Qatar thrash UAE to reach Asian Cup football final
Qatar to face Japan in the final after beating hosts in front of a hostile crowd in Abu Dhabi. The win, coming in front of a hostile Abu Dhabi crowd, sealed Qatar’s progress to the [ More … ]
Qatar to face Japan in the final after beating hosts in front of a hostile crowd in Abu Dhabi. The win, coming in front of a hostile Abu Dhabi crowd, sealed Qatar’s progress to the [ More … ]
As deadly anti-government protests enter their sixth week in Sudan, Egypt has announced its full support for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in what could indicate improved relations between the countries. However, some sources say this [ More … ]
Italian doctoral student’s family seek truth about his torture and murder in early 2016 Three years after the disappearance, torture and murder of Italian doctoral student Giulio Regeni in Cairo, Egypt is stonewalling Italy’s efforts [ More … ]
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) unveils portraits of Egyptian journalists jailed by the Sisi regime in Cairo While French President Emmanuel Macron prepares was to go on a state visit to Cairo on 27 January, Reporters [ More … ]
UN executions investigator heading inquiry in Turkey A U.N. human rights investigator leading an international inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Saturday she had made a request to have access [ More … ]
Eight children have died in Rukban camp this month, as families blame terrible living conditions and lack of humanitarian aid for their deaths Clutching her young baby to her chest to warm her up during [ More … ]
As the country marks the anniversary of the Tahrir Square protests, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is jailing dissidents, expanding censorship and perhaps looking to remain in power indefinitely. Eight years ago this week, protests erupted in [ More … ]
Three years after the disappearance, torture and murder of Italian doctoral student Giulio Regeni in Cairo, Egypt is stonewalling Italy’s efforts to investigate. In November, Italian prosecutors officially named five members of Egypt’s security services as [ More … ]
On the eighth anniversary of the 25 January revolution, a group of Egyptian opposition in exile voices concern about the state of the nation today The Middle East Eye published today (25 January) an article [ More … ]
The report, titled “FETO- An as an international threat,” unveils the terror group’s ongoing activities overseas and reveals its overseas structure and new strategies The ringleader of the Fetullah Tterror Oorganization (FETO), Fetullah Gulen, may [ More … ]
Egypt’s coup leader Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi is going to preside over the African Union for a year. Sisi was elected as term president last year after Rwanda’s president left his post. African Union term presidencies are [ More … ]
Egyptian security officials say police have arrested 24 people who tried to prevent authorities from demolishing buildings near the Giza pyramids. They say police used tear gas to disperse residents and shopkeepers in the Nazlet [ More … ]
As Emmanuel Macron heads to Egypt, activists are calling on the French president to address abuses at an Egyptian shipyard building battleships in partnership with a French company. But with multi-billion euro military deals at [ More … ]
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu warns that West-supported terror groups which target Turkey today, could target others tomorrow Turkey’s foreign minister on Monday stated that some western countries are trying to cover up the murder of Saudi journalist [ More … ]
Eight years have passed since the outbreak of Egypt’s January Revolution in 2011, but the situation in Egypt has even become much worse than ever before. Thousands of Egyptians, young and old, marched on the [ More … ]
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