Police in Egypt have killed dozens of militants during security raids on their hideouts, the interior ministry has said. The raids killed “40 terrorists” in Giza and North Sinai on Saturday morning, according to a statement from the ministry. It said the militants were planning a series of attacks on tourist sites, churches and military […]

CAIRO (AFP) – Egyptian police killed 40 “terrorists” in separate raids early on Saturday (Dec 29), a day after a roadside bomb near the Giza pyramids killed three Vietnamese tourists and their guide, the Interior Ministry said. Two raids in the Giza governorate killed 30 “terrorists”, while the remaining 10 were killed in the restive […]

The homemade device exploded near a bus carrying a group of Vietnamese tourists, an interior ministry statement said. A roadside bomb hit a tourist bus near the Pyramids of Giza, south of the capital Cairo, killing at least two people and wounding 10 others, Egypt’s interior ministry said.  A homemade device exploded at 6:15 pm […]

BEIRUT (NYTIMES) – Syria’s most powerful Kurdish militia has called on the Assad government to send its forces to protect against an attack by Turkey, the first sign of shifting political alliances in eastern Syria since President Donald Trump announced he would withdraw US troops. At issue is an expanse of territory in the country’s […]

Egypt’s first freely elected president, Morsi, faces charges related to a 2011 prison breakout. Two former Egyptian presidents have appeared in the same Cairo courtroom with Hosni Mubarak testifying in the retrial of his successor Mohamed Morsi on mass jailbreak charges.  Overthrown during the 2011 protests that ended his 30-year rule, a frail, grey-haired Mubarak […]

Abderrazak Zorgui posted a video online before his self-immolation in the city of Kasserine calling for a revolution. Protests erupted in Tunisia after the death of a journalist who set himself on fire to protest against economic hardship in the North African nation, prompting clashes with police. Abderrazak Zorgui, a 32-year-old journalist, posted a video […]

Loud explosions heard in the Syrian capital as state TV says the military intercepted a number of ‘hostile targets’. Syrian air defences intercepted “hostile targets” near the capital Damascus, the country’s state media said on Tuesday. “Our air defences have intercepted a number of hostile targets near Damascus,” Syrian state TV said. Loud explosions were […]

BEIRUT (REUTERS) – Syrian air defences intercepted “hostile targets” near Damascus, Syrian state media reported on Tuesday (Dec 25). Loud explosions were heard in the Syrian capital, a Reuters witness said. “Our air defences have intercepted a number of hostile targets near Damascus,” Syrian state TV said. The nature of the targets was not clear. […]

Protests that started over the rising costs of bread and fuel have now widened with calls for the overthrow of al-Bashir Sudan at a glance – US lifted 20 year trade sanctions in October 2017– Sudan split from South Sudan in 2011, losing three-quarters of its oil output – President al-Bashir has been in power […]

Photographs have been released of an Arab princess who was feared missing. Sheikha Latifa, the daughter of Dubai’s ruler, reportedly tried to escape abroad in March. Witnesses said she was allegedly taken from a yacht near India and forcibly returned. The United Arab Emirates has denied the reports, and says she has been living at […]