Month: July 2018
‘A divine act’: Egyptian religious leaders hail anniversary of Sisi’s takeover
Former Egypt Mufti Ali Gumah (left) and Egypt Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II (Reuters) Egyptian r..
Murder on the beach: British-backed wars helped create Tunisian killer
Three years ago on 26 June, a 23-year-old Tunisian armed with a machine gun mowed down 38 tourists a..
Tunisia ‘making history’ as capital’s first female mayor takes office
Souad Abderrahim, a leading figure in Ennahda since 2011, ran as an independent on the party's ..
‘This is not even enough to feed a dog’: Austerity bites middle-class Egypt
Bags of sugar are stacked inside a government food outlet in Cairo in August 2017 (Reuters) Ismail ..
Israel withholds Palestinian tax revenue over payments to prisoners’ families
Israeli soldiers assault Palestinian Civil Defence volunteers at protest in the West Bank town of Bi..
More than 60 missing after shipwreck near Libya’s coast
Migrants are seen in a rubber dinghy being rescued by Libyan coast guards in the Mediterranean Sea (..
Iran downplays violence after police reportedly open fire on water protesters
Iran's interior minister on Sunday tried to downplay the violence during overnight water protes..
Iraq begins building fence on Syria border to keep out Islamic State fighters
With a fence, watchtowers, trenches and drones Iraq hopes to keep out IS fighters (AFP) Iraq has be..
‘We cannot bear more suffering’: Displaced from Hodeidah spill into Sanaa’s streets
Displaced Hodeidah residents wait on the streets of Sanaa. (MEE) SANAA – Outside Abu-Bakr al-Sideeq..
How 5G could change everything
How 5G will transform the way we learn new skills 5G is going to be a really big deal. The lightn..