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COURT REJECTS RED SEA ISLANDS TRANSFER TO SAUDI ARABIA
In final verdict, Egyptian court rules against government agreement to hand over Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA'S 2009 SPEECH THAT SERVES AS A RIPOSTE TO EVERYTHING DONALD TRUMP STANDS FOR
This issue has been a source of tension between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran... READ MORE›
FOR ISRAEL ENERGY BOOM COULD MAKE FRIENDS OUT OF ENEMIES
The government in Jerusalem envisions building pipelines that could transport Israeli gas as far away as Europe... READ MORE›
CLARE HOLLINGWORTH, REPORTER WHO BROKE NEWS ABOUT START OF WORLD WAR II, DIES AT 105
In early 1939, peace activist Clare Hollingworth arrived on the Polish-German border to aid Jews and other refugees fleeing from the Sudetenland, newly annexed by Nazi Germany... READ MORE›
DELEGATION WILL ASK EGYPT'S PRESIDENT TO FREE HUNGER STRIKER IBRAHIM HALAWA
A cross-party delegation of Irish politicians is to personally ask Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to free jailed Irishman Ibrahim Halawa... READ MORE›
CLARE HOLLINGWORTH, REPORTER WHO BROKE NEWS ABOUT START OF WORLD WAR II, DIES AT 105
In early 1939, peace activist Clare Hollingworth arrived on the Polish-German border to aid Jews and other refugees fleeing from the Sudetenland, newly annexed by Nazi Germany... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE SUICIDE CAR BOMB KILLS 13 IN EASTERN BAGHDAD
Islamic State is likely to resort to bomb attacks and similar tactics elsewhere in Iraq as it is driven out of its Mosul stronghold... READ MORE›
WITH BOMBING VICTIMS STILL DYING, IT'S A SOMBER CHRISTMAS FOR EGYPT'S CHRISTIANS
Egyptian Coptic Christian religious leader Pope Tawadros II leads Christmas celebration at the St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo on January 6, 2017... READ MORE›
POLITICIANS TO VISIT IRISHMAN IBRAHIM HALAWA ON 'HUNGER STRIKE' IN EGYPT JAIL
A cross party delegation of Irish politicians will travel to Egypt on Monday to visit jailed Irishman Ibrahim Halawa... READ MORE›
THE CANADIAN WHO SPENT C$1.5M TO RESCUE MORE THAN 200 SYRIAN REFUGEES
Appliance firm CEO Jim Estill is behind an ambitious scheme to resettle 58 families in Guelph, Ontario, and galvanised hundreds of residents to help... READ MORE›
EGYPT FREES 2011 UPRISING ACTIVIST AHMED MAHER
Ahmed Maher released after three years in prison for attending protest in defiance of law banning public gatherings... READ MORE›
EGYPT EXTENDS DETENTION OF AL JAZEERA JOURNALIST
Mahmoud Hussein, an Egyptian national, was arrested upon arrival at Cairo's airport on December 20 without charge... READ MORE›
"THE OTHER", BY IBN TAYMIYAH
The Wahhabi revived the ideas of Ibn Taymiyah, which allowed an individual or group to ex-communicate anyone who did not follow Islamic law... READ MORE›
NEW YEAR'S 2017 CELEBRATIONS IN PICTURES
Photo REUTERS Chaiwat Subprasom Visitors to Sydney's Bondi Beach welcome the first sunrise of 2017 wearing headwear following new year celebrations in Australia's largest city, Jan. 1, 2017... READ MORE›
MANHUNT UNDERWAY AFTER MASSACRE AT ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB OFFICIALS SAY
Speaking to reporters outside an Istanbul hospital, Soylu said the attacker changed clothes in order to escape the scene... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 35 KILLED IN NEW YEAR'S ATTACK ON ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB
At the time of the attack early Sunday, according to local media, there were hundreds of people inside the club, which sits on the Bosporus strait... READ MORE›
COURT UPHOLDS DEAL TO TRANSFER RED SEA ISLANDS
An Egyptian court has upheld an agreement to give control of two islands in the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia, providing a boost for the government... READ MORE›
