
EGYPT
Egypt escalates ‘slow-motion executions’
A major rights group reports dozens of deaths in Egypt prisons in the month of August.

A major rights group reports dozens of deaths in Egypt prisons in the month of August.

A fire forces some 1,500 people from their hotel in the Saudi holy city of Mecca.

Israeli forces attack Palestinian demonstrators in West Bank.

Schools remain closed in Kenya over a pay dispute between teachers and the government.

US presidential candidate John Kasich wants Republicans senators to invoke the “nuclear option” to allow a vote against the Iran nuclear deal.

The death toll from multiple bomb blasts in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri increases to 54.

Yemenis take to the streets in the capital, Sana'a, to slam the relentless and deadly Saudi aggression against their country.

France has inaugurated a business development office in the Iranian capital Tehran as part of efforts to enhance economic ties with Iran.

Hillary Clinton has extended her lead over Bernie Sanders in the race for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, a new poll shows.

The EU congratulates Alexis Tsipras on his left-wing party's re-election victory.

Israel's prime minister says his talks with Russia are aimed at preventing potential clashes between the two sides in Syria.

Iran’s deputy petroleum minister says Tehran welcomes expansion of energy cooperation with the French oil giant Total.

Israeli military forces abduct 11 Palestinian children during a series of raids across the Israeli-occupied Old City of al-Quds (Jerusalem).

The IAEA chief hails the 'significant progress' in the implementation of a roadmap signed between Iran and the UN nuclear agency.

China and Russia plan to develop a wide-bodied airliner before the end of the year, the president of Russia's state-controlled United Aircraft Corporation has said.

A top Iranian official says the West and US interfering policies in the region spread insecurity and terrorism.

The Turkish ruling AK party's popularity rate drops ahead of snap elections.

Saudi warplanes target residential areas in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, killing 25 civilians.