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Seventeen-year-old Mohammed Hani Al-Kuri died while playing a match with his football club in Alexandria.
To mark 10 years since the uprising in Egypt, Amnesty International released a report detailing the human rights abuses occurring in the country's prisons.
Egyptian denies 'oxygen crisis' in coronavirus wards despite videos
Videos have emerged showing an alleged oxygen shortage in Egypt's hospitals.
Israel's blockade had already crippled Gaza, then came Covid-19
Comment: Battling Covid-19 requires a health infrastructure that has been destroyed by Israel's occupation and blockade, and yet the ...
Outcry after Tunisian doctor dies in hospital lift accident
Tunisian doctors and medical students are demanding the health minister resign after the death of a resident doctor who fell from a ...
Sisi intensifies human rights crackdown as Biden era nears
In-depth: As the countdown to the end of a friendly Trump administration begins, Sisi's crackdown on human rights defenders is testing the waters of international patience.
Biden and Sisi: A favourite dictator no more?
Analysis: While Biden has criticised Trump's support for Sisi, the president-elect has a mixed legacy when it comes to supporting human rights ...
Iraq reopens Green Zone bridge year after revolt
Al-Sinak bridge was partially closed for security reasons after it turned into the site of fierce clashes between protesters and police in ...
I escaped Sisi's jails, but thousands of others haven't
Comment: Despite death threats forcing me out of Egypt, I'm lucky compared to the tens of thousands jailed, tortured and killed for speaking ...
Russia's experimental Covid-19 vaccine comes to Egypt
Comment: Russia's Covid-19 vaccine has been developed with an unsurprising lack of transparency, and Sisi's willingness to distribute it is ...
Egypt arrests top Muslim Brotherhood leader Mahmoud Ezzat
State-backed media celebrated news of his capture, describing him as a 'prize catch' and publishing images of a frail-looking Ezzat wearing a ...
'End of the world': Countdown to Beirut's devastating blast
More than 180 people were killed when an explosion rocked the Lebanese capital earlier this month, devastating much of the city and changing ...
Lebanon needs an independent cabinet with legislative authority
Comment: Researchers at the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies take an in-depth look at how a Lebanese cabinet backed up with real legislative ...
Four new COVID-19 deaths in Lebanon Palestinian refugee camps
The UN Palestinian refugee agency confirmed four new COVID-19 deaths in camps in Lebanon, calling for vigilance in observing hygiene measures as ...
Iran 'wary' of political changes in Lebanon following blast
Tehran is cautious over developments taking place in Lebanon, where a deadly blast killed more than 170 people last week and prompted the ...
The Beirut blast: An accident in name only
Comment: Blatant, perhaps criminal, negligence and bureaucratic ineptitude were the immediate causes of the explosion, says the International Crisis Group.
World pledges direct aid to Lebanon's people, bypassing government
World leaders pledged more than 250 million euros for disaster-struck Lebanon, conference host France said, with the emergency aid to be ...
Iraqi-donated oil arrives in disaster-stricken Lebanon
Iraqi-donated oil has arrived in Lebanon after travelling through the Syrian border on Sunday.
Macron urges speedy global response to Lebanon disaster
Emmanuel Macron hosted Donald Trump and other world leaders for the virtual conference to drum up aid for Lebanon.
Officials long warned of explosive chemicals at Beirut port
Lebanese authorities had raised the alarm on the dangerous stockpile of explosive material at Beirut's port at least 10 times prior to the ...
Italian firefighters take samples near Beirut port
Rescuers from across the world flooded to Beirut to help efforts to find missing people.
The terror and guilt of watching Beirut from afar
Beirut, a welcoming cosmopolitan city loved by all those who call it home, lies in ruins. Michal Kranz, a journalist until recently based in ...
Lebanese clear blast rubble from roads around cratered port
Authorities have cordoned off the port itself, where the blast left a crater 200 meters (yards) across and shredded a large grain silo.
Macron to push for Lebanon aid after Beirut blast
France is set to send urgent aid to Lebanon as the country struggles to respond to a deadly blast that has destroyed entire neighbourhoods in ...
Egypt has reported 56,809 coronavirus cases and is set to begin easing restrictions on Saturday.
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