Egyptian Crisis
Tense Kabul Under Lockdown After Deadly Protest Clashes
Kabul city was on lockdown Saturday with armed checkpoints and armoured vehicles patrolling the streets to prevent a...
New Protests Shake Morocco’s North
Thousands staged demonstrations for a fifth night running in northern Morocco to demand the release of the leader of a...
Egypt President Approves Contentious NGO Law
Egypt's president has signed into law a contentious new bill to regulate non-governmental organisations, the official...
Sisi’s Egypt Cracks Down On News Websites
Egypt's government, already accused of muzzling freedom of expression and opposition to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi,...
Prominent Egypt Rights Lawyer Detained
A former Egyptian presidential candidate and rights lawyer who challenged the government for handing over islands to...
Tunisia Protester Death Raises Fears of More Unrest
A young protester was killed Monday after a national guard vehicle "accidentally" ran him over in south Tunisia,...
Tunisia Protester ‘accidentally’ Killed In South
A young protester was killed Monday after a national guard vehicle "accidentally" ran him over in south Tunisia,...
Thai Army Hunts Four Over Supermarket Car Bomb
Thailand's military said Wednesday it was hunting four suspects over a large car bomb which wounded more than 60 people...
Three Police Killed In Cairo Attack
Suspected militants have killed three police officers and wounded five others in an attack in the Egyptian capital,...
Gunmen Kill Three Egypt Policemen In Cairo Gun Attack
Unidentified gunmen attacked an Egyptian police convoy near the main ring road around Cairo, killing three officers and...
Egypt’s Sisi To Accept Courts’ Decision On Island Transfers
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday he will not interfere in any decision the courts or parliament...
Pentagon Chief Pledges Support For Egypt’s Sisi
US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and top brass in Cairo on Thursday,...
Egypt Army Says Senior IS Cleric Killed In Sinai
The Egyptian military said Thursday it killed a senior Islamic State group cleric and 18 jihadists in air strikes in...
US Defence Secretary Arrives In Cairo For Sisi Meeting
US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis arrived in Cairo Thursday on the latest leg of a regional tour, as ties with Egypt...
Egypt Says Killed Sinai Monastery Shooter
Egyptian security forces killed a gunman suspected of shooting dead a policemen near St Catherine's monastery in the...
Shooting At Egypt Monastery Kills Policeman
A policeman was killed and four more were wounded on Tuesday in a shooting outside St Catherine's monastery in Egypt's...
Egypt Sentences Ex-Interior Minister Adly To 7 Years
An Egyptian court sentenced former interior minister Habib al-Adly to seven years in prison for corruption Saturday, in...
Egypt Says Alexandria Church Suicide Bomber Identified
Egypt's interior ministry said on Wednesday it had identified the suicide bomber behind a deadly attack at the weekend...
After Egypt Church Bombings, Copts Complain of Extremists
For years, Egyptian Copt Michel Fahmy could hear a Muslim preacher invoking God's wrath on Christians in sermons blared...