A Turkish court sentenced a former executive of Amnesty International Turkey to more than six years in jail and convicted three other rights activists on terrorism-related charges on Friday, the rights group said.
Amnesty Turkey said on Twitter that (...)
A Turkish court on Thursday heard a case aimed at converting the Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul back into a mosque and will announce its verdict within 15 days, a lawyer said, on an issue which has drawn international expressions of (...)
The message was dropped into a WhatsApp group used by suburban moms in South Africa. Amid the grumblings over homeschooling during lockdown, one mom went off topic: ``Does anyone know where to get illegal cigarettes? I just need a few. I'm (...)
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias met with Libyan Parliamentary Speaker Aguila Saleh on Wednesday during a visit to Libya. Dendias condemned the "Turkish intervention in the war-torn state."
According to Al-Arabiya AlHadath Twitter account, (...)
Turkey will introduce regulations to control social media platforms or shut them down, President Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday, pressing ahead with government plans after he said his family was insulted online.
Finance Minister Berat (...)
On Monday, the Movement of Libyan Cities and Tribes (MLCT), which includes figures supporting the Libyan National Army (LNA), declared that the tribes have agreed to resume oil production. They also delegated the army leadership to communicate with (...)
Arab public opinion has held to a large extent the Arab League politically and morally responsible for the disastrous fate that befell Libya in 2011. The League in a hurried way adopted a decision in March 2011 concerning the popular uprising (...)
Social media is awash with photos and videos showing millions celebrating in Tahrir Square following the removal of late president Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood regime on 3 July 2013, writes Gamal Essam El-Din.
Television channels have hosted (...)
Economic chaos, soaring food prices and the coronavirus pandemic are plunging Syria deeper into crisis as the country's civil war grinds into its 10th year, European Union and United Nations officials said Tuesday at an online conference to raise (...)
Austria and Turkey accused each other on Monday of responding inappropriately to clashes between Kurdish and Turkish protesters in Vienna last week, further straining already tense relations.
The violence began on Wednesday, when a brawl broke out (...)
An earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude on the Richter scalewas felt in several Egyptian cities on Sunday evening, Egypt's National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIA) said in a statement.
According to the NRIA, the quake (...)
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) agreed to take immediate action to facilitate the recovery of tourism in a number of countries, including Egypt, Ahram Online (...)
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) are joining forces to boost the tourism sector's recovery across the 38 economies where the Bank invests.
The rapid spread of the (...)
Growing desperation in Syria could trigger another mass exodus unless donor countries send more funds to alleviate hunger and the international community ensures aid shipments can reach the war-ravaged country, the head of the U.N. food agency said (...)
Egypt is expected to witness a real GDP growth slowdown through 2024 to reach approximately 4.5 percent, down from five percent in 2015-2019, due to coronavirus, said Cedric Chehab, global head of country risk at Fitch Solutions.
Chehab said that (...)
Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives Aguila Saleh said his country will need the backing of the Egyptian Armed Forces in the war against terrorists and mercenaries.
Speaking to Extra News TV channel on Thursday, he stressed that the (...)
France, Germany and Italy on Thursday called on forces in Libya to cease fighting and for outside parties to stop any interference in a bid to try and get political talks back on track.
"In light of the growing risks of a deterioration of the (...)
The European Union will help Cyprus try to negotiate its maritime border with neighboring Turkey in order to end an ongoing wrangle that has raised tensions in the east Mediterranean, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Thursday.
Borrell said (...)
Being an emerging market, Egypt is expected to witness a real GDP growth slowdown from 2020 to 2024 to reach approximately 4.5 percent, down from five percent in 2015-2019, due to the COVID-19 repercussions, said Cedric Chehab, global head of (...)
Libya will request military intervention from Egypt whenever the situation requires, Libya's Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh said on Wednesday.
Talking to the state-run Middle East News Agency, Saleh said the Libyan people support Egyptian President (...)
Egypt will not tolerate terrorism and its supporters, and will take any measures to prevent Libya falling under terrorists and militia control, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Tuesday.
Shoukry's comments came during his speech at a virtual (...)
So far, neither the United States nor the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) nor the European Union have shown any political will to restrain Turkish adventurism in Libya and the Eastern Mediterranean, particularly after the major (...)
In the Western Military Zone along Egypt's border with Libya, while inaugurating the Gargoub military base earlier this week, President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi delivered two essential messages. Addressing the rank and file of army and Air Force (...)
Gulf countries, except Qatar of course, were swift to declare unreserved endorsement of Egypt's position on developments in Libya. Escalated military intervention by Turkey in the North African country supporting militias controlling the capital (...)
Within the next few days Egypt is hoping to have secured the scheduling of a UN Security Council (UNSC) session to discuss the impasse that Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia hit while trying to find a negotiated agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance (...)
