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Italy Wednesday dispatched a new envoy to Egypt more than a year after it recalled its ambassador to protest Cairo’s slowness in establishing truth about the death of Italian PhD student Giulio Regeni. The new envoy, Giampaolo Cantini, landed in Read more
A report released Tuesday by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) highlighted the impact of loss of land and resources to Palestinian economy because of the continued Israeli occupation. Agricultural output in the Occupied Palestinian Territory decreased Read more
The Arab League meeting on Tuesday in Cairo was overtaken by the Gulf crisis as the Qatari delegates and the delegates of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt traded accusations. The meeting in the Egyptian capital kicked Read more
Egypt has begun campaigning for its candidate for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General post, Moushira Khattab. Moushira Khattab is a human rights activist and former Minister of Family & Population and former ambassador. Khattab boasts a Read more
Morocco sent an emergency humanitarian aid to Bangladesh in order to support the country’s efforts to cope with the massive influx of refugees from the Muslim minority of the Rohingyas who have fled Myanmar, the ministry of Foreign Affairs and Read more
Hamas, the ruler of Gaza Strip, Monday welcomed decision by Togo to cancel October-scheduled conference between African countries and Israel saying that the move is “a victory for humanitarian values and its defenders.” The West African country, embroiled in political Read more
Venezuelan President left Algiers Monday without meeting with his peer Abdelaziz Bouteflika, although the meeting had been scheduled. The Algerian Presidency did not clarify why the encounter did not happen but speculations and critics point at the Algerian President’s health Read more
An attack on a security convoy in North Sinai Monday left at least 18 people killed, most of whom were policemen. The interior ministry noted that a group of militants attacked a security convoy between Qantara near the Egyptian port Read more
A high key Hamas delegation arrived Saturday in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials over Rafah crossing and also to express willingness to thaw ties with West Bank ruler Fatah movement. Led by the movement’s Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh Read more
Saudi authorities have arrested a prominent cleric, also known as a critic of the royal family’s handling of affairs. Sheikh Salman al-Awdah was arrested over the weekend following a series of posts on Twitter calling for an end of the Read more