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Third aid convoy enters Gaza via Egypt border crossingF

An aid convoy entered the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday via the Rafah border crossing, AFP correspondents on the Egyptian and Palestinian sides said, the third since war erupted on October 7. More than a dozen lorries crossed Rafah, the correspondents said, adding to...

Anger in the Arab world over strike on a Gaza hospitalF

In Libya: Several hundred people protested in Tripoli and other Libyan cities late Tuesday over the deadly strike on a Gaza hospital, according to AFP journalists. In Tripoli, hundreds of demonstrators of all ages,  brandishing Palestinian flags and some covering...

Egyptian regime releases businessmen Safwan and Seif El-Dine Thabet after 2 years in pretrial detentionF

Two leading Egyptian businessmen have been released after some two years in pretrial detention on terrorism-related charges, their family said Saturday. "My father Safwan Thabet and my brother Seif el-Din Thabet are with us," Safwan's daughter Mariam wrote on social...

Egyptian lawyers go on strike in solidarity with jailed colleaguesF

The Egyptian Bar Association announced Thursday an "unlimited" strike to condemn the imprisonment of six colleagues for a court brawl with three clerks earlier this month. "We are immediately suspending all of our activities, we will stop appearing before the courts...

Egypt: Businessman and fledgling actor Mohamed Ali gets life sentence in absentia for anti-Sisi campaignF

An Egyptian military court on Sunday sentenced in absentia a Spain-based critic of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to life in prison over calls for anti-government protests, state media reported. Mohamed Ali, a construction contractor and fledged actor, burst onto...

Egypt faces major risks this year as economy continues to fall apartF

“Chicken feet are good for you…” The Egyptian pound traded Wednesday at half its value from March after the central bank intervened for a third time as part of an International Monetary Fund loan agreement. The devaluation, representing a drop of around 50 percent...

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