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Coptic Church in Vienna Spray-Marked by IS Black Flag

By Nader Shukry – Watani – Watani contacted one of the Church officials in Vienna who said that the news were greatly exaggerated. A few days ago, he said, it was discovered that [...]

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Egypt Parliamentary Elections to Start Oct. 17

By Ahram – Judge Ayman Abbas, head of HEC, added that the second phase of the elections would start on 21-22 November for Egyptians abroad and 22-23 November for Egyptians in Egypt. The [...]

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As the West Sleeps, ISIS Spreads Throughout the Middle East

By Aleteia – Disconcerting news about ISIS was recently published. First, it was alleged that ISIS used chemical weapons against the Kurds in Syria. Second, that it had gained control of an [...]

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IS in Syria Executes Over 90 People in Month: Monitor

By AFP via Yahoo News – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 32 civilians were among 91 people executed for “crimes” in the jihadist group’s self-proclaimed [...]

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The Human Carnage of Saudi Arabia’s War in Yemen

By Donatella Rovera – Foreign Policy – Five-year-old Rahma lies unconscious in the intensive care unit of the 22 May Hospital in Yemen’s southern city of Aden. Her face is covered in [...]

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Italy’s Eni Discovers Huge Gas Field off Egyptian Coast

By BBC News – The company said the area was 1,450m (4,757 feet) beneath the surface and covered 100 sq km (39 sq miles). It could hold as much as 30 trillion cubic feet of gas, or 5.5 [...]

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When ISIS Rapists Win

By David Brooks – The New York Times – The ISIS atrocities have descended like distant nightmares upon the numbed conscience of the world. The first beheadings of Americans had the [...]

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Greste Calls for Sisi Pardon after Egypt Jails Al-Jazeera Journalists

By AFP –  Edited by Ahram Online The Cairo court said Greste, along with Canadian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed, had broadcast “false” news that had harmed [...]

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Egypt Court Sentences Al-Jazeera Journalists to Three Years in Prison

By Louisa Loveluck – The Telegraph UK – Egypt’s regime was accused of jailing journalists for “doing their job” on Saturday when three Al-Jazeera correspondents were sentenced to [...]

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Egypt Rights Groups Call Anti-Terrorism Law ‘a Blow to the Constitution’

By Mada Masr – The law, which was ratified by President Abdel Fattah al-Sision August 15, was criticized for “destroying the state of law, consolidating the undeclared state of emergency [...]