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EgyptPolitics

Lawsuit against top information officials calls for transparency

Media and rights studies group files a lawsuit calling for transparency in…

Hend Kortam Hend Kortam
Prime Minster Hesham Qandil announced yesterday government plans to increase natural gas prices for cement and brick factories from $4 per million BTU to $6 per million BTU. (File Photo) (AFP PHOTO)
EgyptPolitics

Qandil discusses draft NGO law

Human Rights lawyers reject draft amid concerns of State control

Nouran El-Behairy Nouran El-Behairy
Islamist fighters stand guard near Gao airport AFP/File, Romaric Ollo Hien
Politics

Islamist fighters ready for battle in north Mali

Gao is now under control of Islamist armed groups

Daily News Egypt Daily News Egypt

Presidential decree solidifies military control of land in Sinai

Within the coming few days a presidential decree is to be issued…

Islam Serour Islam Serour
Syrian rebels armed with AK-47s ride a motorcycle in the northern city of Aleppo AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA
PoliticsRegion

Syrian rebels claim to control “most” of Syria

International community’s attempts to resolve conflict

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
US soldiers stand in the shade of a tent as they watch a ceremony handing over the Bagram prison to Afghan authorities, at the US airbase in Bagram north of Kabul AFP PHOTO/ SHAH MARAI
Politics

Notorious Afghan prison transferred to Afghan control

The prison dubbed ‘Afghanistan's Guantanamo Bay’ has gradually come under Afghan control…

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez