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November 13, 2014

Egyptian courts convict dozens of anti-coup Egyptians including minors

Two Egyptian courts convicted dozens of anti-coup Egyptians on Wednesday, including nine minors, handing out sentences that range anywhere between one and 25 years. A judicial source, speaking to...

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November 13, 2014

Al-Sisi issues decree on repatriating foreign prisoners in Egypt

Egyptian coup leader and President Abdul-Fattah Al-Sisi issued a law on Wednesday that gives him the power to deport foreign prisoners back to their countries of origin on the...

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November 13, 2014

Israeli authorities refuse entry to UN inquiry team

Israeli authorities denied entry on Wednesday night to the commission appointed by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate possible war crimes committed during Israel’s latest war against Palestinians...

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November 13, 2014

Saudi: 'Iraq is our Iraq, a support for the Arabs'

Iraqis are looking forward to renewed relations with Saudi Arabia after previous governments increased tensions between the two countries. Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal said: “Iraq is our Iraq,...

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November 13, 2014

85 per cent of Arabs hold negative views of Islamic State

A new survey conducted by the Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies at the Doha Institute shows that 85 per cent of Arabs polled hold negative views of...

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November 13, 2014

Israeli minister announces facial-recognition surveillance at al-Aqsa

Israel’s Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch yesterday announced that visitors to Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound will soon be “scanned by a facial-recognition surveillance system that can pick out faces...

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November 13, 2014

Clashes increase between Palestinians and Israeli forces

Clashes broke out yesterday morning between Palestinian youths and Israeli police officers in the town of Al-Issawiya, north of Jerusalem, as the area witnessed intense gas and sound bombs....

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November 12, 2014

Libya refuses to hand Saif Gaddafi to the ICC

The Libyan government refused to hand over Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague today. The Permanent Representative of Libya to the United Nations,...

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November 12, 2014

Israeli security official: Arab countries have intervened to stop protests in Jerusalem

Arab states have intervened to stop the “incitement” to demonstrate in Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque, a senior Israeli official revealed yesterday. In an interview on Israeli Army Radio, the...

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November 12, 2014

Russia to build nuclear reactors in Iran

Russia has agreed to build up to eight nuclear reactors in Iran, after officials from the two nations signed new agreements today. According to the official Iranian News Agency...

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