Mohamed Badie urges Sudanese to unite

Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie urged the Sudanese people to unite in order to face the challenges they are currently facing

Hend Kortam

Qandil cabinet presents final list of nominees to be sworn in

Egypt’s Prime Minister Hesham Qandil announced the full list of cabinet members today, bringing an end to speculations regarding who would be part of the first government-elect since the fall…

Luiz Sanchez

Controversial Fatwa banning Muslims from eating and drinking in the streets during the day in Ramadan

The Egyptian Dar Al-Ifta’ has issued a Fatwa saying that it is "religiously unacceptable for any Muslims to publicly display that they are not fasting in Ramadan without an excuse"

Rana Muhammad Taha

Jordanian and Syrian troops exchange fire at border

Refugees continue streaming into Jordan amid cross border gunfire between Jordanian and Syrian authorities

Connor Molloy

Bahrain violations being reviewed by US Congress committee

Amid US Congress hearings on Bahrain, protesters face more violence despite an order from the Bahrain crown prince to security forces to use restraint

Hend Kortam

Syrian opposition uses government tanks against Al-Assad forces

After claiming to have overun three police stations in Aleppo this week, Syrian opposition forces are now saying they have turned captured tanks onto to Bashar Al-Assad's forces

Rana Muhammad Taha

El Hangar Theatre issues apology to group cancelled for political content

The apology was prompted by the controversial cancelling of the performance scheduled for this evening widely understood to be caused by some controversial content

Ahmed Khalifa

Israel: time for sanctions on Iran is over

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected pursuing further sanctions during the visit of US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta

Ahmed Khalifa

Coming at you in ‘stereo,’ the great, late, qat debate

There I was, in an official government building, about to send my body through the cathinine, cathidine, and sugars, tannins, and vitamin C ringer that is chewing Qat

Moustafa Ayad

Hopes fade for an inclusive government

Many Egyptians now doubt the new cabinet will match expectations for a reformist government capable of addressing the pressing challenges

Shahira Amin