Nations investigators reported on Thursday that Israeli forces who fired on Palestinians during the mass demonstrations on the border with Gaza, killing more than 100 people, may have committed war crimes. The report, by [ More … ]
Hassan Rouhani says ‘Iran has only one foreign policy and one foreign minister’ a day after minister quits Zarif, left, gave no specific reasons for his decision to resign, but cited an ‘inability to continue [ More … ]
The UN human rights office voiced concern about trials that saw 15 people executed in Egypt this month may have been unfair amid allegations of torture used to obtain confessions. Egypt executed nine men on [ More … ]
Proposed deals could allow sharing of data relating to political and religious beliefs, sex lives and trade union memberships but only when ‘strictly necessary’ European Union officials have begun talks with counterparts in several Middle [ More … ]
An international rights group has urged Libyan strongman’s self-styled army to lift its siege inside an eastern Mediterranean city where civilians have been trapped. Human Rights Watch said that over the past two weeks, General [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for release of prisoners in Egypt days after 9 people were executed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he will never meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi unless [ More … ]
Thousands of people gathered across Algeria on Friday to protest President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s plans to run for a fifth term. Security forces in riot gear fired tear gas to block a march on to the presidential [ More … ]
European leaders are off to Sharm el Sheikh, where they will continue to endorse the worst dictator Egypt has seen in modern times Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been busy on the international circuit. [ More … ]
Moroccan-Saudi relations have never been as cool and strained as they have become in the past week, By Hassan Aourid* following a report on Western Sahara disputed broadcast on Al-Arabiya, a television channel close to decision-making circles [ More … ]
Addressing nation, Al-Bashir calls on parliament to delay proposed constitutional amendments, declares the state of emergency Reported by Mohmed Amin in Anadolu Agency Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir dissolved the state and federal governments on Friday, [ More … ]
Much of the news these weeks could be about Iran — past, present and future. Forty years ago, the Islamic revolution was at its height. last week, there was a U.S.-organized ministerial meeting in Warsaw to discuss [ More … ]
Australian man Hazem Hamouda has “vanished” in Egypt after failing to turn up at a police station where he was due to be released after languishing in one of Egypt’s most notorious prisons for more [ More … ]
Al-Sisi’s regime executed nine men for killing Egypt’s top prosecutor, a prison source and a lawyer said on Wednesday. The men were among a group of 28 who were sentenced to death in the case [ More … ]
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