CEASE-FIRE GOES INTO FORCE IN WAR-RAVAGED SYRIA
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem welcomed the cease-fire agreement said there is a real chance for a political settlement... READ MORE›
AGREEMENT TO HAND OVER RED SEA ISLANDS APPROVED
Egypt's government has approved a controversial deal to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, according to state television... READ MORE›
PRAISE FOR KERRYA??S ISRAEL SPEECH IN ARAB WORLD, BUT SHRUGS, TOO
Praise for Kerrya??s Israel Speech in Arab World, but Shrugs, Too... READ MORE›
SYRIAN REBELS SAY FORMER NUSRA FRONT FIGHTERS INCLUDED IN CEASEFIRE
A spokesman for the Jaish al-Nasr rebel faction present at the ceasefire talks told Reuters that only Islamic State was excluded... READ MORE›
HOW THE U.S. CAME TO ABSTAIN ON A U.N. RESOLUTION CONDEMNING ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS
The officials categorically denied Israeli allegations this week that the United States secretly pushed the resolutions... READ MORE›
IRAQI PM SAYS THREE MONTHS NEEDED TO ROUT ISLAMIC STATE
Abadi had previously pledged the northern city would be retaken by the end of this year... READ MORE›
WELCOME TO CROCODILE COUNTRY: THE REMARKABLE COMEBACK OF AUSTRALIA'S JAWS OF THE NORTH
More than a quarter of north Queenslanders supported conserving and protecting crocodiles, and most 52 percent wanted an approach that balanced human safety and crocodile conservation... READ MORE›
NETANYAHU SEEKS TO RALLY ISRAELIS AROUND HIM IN ANTI-OBAMA ASSAULT
Some 570,000 Israelis live in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which Palestinians want as part of a future state... READ MORE›
AL JAZEERA CONDEMNS ARREST OF ITS JOURNALIST IN EGYPT
Egypt's interior ministry said that Hussein was arrested on Friday at a house in Giza, on the outskirts of the capital, Cairo... READ MORE›
NETANYAHU HALTS ISRAELI FUNDING OF UN BODIES IN REVENGE FOR 'CRAZY' RESOLUTION
Netanyahu halts Israeli funding of UN bodies in revenge for 'crazy' resolution -- RT News... READ MORE›
THE WORLD IS FULL OF HORROR SO HOW CAN WE HANG ON TO HOPE
Now, Advent, that four-week waiting period for Christmas, has assumed its rightful time and place in my adult life... READ MORE›
EGYPT: TRUMP CONVINCED SISI TO WITHDRAW UN RESOLUTION
Egypt confirms Security Council resolution against Israeli settlement activity was withdrawn after Trump called Sisi... READ MORE›
TRUMP CASTS HIS FIRST UN VETO A MONTH BEFORE TAKING OFFICE
The Security Council measure called for an immediate halt to all Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank... READ MORE›
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BOMB ATTACK NEAR CAIRO COPTIC CATHEDRAL KILLS AT LEAST 25
The Coptic Orthodox Church is the main Christian Church in Egypt... READ MORE›
TRUMP PRESSES OBAMA OVER UN RESOLUTION ON ISRAEL
Trump Pressures Obama Over U.N. Resolution on Israeli Settlements... READ MORE›
25 KILLED BY BOMB BLAST AT COPTIC CATHEDRAL
A blast at Cairo's main Coptic Christian cathedral has killed at least 25 people, according to Egyptian state TV ... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 22 KILLED BY BLASTS NEAR CAIRO CATHEDRAL
Local time someone threw a bomb into a small chapel attached to the St. Mark's Cathedral in the Abbassia district, Egypt's main Coptic church... READ MORE›
US FUNDING 'ISRAELI STATE TERRORISM' IN MILITARY DEAL
My brother, Bassem, went out like every other protester, alongside international and Israeli peace activists, to demonstrate... READ MORE›
TURKISH POLICE OFFICER, INVOKING ALEPPO, GUNS DOWN RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR IN ANKARA
As the ambassador, Andrei Karlov, lay on the floor, the assailant, still waving his gun, screamed, Don't forget Aleppo!... READ MORE›
