- The European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday in favor of the family of late Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and confirmed...
The European Union had decided in March last year to end sanctions it had imposed on Mubarak, his wife, two sons and their wives.
The sanctions included a freeze on assets held in the EU and a ban on any citizens or entities from the 27-nation bloc making funding available to those on the blacklist.
- Authorities opened an inquest Friday into the death of a 16-year-old girl after she was mauled as she walked to...
A similar tragedy struck in neighboring Algeria last month, when a 12-year-old was killed and half-eaten by dogs in the Blida area.
Many stray dogs in the Maghreb region pose an additional threat: rabies, a virus that attacks the central nervous system and leads to a painful death.
- More than 11 million people in Ukraine have been displaced since Russia invaded on February 24, aiming to seize the...
Russian troops have been withdrawing from around the capital and Ukraine's north, leaving a trail of destruction behind them
The scenes of carnage left behind by retreating troops in towns like Bucha have led to a wave of fresh sanctions against Moscow
- In a major shake-up in the coalition battling Houthi rebels, Yemen's president Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi has formed a new council...
A United Nations-brokered truce that started on Saturday has offered a glimmer of hope in the conflict amid the humanitarian crisis
The truce came as peace talks were unfolding in Riyadh without the participation of the Houthis, who refused talks on ‘enemy’ territory
- Iran on Wednesday said it has sent documents on its undeclared nuclear facilities to the UN atomic watchdog, bringing it...
The move brings it a step closer to reviving its 2015 nuclear accord.
International Atomic Energy Agency will come to Iran to review responses and then prepare their final report.
- Lebanon, home to one of the largest Christian communities in the Middle East, has been gripped by an unprecedented economic...
The pontiff, who has received Lebanon's president and prime minister in the Vatican in recent months, had previously promised to visit the country.
The last trip in 2012 saw Pope Benedict XVI visit to appeal for peace, months after the start of the civil war in neighboring Syria.
- Environment-related issues are among the major causes of health problems worldwide, the World Health Organization has said. In the Eastern...
In the Eastern Mediterranean Region, environmental risks responsible for 23 percent of the total burden of disease and as much as 30 percent of the disease burden for kids.
April 7 is being observed as the World Health Day 2022; it will be focusing on environmental threats and their effect on the health of the planet.
- Tunisia has summoned Turkey's ambassador in protest against "interference" after President Erdogan criticized his counterpart in Tunis for dissolving the...
The Turkish leader had on Monday criticized Saied's latest move as a "blow to the will of the Tunisian people" and a "smear on democracy"
On Wednesday morning, it said Jarandi had spoken by telephone with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, as well as summoning Ankara's ambassador in protest
- The United States, in coordination with the G7 and European Union, will ban "all" new investments in Russia on Wednesday...
The new sanctions "will impose significant costs on Russia and send it further down the road of economic, financial isolation."
The source predicted that Russia's economy would shrink by as much as 15 percent this year





















