Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil African diplomats accused an Egyptian official of referring to “dogs and slaves” in remarks about sub-Saharan Africa at a United Nations conference in Nairobi. The accusation was not received kindly by Egypt who has become entangled in an argument with the African diplomats. Disagreements at the meeting arose after a ...

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil Russia has been suspended from international competition, an unprecedented move that left the world shocked. The powerful county’s athletes may not be able to compete at sport’s greatest event, the Olympic Games, after a damning report by a Wada independent commission found evidence of state-sponsored doping. The IAAF Council is ...

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil Bernie Sanders warned on Sunday that Hillary Clinton must choose a left-wing candidate as running mate if the Democratic Party is to win the presidential election. The comments came amid mounting criticism that Mrs Clinton’s campaign is poorly equipped to take on Donald Trump. Mr Sanders advised that the democratic ...

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil Alan Pulido, a Mexican international footballer was kidnapped in the north-eastern state of Tamaulipas over the weekend, triggering a massive manhunt in territory that has been a battleground of warring drug cartels. The 25-year-old was celebrating at a party on Saturday night near his hometown of Ciudad Victoria when he ...

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil Egyptian Authorities hired a deep ocean survey and recovery company to join the hunt for wreckage of the EgyptAir jet that went down over the eastern Mediterranean last week as new satellite evidence emerged to help narrow down the likely crash site. The country’s civil-aviation ministry signed a Deep Ocean ...

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil Hilary Clinton’s campaign for the White House suffered a severe blow after an official report into her use of emails as secretary of State concluded that she breached government rules. The findings from the State Department revealed along with it Clinton’s reluctance to use an official email account, the conclusions ...

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil The Egyptian authorities expelled a French journalist this week further highlighting the crackdown on press freedoms by the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egyptian and French officials said on Wednesday. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told his French counterpart, Jean-Marc Ayrault, that the journalist, Rémy Pigaglio, was blocked for ...

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil Wednesday marked the 16th anniversary of the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. The country commemorated the day known as Resistance and Liberation Day with Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah who viewed the Israeli withdrawal from most of South Lebanon on May 25, 2000 as a victory for all Lebanese no matter ...

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil US-backed Syrian fighters and Iraqi forces pressed twin assaults against the Islamic State (IS) group on Wednesday, in two of the most important offensives yet against the militant group. The twin offensives marked some of the most serious ground efforts against Islamic State since the militant group declared its self-styled ...

REPORTED BY KALAHAN DENG As you can see, the migrants boat rescue captured on the camera of the coast of Libya. The Italian navy released this photo at the moment of the boat capsizing while hundreds of migrants rushed into one side to prevent the boat from submerging, but they all ended up into the sea. At least five migrants ...