The UN envoy for Libya said Wednesday the two warring factions have agreed on issues that ``directly impact the lives and welfare of the Libyan people,'' noting that the thorny work to cement a cease-fire in the restive North African country will (...)
While the coronavirus never really disappeared, many countries around the world are now witnessing its massive comeback after having declared that they had managed to bring the outbreak under control.
Countries such as Italy, the United Kingdom, (...)
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has proclaimed that the Syrian people “do not want to change the constitution” and that “it is not a priority.” He has said that the Syrians “only want amendments that impact their daily lives” and has described (...)
Military leaders from Libya's warring sides met Monday in Geneva in hopes of a U.N.-brokered breakthrough that could pave the way for a "complete and permanent cease-fire" in the conflict-ridden North African country.
The meeting that began Monday (...)
Governments across Europe are ratcheting up restrictions in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus as the continent recorded its highest weekly number of new infections since the start of the pandemic.
The World Health Organization said (...)
Since early September, diplomatic talks on Libya gained momentum, which encouraged local rivals to return to the negotiating table under the auspices of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), which sponsored at least five meetings between 6 (...)
China and Russia were elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, but support for Beijing dropped by more than 20 percent compared with a 2016 vote and Saudi Arabia failed in its bid to win a seat on the Geneva-based body.
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Head of the UN support mission in Libya and UN chief's acting special representative Stephanie Williams announced on Sunday that Tunisia will host “ intra' Libyan political and military talks” in early November.
Williams said talks will be based on (...)
A Russian-brokered humanitarian ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh was under severe strain on Sunday a day after it was agreed, with Azerbaijan and Armenia accusing each other of serious violations and crimes against civilians.
The ceasefire, clinched (...)
EgyptAir resumed on Friday flights between Borg El-Arab International Airport in the northern goveronorate of Alexandria and Dubai International Airport.
Egypt's flagship carrier said it will operate three weekly flights between the two (...)
The World Health Organization's top emergencies expert said on Friday that European governments must take decisive action to shut down transmission of the coronavirus, including by curbing mass gatherings, to avoid more painful lockdowns.
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It is a pleasant autumn evening in October. Seventy-year-old Medhat Mohieddin, a former soldier in the Egyptian army, is turning on his TV to follow the news and is somewhat taken aback to hear Sudanese officials defending a possible normalisation (...)
Egypt is playing a key role in preparation for the anticipated comprehensive talks on Libya, scheduled for October in Geneva, based on the outcomes of the Berlin Conference.
For months, Egypt has been hosting preliminary Libyan meetings, the last (...)
China said at a World Trade Organization meeting that restrictions by the United States on Chinese mobile applications TikTok and WeChat are in violation of the body's rules, a trade official said.
The Trump administration has ordered download (...)
Sudan's fragile interim government is sharply divided over normalizing relations with Israel, as it finds itself under intense pressure from the Trump administration to become the third Arab country to do so in short order after the United Arab (...)
Armenia reported the first death on its soil after Azeri shelled the Armenian town of Vartenis Tuesday morning, Reuters reported. Azerbaijan and Armenia accused each other of firing into each other's territory far from Nagorno-Karabakh, the conflict (...)
Continuing its efforts to advance peace in Libya, Egypt hosted talks in the framework of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission on Monday in the Red Sea resort city of Hurghada. The meeting is a crucial step in the preparatory talks for the comprehensive (...)
Egypt has praised the prisoner swap agreement signed between the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebel group during talk held in Geneva, a statement by the foreign ministry said on Monday.
Yemen's warring parties have agreed to exchange some 1,000 (...)
He was the “third man” who always appeared in pictures over three consecutive decades of US presidents with Arab interlocutors. And he was the “fourth man” who appeared next to US presidents as they convened in closed rooms with Palestinian and (...)
Chinese President Xi Jinping told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that Beijing has "no intention to fight either a Cold War or a hot one with any country," as tensions grow between China and the United States.
"We will continue to (...)
An Egyptian diplomat has been elected to the UN Human Rights Committee, the foreign ministry announced on Friday.
Wafaa Bassim will serve a four-year term starting in 2021 after she secured one of nine vacant posts on the committee.
Bassim was among (...)
The World Health Organization's European director warned national governments Thursday against reducing the quarantine period for people potentially exposed to the coronavirus, even as he acknowledged that COVID-19 ``fatigue'' was setting in with (...)
رحب المدير العام لمنظمة الصحة العالمية، تيدروس أدهانوم جيبريسوس، بزيارة سفير السودان علي بن أبي طالب عبد الرحمن محمود مندوباً جمهورية السودان لدى مكتب الأمم المتحدة في جنيف، معربا عن استعداد منظمة الصحة العالمية استمرار دعمها للحكومة السودانية (...)
The Tripoli-based UN- recognised Government of National Accord's (GNA) Premier Fayez Al-Sarraj announce his resignation in a televised speech to the Libyan people from the capital, Tripoli late on Wednesday.
Al-Sarraj said he wants to hand over (...)
The Tripoli-based Government of National Accord's (GNA) Premier Fayez Al-Sarraj plans to resign—expectedly by the end of this week—ahead of October's inter-Libyan talks in Geneva, officials "familiar with his thinking" told Bloomberg on (...)
