The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote Thursday at 6 p.m. (2200 GMT) on a draft resolution put forward by Kuwait calling for the protection of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, Kuwait's U.N. ambassador Mansour al-Otaibi said. Diplomats say the United States is expected to block...

Egypt's foreign debts reached around $82.9 billion, for the period ending December 2017, rising by 4.9 percent compared to six months earlier, the Central Bank of Egypt revealed in a report on Wednesday. The CBE, however, maintains that the foreign debt to gross domestic product ratio...

An alleged supporter of Daesh (ISIS) accused of encouraging attacks on 4-year-old Prince George has changed his plea from innocent to guilty. Husnain Rashid was two weeks into his trial at Woolwich Crown Court when he admitted Thursday to three counts of engaging in conduct in...

Human Rights Watch and the European Union have voiced concerns over Egypt's latest arrests of prominent activists and have called for their release. Thursday's statement by the New York-based watchdog says the arrests show that "the state of oppression in Egypt has sunk so low" under...