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Tribal sources have reported that Islamic State affiliated militants have attacked a village in northeastern Sinai and killed three civilians for cooperating with Egyptian security forces.
Jordan is using electronic wristbands to ensure they stick to home-quarentine measures.
Sisi regime court upholds 15-year sentence for prominent activist
Ahmed Douma, who has been jailed since 2013, has had a 15-year prison sentence upheld.
Greece officially closes one of oldest 'unlicensed' mosques
Athens is the only European capital that lacks operational mosques, forcing Muslims to pray in makeshift halls, but the Al Andalus ...
Nile dam talks resume as Egypt minister faces criticism
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan resumed negotiations over the Great Renaissance Dam under African Union sponsorship, as Egyptians mocked the country's ...
US courts Taliban with vision of Afghan prosperity
The US highlighted the economic potential of a peaceful Afghanistan in talks with the Taliban
Turkey trial of Khashoggi murder suspects postponed to November
The trial of 20 Saudi suspects that began in absentia on Friday was postponed to November, in hopes that the suspects would be made to attend ...
French jihadist gets 30 years for Syria crimes
The presiding judge said he wanted to give him "a glimmer of hope", even though he could have been sentenced to life on being convicted of all ...
Turkish minister in Libya for defence cooperation talks
The talks covered defence and security training programmes under a deal signed by Tripoli and Ankara in November last year, a statement said.
Suspected coalition planes strike Iranian militias in eastern Syria
Warplanes believed to be from the US-led coalition against IS have struck positions belonging to Iranian-backed militias in the eastern Syrian ...
Prosecutors seek life term for French jihadist
Tyler Vilus, 30, is facing charges of belonging to a terrorist group, heading a group of Islamic State fighters and "aggravated murder" between ...
How Abu Dhabi is helping out Damascus
Comment: Khaled Sid Mohand of The Justice and Liberties for All Committee discusses normalisation, and the UAE's monetary, military and security ...
Zanzibar's forgotten legacy of slavery and ethnic cleansing
The 1964 mass killings in Zanzibar and the slavery which preceded them highlight uncomfortable issues about Arab-African relations at a time ...
'Pivoting East': Will China come to Lebanon’s rescue?
Running quickly out of options as talks over an IMF bailout stall, Lebanon's Hezbollah-backed government says it wants to pivot to China, but ...
Iraq sets up border posts to 'prevent Turkish advance'
Ankara has established at least a dozen posts inside Iraqi territory as part of a military campaign to rout members of the PKK.
Lebanon suicides spark outrage at govt over economic crisis
A 61-year-old man shot himself on the sidewalk of a bustling Beirut shopping street in broad daylight.
Will Jordan revoke its peace treaty with Israel?
Annexation of the West Bank could be the final blow to Jordan's peace treaty with Israel.
Houthis threaten to target Saudi military sites following strikes
The spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi rebels has threatened to target military and government strikes in Saudi Arabia after the Saudi-led coalition ...
The Iraq Report: Pro-Iran militias reassert dominance over Kadhimi
Iran's proxies have dealt a humiliating blow to Iraq's newly incumbent Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who has now exposed the ...
Israeli, UAE technology firms sign deal on coronavirus research
A state-linked technology company in the UAE has signed a partnership with two major Israeli defence firms to fight coronavirus, in a ...
Libyan government finds more bodies in former Haftar stronghold
The Libyan government has found six more bodies in a mass grave in the former Haftar stronghold of Tarhouna, raising the total number of corpses ...
Turkey trial of Khashoggi murder suspects begins in absentia
Two former aids to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and 18 other suspects are on trial in absentia.
Syria harvest boom brings hope as hunger spikes
Heavy rains and reduced violence in parts of the country this year have led to a much improved harvest.
Egypt releases Canadian engineer detained for over a year
A Canadian engineer who was detained for over a year without charges in Egypt has been released.
The relationship between the two groups has been plagued by divisions for more than a decade.
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