PICTURES OF TWO EGYPTIAN CHILDREN ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED TRIGGER OUTRAGE ONCE AGAIN
Some would later tell Egypt's Al Watan newspaper that there was nothing inappropriate, adding that it was only an engagement, not a marriage ... READ MORE›
EGYPT'S OIL MINISTER MAKES RARE TRIP TO IRAN FOR OIL TALKS AFTER SAUDI SUSPENSION
Molla said last month it was unclear when the Saudi oil deliveries would resume and Saudi Arabia has provided no reason for their suspension... READ MORE›
TRACES OF EXPLOSIVES FOUND ON VICTIMS OF EGYPTAIR FLIGHT 804
The crash of Flight 804 from Paris to Cairo killed all 66 people aboard on May 19... READ MORE›
UNSC PASSES RESOLUTION DEMANDING END TO ISRAELI SETTLEMENT BUILDING ON OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN LAND
UNSC passes resolution demanding end to Israeli settlement building on occupied Palestinian land -- RT News... READ MORE›
EGYPT TAKES AIM AT FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
Mona Mohamed was 10 years old when she underwent what's also known as a female circumcision on a hot summer day in her village in Upper Egypt... READ MORE›
EGYPT'S 'GIFT TO THE WORLD' COST $8 BILLION AND PROBABLY WASN'T NECESSARY
Egypt's expansion of the Suez Canal will likely only skim a few hours off the time that vessels wait to traverse it... READ MORE›
ANGER IN EGYPT AFTER DEADLY CAIRO CHURCH BLAST
Mohamad Elmasry, of the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, said the attack against Coptic Christians is not an aberration ... READ MORE›
JIHADISTS SAY TRUMP VICTORY A RALLYING CALL FOR NEW RECRUITS
Trump has talked tough against militant groups on the campaign trail, promising to defeat radical Islamic terrorism just as we won the Cold War... READ MORE›
RUSSIA AIRLINER CRASHES IN CENTRAL SINAI EGYPT SAYS
CAIRO -- A Russian passenger airplane carrying 224 people crashed early Saturday in the central Sinai Peninsula, according to officials in Cairo and Moscow... READ MORE›
CLIMATE-SMART CITIES COULD SAVE THE WORLD $22TN, SAY ECONOMISTS
The right choices now, in terms of long-term planning for urban development and transport, could improve people's lives and fight climate change, the report found... READ MORE›
AIRSTRIKE KILLS MORE THAN 100, INJURES HUNDREDS AT YEMEN FUNERAL
Human rights groups have accused the Saudi-led coalition of human rights violations, which Riyadh has denied... READ MORE›
EGYPT ARRESTS AL JAZEERA NEWS PRODUCER DURING VACATION
Al Jazeera holds Egyptian authorities responsible for the safety of Hussein and is calling for his immediate release, the Qatar-based network said in a statement... READ MORE›
EIGHT CHILDREN MURDERED IN MASS STABBING IN AUSTRALIA
16 Dec 2014 The murders occurred in a suburban house in Cairns, a northern coastal city and popular holiday destination in the state of Queensland... READ MORE›
'HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN IN AUSTRALIA?'
'How could this happen in Australia?' Cairns cafe worker responds to customer's racial slur... READ MORE›
NOTHING TO CELEBRATE THIS ISLAMIC NEW YEAR IN ALEPPO
CAIRO -- The only fireworks in Aleppo, Syria on this Islamic New Year's holiday are provided by relentless airstrikes... READ MORE›
EXPLOSION AT CAIRO CHURCH KILLS AT LEAST 20 INJURES 35 OFFICIALS SAY
CAIRO-- An explosion ripped through Cairo's Coptic Christian cathedral complex on Sunday, killing at least 20 people and injuring 35, Egypt's health ministry said... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH IN EGYPT KILLS ALL 224 PEOPLE ABOARD
Unfortunately, all passengers of flight 7K9268 Sharm el-Sheikh-Petersburg were killed, The Russian embassy in Cairo said, in Russian, on Twitter... READ MORE›
WHERE IS THE WORLD'S MOST STRESSFUL CITY?
