Egypt's Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday the release of 12 Egyptians, who were arrested in Turkey on charges of attempting to join the "Islamic State" (IS).
Turkish authorities arrested 23 people, including an Egyptian family of 12, in the (...)
Egyptian women continue to suffer poor political representation and low levels of political participation, according to a report issued by the Appropriate Communication Techniques for Development Centre (ACT).
The report addressed the status of (...)
Cairo State Security Prosecution extended Monday the detention of investigative journalist and researcher Ismail Alexandrani for 15 more days pending investigations.
Alexandrani, 32, is accused of belonging to the banned Muslim Brotherhood group, (...)
Egyptian Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou said the government will announce additional security measures to protect tourists. He made the announcement after an attack at a resort in Hurghada left three tourists injured, according to a statement (...)
A UN aid convoy for the besieged Syrian village Madaya which was due to arrive on Sunday has been delayed to Monday by last minute complications.
The World Food Program (WFP) planned to deliver shipments of food and medicine to the area, where (...)
Qatar has recalled its ambassador to Iran Wednesday after Iranian protesters attacked the Saudi embassy and consulate in Iran, state news agency QNA said.
Saudi Arabia's execution of Shi'a cleric Nimr Al-Nimr along with 46 other persons, including (...)
A Cairo Criminal Court renewed on Wednesday the detention period of Mahmoud Mohamed Hussein, known in the media as the "anti-torture T-shirt prisoner", for another 45 days.
Hussein has spent more than 712 days in remand. He was arrested on the 25 (...)
There have been 267 cases of extrajudicial killing by Egyptian security forces in 2015, according to a report by the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR). The report, released Monday, listed the human rights violation cases in 2015 (...)
Egypt's armed forces said it killed 32 "takfiri" elements and arrested six others in a raid in North Sinai, according to an official statement issued Tuesday.
The raid was a continuation of the Egyptian army's Martyr's Right operation, which started (...)
On Sunday, Egypt condemned the attacks on the Saudi Arabian embassy and consulate in Iran following the kingdom's execution of 48 people for terrorism offenses, including Shi'a cleric Nimr Al-Nimr.
Iranian protesters broke into the Saudi embassy in (...)
Sheikh Nimr Baqir Al-Nimr, whose execution has sparked outrage across the Middle East in Shi'a dominated blocks, was a prominent Shi'a cleric and leader who has repeatedly called for amelioration on the kingdom's marginalised Shi'a minority.
Al-Nimr (...)
Saudi Arabia has a long history of executing Saudi citizens as well as foreigners on terrorism-related acts. However, the recent mass execution has sparked international outrage with voices criticising the Saudi Kingdom and questioning the fairness (...)
Al-Tayar Al-Sha'aby Al-Masry (the Egyptian Popular Current) has held President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi accountable for the forced disappearances of political activists, according to a statement on Saturday.
The party demanded information on the forced (...)
Saudi Arabia executed prominent Shi'a Muslim cleric Nimr Baqr Al-Nimr and 46 others, all of whom had been convicted of a range of offences that the Saudi court tied to alleged terrorist activities, according to a statement by the Minister of (...)
The recent mass uptake of easy-to-use digital tools has lowered the threshold for political mobilisation and engagement in a political life as the capacity for the active production and dissemination of information has been democratised.
Perhaps (...)
Some of the forced disappearance complaints submitted to the Ministry of Interior are people who have voluntarily fled their homes, according to Assistant Minister of Interior for public relations and media Abu-Bakr Abdel-Karim.
The statements came (...)
Devastation, fear, and uncertainty can be seen in the anguished faces of the residents of building number 22 in Sahl Hamza Street in the Faisal district of Giza, who feel abandoned by the government after their building was the site of an explosion (...)
In their end of the year report, Dar Al-Ifta, Egypt's foremost authority on religious edicts, announced that they have issued more than 630,000 religious edicts (fatwas) in addition to several other accomplishments during the year 2015.
Dar Al-Ifta (...)
Fighters loyal to Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi have advanced into territory held by Houthis, with fighting approaching the capital Sana'a, according to news reports.
Yemen has witnessed months of fighting in a civil war between supporters (...)
Photojournalist Ahmed Gamal Ziada was reportedly stabbed by an unknown assailant with a penknife in downtown Cairo Friday night, and his brother Mohamed Ziada described the incident as an "assassination attempt".
Ziada was previously detained over (...)
A military court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and other leading figures to 10 years in prison Tuesday in the case known in the media as the "Suez events".
Senior member Mohamed El-Beltagy and preacher Safwat Hegazy were (...)
The Tunisian Coast Guard arrested 16 Egyptian fishermen on Tuesday for fishing within Tunisia's maritime territory.
The Tunisian Ministry of Defence said in a statement that the fishermen's boat, registered at Egypt's governorate of Port Said, was (...)
A media gag order has been imposed Monday on news reports about Dabaa nuclear power station, according to the state-owned MENA news agency.
The gag order, which requires all reports about the Dabaa nuclear project to be approved by security (...)
A roadside bomb detonated in the proximity of the vehicle of Deputy Security Director of the North Sinai governorate Mostafa Al-Razaz in Al-Arish on Sunday, injuring three.
An affiliate of "Islamic State" (IS) in Sinai, known as "State of Sinai", (...)
Egyptian Minister of Defence Sedky Sobhy met with his Canadian counterpart Harjit Sajjan Saturday to discuss issues of military cooperation between both countries, according to an official statement issued by the army spokesman.
They discussed (...)