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Latest Politics News

SEC to monitor media coverage of elections

Electoral commission to prevent violating media outlets from covering elections

Mahmoud Mostafa

Saddam Hussein, the Gulf War and the new Middle East

Iraq invaded Kuwait at the beginning of August 1990. The international community…

Deutsche Welle

Qatar espionage trial postponed to 8 August

Defendants, who include former president, were unable to attend Sunday’s trial session

Nourhan Fahmy

Prosecution investigates storming of journalist’s apartment

Apartment belonging to Albawabah news journalist was broken into and vandalised

Daily News Egypt

Two senior Islamist leaders die in prison

The security factor always takes precedence over the human factor when it…

Nourhan Fahmy

Dozens face trial for planning ‘terrorist acts’ in United Arab Emirates

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have ordered 41 people to stand…

Deutsche Welle

Army kills 88 in North Sinai raids

The dead are allegedly ‘suspected militants’

Emir Nader

Strategic dialogue follows Egypt’s strategy to decentralise source of weapons: Researcher

US-Egypt strategic dialogue resumes six years after suspension

Menan Khater

Irish teenager held for over 700 days has detention renewed

Ibrahim Halawa has been held in high security prison without trial for…

Emir Nader

Al Jazeera re-trial further postponed to 29 August

Disappointed Mohamed says he wanted this over with, Al Jazeera manager calls…

Amira El-Fekki