China builds new military facilities on South China Sea islands
China has built new military facilities on islands in the South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported on…
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25-30 opposition bloc calls on Egypt’s Sisi to not ratify Red Sea islands deal
The 25-30 opposition bloc in Egypt’s parliament called on Egypt’s President to not ratify the government’s deal to…
Egypt’s Ahmed Shafiq calls for referendum on Red Sea islands agreement
Former Presidential Candidate and former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq called on the Egyptian government to carry…
Egypt’s ElBaradei calls for economic cooperation in Red Sea islands
Renowned Egyptian law scholar, diplomat and former Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei discussed on Sunday the…
‘Committee found no legal foundation for Red Sea islands possession’:…
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told Egypt MPs on Sunday that the government approved signing a maritime border…
Activist Khaled Ali released on bail: Egypt’s General Prosecution
Egypt's General Prosecution released on Wednesday the prominent lawyer and activist Khaled Ali with a bail worth…
Egypt’s Sisi: Red Sea island deal not meant to curry favour with Riyadh
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said his administration is not interfering with the judicial and…
Tiran and Sanafir: What is the deal’s fate after latest court ruling?
Egypt has been witnessing a heated political and legal debate over the future of the Cairo-Riyadh Red Sea island…
South China Sea: China media warn US over ‘confrontation’
Blocking China from islands it has built in contested waters would lead to "devastating confrontation", Chinese…
Uncertainty looms over 11 January protest against Red Sea islands deal
Uncertainty looms over calls for demonstration Wednesday against the Egyptian-Saudi Red Sea islands deal after the…
Parliament should decide on Red Sea islands before judiciary: MP
An ongoing legal dispute over whether two Red Sea islands belong to Egypt or to Saudi Arabia should not have been…
Egyptian security forces disperse protest against Red Sea islands deal
Security forces dispersed on Monday afternoon a protest in Cairo against the approval of the Egypt-Saudi Arabian…
State Council to review lawsuit against approval of demarcation deal on Feb. 7
The head of the Administrative Judiciary of the State Council, Bakhit Ismail, scheduled a court session on 7…
Parliament prepares to discuss Egyptian-Saudi Red Sea island deal
A number of Egypt MPs revealed on Saturday that at least four parliamentary committees will be tasked with…
Appeal court agrees to give Red Sea islands control to Saudi Arabia
An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday upheld an agreement to give control of two islands in the Red Sea to Saudi…
Cabinet approves transfer of Red Sea islands to Saudis
Egypt's Cabinet has approved the transfer of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia despite protests earlier this year…
Cabinet denies reports on destruction of maps proving ownership of Red Sea islands
Egypt's Cabinet has denied media reports that it had destroyed documents and maps demonstrating Egypt's ownership…
Japanese tourist dies at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
An elderly Japanese woman has died while snorkelling at the Great Barrier Reef, in the fourth tourist death at the…
Egypt advisory council says Red Sea islands should remain Egyptian
An Egyptian state advisory body recommended on Monday that a Cairo court uphold a ruling that annulled an agreement…
Egypt appeals reversed ruling ceding islands to Saudi Arabia
An Egyptian court on Saturday held its first hearing on a government appeal against a lower court ruling in June…
High administrative court accepts recusal request in Egypt’s Red Sea islands case
Egypt's High Administrative Court accepted Saturday a recusal request of the panel reviewing a government appeal…
Egyptian Court delays Red sea islands case to review evidence submitted by govt
An Egyptian administrative court adjourned on Thursday 12 cases brought against the controversial Egyptian-Saudi…
Israeli Knesset members to visit Saudi Arabia for the first time ever
Arab-Israeli member of the Knesset Issawi Frej told Israeli state media on Sunday that preparations are ongoing…
Red Sea Islands deal yet to go before parliament: Speaker
The Egyptian-Saudi border demarcation agreement, which would place two Red Sea islands in Saudi territory, is yet…
China says has stopped communication mechanism with Taiwan
The Chinese government said on Saturday it had stopped a communication mechanism with Taiwan because of the refusal…
Egypt govt to present evidence of Saudi sovereignty in islands deal appeal
Egypt's cabinet said Wednesday that they would provide the documents necessary to prove that two Red Sea islands…
Egypt’s Court sets verdict date in Red Sea islands case
An Egyptian administrative court has set a verdict in a case brought by rights lawyer Khaled Ali against the…
Egyptian court acquits 51 of illegal protesting in Red Sea islands case
A Cairo misdemeanour court acquitted on Tuesday 51 from charges of illegally protesting on 25 April in downtown…
Cairo court acquits 33 Egyptians sentenced to 2 years over island deal protests
A Cairo misdemeanour court acquitted late Saturday 33 defendants sentenced last month to two years in jail for…
Political parties gather signatures to escalate opposition against Egyptian-Saudi deal
Committees will be formed across Egypt’s governorates to gather signatures for a petition that will be presented to…
Court overturns jail sentence for Egypt’s Red Sea islands deal protesters
A Giza court of appeals overturned on Tuesday a five-year jail sentence for 47 people for participating in protests…
Political parties begin week-long sit-in against Egyptian islands deal
Several political parties began a week-long sit-in on Sunday in the Socialist Popular Alliance party (SPAP)…
Lawyers Syndicate to represent protesters arrested during Tiran demos in Egypt
The Egyptian lawyers syndicate announced in a statement on Friday that it will set up defence committees to track…
25 ‘Red Sea islands’ protesters detained for additional 15 days: lawyers
An Egyptian judge renewed on Monday the detention for 15 days of 25 people arrested while demonstrating against…
Cairo prosecution reverses release order for 25 ‘Land Friday’ protesters
Egypt's Qasr El-Nil prosecution ordered on Sunday the four-day detention pending investigation of 25 protesters,…
Red Sea island agreement to go before Egypt’s parliament ‘soon’
The speaker of Egypt's parliament, Ali Abdel-Al, said Sunday that the "border demarcation agreement" signed…
Egypt’s prosecution frees 25 protesters arrested at rally over islands deal
Cairo prosecutors have ordered the release without charge of 25 people who were arrested on Friday while…
Egyptian prosecutors open investigations into 26 Red Sea islands arrested protesters
Egyptian prosecutors questioned a number of protesters on Saturday who were arrested a day earlier while…
Egypt officially announces Sanafir, Tiran islands in Saudi regional waters
Egypt’s cabinet announced Saturday in an official statement that Sanafir and Tiran islands are now officially…
U.S. plans third patrol near disputed South China Sea islands: source
The U.S. Navy plans to conduct another passage near disputed islands in the South China Sea in early April, a…