Sisi ends state of emergency in Egypt

Egypt's state of emergency will be lifted for the first time in years, President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi said on Monday.The North African country has been under a state of emergency since April 2017 bombings of two Coptic churches by…

Erdogan to expel 10 Western ambassadors

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had told his foreign ministry to expel the ambassadors of the United States and nine other Western countries for demanding the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala.Seven of…

Tunisia imposes COVID-19 vaccine pass

Tunisia is imposing COVID-19 vaccine passes on Tunisians and all foreign visitors, Reuters reported on a presidential decree on Friday. Officials, employees and users are required to show a card proving inoculation against the…

CLF party accuses Hezbollah over taking government hostage

The leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces party denied on Thursday his group has fighters, dismissing accusations by Hezbollah that it has a militia and seeks civil war as the fallout of deadly violence in Beirut continues to roil…

Israeli settlers destroy 300 olive trees in Ramallah

Israeli settlers on Thursday uprooted more than 300 olive trees in the village of Al-Mazraa al-Garbieh, the north of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, as part of their continued attack on olive harvesting season. Saade Zaqqout,…