Railway officials in Egypt have been arrested following the death of one man and life-changing injuries of another near the Nile Delta city of Tanta on Monday. The man who died, named by local media [ More … ]
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s two main backers have agreed to work to remove him from office as protests against his government gained momentum in Baghdad and much of the Shi’ite south only to [ More … ]
Demonstrators hail prime minister’s departure but promise to stay in the streets until all their demands are met. Beirut, Lebanon – Cries of celebration went up across Lebanon on Tuesday as protesters demanding the fall of [ More … ]
India’s PM Narendra Modi announced the plans while at an investor summit in Riyadh. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said Saudi Arabia will invest in downstream oil and gas projects in India as part of a strategic partnership between [ More … ]
Internal Egyptian government documents show officials in Cairo scrambling to do damage control after U.S. spy agencies uncovered an alleged scheme to smuggle North Korean military cargo into the country in defiance of international sanctions, [ More … ]
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi targeted in US raid in Syria. Trump says Baghdadi died whimpering and screaming US President Donald Trump has confirmed that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead. He blew himself up [ More … ]
A heavy deluge in Cairo has brought areas of the capital to a near standstill and highlighted the city’s severe lack of infrastructure, as homes, businesses, and public buildings have been flooded. The flooding led to [ More … ]
Iraqi Human Rights Commission says those killed appeared to have died after being hit by tear gas canisters At least two demonstrators were killed in Baghdad on Friday morning as Iraq’s highest religious authority urged [ More … ]
Under Al-#Sisi’s 7-year war on terror in Sinai! 14 villages in Egypt’s Sinai have been “wiped off the map”!. “a 50-KM area from the border erased! “Army didn’t leave either animal, tree, bird or human! [ More … ]
An Egyptian Islamist father and his son have been detained unlawfully since 2013 as part of the political persecution of ex-aides to deposed president Mohamed Morsi, and should be freed immediately and compensated, UN human [ More … ]
Journalists and human rights defenders say Lebanese popular uprising has prompted the Palestinian Authority to stifle free speech The Palestinian Authority has blocked 59 Palestinian news websites and social media pages, following a request by [ More … ]
Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed issues warning over Renaissance Dam PM Abiy said his country could ready millions if there is a need to go to war over the dam project opposed by Egypt. Ethiopia‘s prime minister [ More … ]
After talks with Putin, Erdogan says Kurdish fighters will withdraw 30km (19 miles) from the frontier within 150 hours. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a deal has been reached with Russia for Kurdish fighters to withdraw [ More … ]
Egypt’s GDP has risen by 5.5 percent, with inflation declining to 11.3 percent. Nevertheless, the Egyptian people have not benefited from this positive trend and have grown increasingly frustrated in recent years. It is clear [ More … ]
The U.S. has started withdrawal from military bases in the northeastern Syrian province of Al-Hasakah to northern Iraq. The move comes following a recent troop pullout from the cities of Raqqah, Ayn Al-Arab (Kobani) and [ More … ]
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