The Shanghai urban area is home to more than 23 million people 119,000 per sq mile in the inner city, way above that of Paris or Manhattan... READ MORE›
AIRSTRIKES KILL MORE THAN 40 AND WOUND SCORES IN YEMENI PORT CITY
Hodeidah, a port city on the Red Sea, is controlled by the rebel Houthis who control the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH MYSTERY DEEPENS AS OFFICIALS DIFFER
Metrojet officials also dismissed claims by the Islamic State that its operatives felled the plane... READ MORE›
A BED SHEETS SCANDAL HITS THE COTTON INDUSTRY
The other lawsuits, all filed in the U.S. against Welspun, allege the company fraudulently labeled its bed sheets as Egyptian cotton... READ MORE›
JAPAN PM ABE IN 'IS HOSTAGES' VOW
Daily express unforgivable japanese pm vows to save islamic state hostages after video threat 1 hr ago... READ MORE›
DONORS OFFER $5.4BN FOR PALESTINIANS
The Gaza Strip, sandwiched between Israel and Egypt, has been a recurring flashpoint in the Israel-Palestinian conflict for years... READ MORE›
EIGHTEEN KILLED IN EGYPT PROTESTS
On Saturday, activist Shaimaa al-Sabbagh, aged 32, was shot dead during a march by the socialist Popular Alliance party in central Cairo... READ MORE›
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EGYPT COURT OVERTURNS LIFE SENTENCE AGAINST EX-PRESIDENT MOHAMED MURSI
Egypt's Court of Cassation has overturned a life sentence against deposed president Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood... READ MORE›
ROUHANI CLAIMS THE U.S. IS VIOLATING ITS COMMITMENTS UNDER NUCLEAR DEAL
Rouhani started his speech with a mention of the terrorist attack on New York City that happened 15 years ago this month... READ MORE›
EGYPT FREEZES ASSETS OF LEADING RIGHTS CAMPAIGNERS
Egyptian authorities are single-mindedly pushing for the elimination of the country's most prominent independent human rights defenders, Sarah Leah Whitson of Human Rights Watch said... READ MORE›
CLINTON, TRUMP MUST PROMOTE FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN ELECTION CAMPAIGN
M. Zuhdi Jasser is the President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy based in Phoenix, Arizona and the co-founder of the Muslim Reform Movement... READ MORE›
MASSACRE REPORTS SHOW U.S. INABILITY TO CURB IRAQ MILITIAS
Islamic State, the Sunni extremist group, seized the majority-Sunni city in June 2014... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE CALLS FOR ATTACKS ON THE WEST DURING RAMADAN IN AUDIO MESSAGE
If one of you hoped to reach the Islamic State, we wish we were in your place to punish the Crusaders day and night, Adnani said... READ MORE›
EGYPT SAYS MILITANTS KILLED TOP PROSECUTOR
After the removal of Mr. Morsi, the government outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood, killed hundreds of its supporters at a demonstration in Cairo and jailed thousands more... READ MORE›
POLICE PRESENCE IN EGYPT MUTES MOST PROTESTS ON 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF UPRISING
Other Egyptians in Tahrir Square noted the chaos shaking Arab countries like Syria and neighboring Libya, and railed against perceived Western meddling in Egypt... READ MORE›
CAIRO FIREBOMBING: PETROL BOMB KILLS AT LEAST 16 IN EGYPT NIGHTCLUB
While Egypt is regularly hit by extremist violence, particularly targeting security forces, attacks on nightclubs are rare... READ MORE›
PLANE CRASH WAS RESULT OF TERRORIST ACT
Additional security measures are in place for flights to particular destinations, notably London, at the request of those authorities, airport security sources said... READ MORE›
US 'REASONABLY CERTAIN' BRITISH ISLAMIC STATE EXECUTIONER 'JIHADI JOHN' KILLED IN SYRIA
US and Britain work 'hand in glove' The British government said it had been working hand in glove with the Americans to defeat Islamic State... READ MORE›
NO EVIDENCE SO FAR THAT JET WAS BOMBED
But Kamal insisted Sharm el-Sheikh's airport met international standards and said flights from Russia, Ukraine and Saudi Arabia were continuing to arrive... READ MORE›