Habib el-Adly, feared interior minister from 1997-2011, was convicted last year of corruption then disappeared. Egypt’s feared former interior minister was acquitted on corruption charges on Thursday and will be released from detention pending a retrial. Habib el-Adly was sentenced to seven years in prison for embezzling $110m of public funds after being convicted in […]

Scientists in Greece have used cutting-edge technology to reconstruct the face of Dawn, a cave-dweller from 9,000 years ago. Scientists in Greece have reconstructed the face of a woman who lived 9,000 years ago, using a 3-D printer and some good, old-fashioned bone detective work. She was named Dawn and offers a glimpse into life […]

Violent supporters of neo-fascist CasaPound accused of beatings and intimidation, as party rises in political sphere. Ostia, Italy – Activist Diego Gianelli says he has been attacked by fascists six times. On a wintry day in early January, the 27-year old escapes the piercing wind and ducks into a time-worn bar outside a train station […]

A man ploughed his car into a crowd of people in western Germany early Tuesday, injuring at least four in what appears to have been an intentional attack directed at foreigners, police said. The 50-year-old driver of a silver Mercedes first attempted to hit a group of people in the city of Bottrop shortly after […]

Egyptian president says Cairo seeks good relations with both countries as tensions continue to rise in Read Sea region. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said his country was not meddling in the internal affairs of Sudan and Ethiopia, as he sought to defuse rising tensions in the Red Sea region. Sisi, in a televised broadcast […]

Anger after Democrats failed to protect future of undocumented immigrants during US government shutdown negotiations. Advocates were counting on Democrats to force Republicans to guarantee a protected future for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children during negotiations surrounding the US government shutdown. But the American government was open on Tuesday morning after a three-day closure […]

Iranian foreign ministry says it will not accept any changes to nuclear deal after Trump’s latest threat to withdraw. Iran has said it will not accept any changes to the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal, after US President Donald Trump threatened to pull out of the agreement unless its “terrible flaws” are fixed. The […]

A video posted on his Twitter account on Sunday showed several policemen wrestling him to the ground before dragging him into a police bus, surrounded by a crowd of supporters and journalists. Russian police have arrested opposition leader Alexei Navalny in the capital, Moscow, after he joined nationwide protests he organised demanding fair presidential elections. […]

Some blame an IMF loan as the main reason Tunisia’s government included strict austerity measures in its 2018 budget. Tunis, Tunisia – Tunisians have taken to the streets across the country this month to demand the government overturn strict austerity measures that have jacked up prices and taxes. Protesters chanted “work, freedom and national dignity” […]

Taliban claims responsibility for the attack on InterContinental Hotel that has left at least five civilians killed. Afghan special forces have ended a siege at Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel, leaving at least five civilians dead in an attack claimed by the Taliban armed group, a government official has told Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera’s Jennifer Glasse, reporting […]