World
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Region
4/20/2023 11:28:00 PM
In crisis-hit Lebanon, lawyers have been increasingly alarmed by a recent ban from their union on media appearances not authorized by the syndicate, saying it amounts to political interference. Lawyers and human rights activists say the ban also violates laws on free speech and muzzles their accountability work.
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World
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International
4/16/2023 3:25:42 PM
Starting Monday in a courtroom in Delaware, Fox News executives and stars will have to answer for their role in spreading doubt about the 2020 presidential election and creating the gaping wound that remains in America's democracy.
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World
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International
4/13/2023 5:58:39 PM
Donald Trump was back in New York on Thursday to answer questions in a civil case accusing the ex-president and three of his children of business fraud.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
4/11/2023 9:13:47 PM
Criticisms by Israel’s Western backers of laws introduced by the country’s current coalition government have less to do with democratic ideals than with strategic interests.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/5/2023 11:54:15 AM
Egypt has condemned the storming of Al Aqsa Mosque by the Israeli police and attacking worshipers, including women, as a "blatant" assault and violation of all international laws and norms.
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World
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Region
3/27/2023 10:27:51 AM
Iraq's parliament voted Monday to restore electoral laws that were scrapped after 2019 anti-government demonstrations, sparking anger from independent lawmakers who see it benefiting larger parties.
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World
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Region
3/23/2023 10:56:44 AM
Israel's parliament on Thursday passed the first of several laws that make up its contentious judicial overhaul as protesters opposing the changes staged another day of demonstrations aimed at ringing an alarm over what they see as the country's descent toward autocracy.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
3/18/2023 11:32:03 PM
An administrative court declined on Saturday to rule in a lawsuit filed by an Egyptian Christian couple to regain the custody of their five-year-old adopted boy Shenouda, citing lack of jurisdiction on the subject matter.
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World
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International
1/21/2023 5:38:18 PM
A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging Missouri's abortion ban, saying lawmakers openly invoked their religious beliefs while drafting the measure and thereby imposed those beliefs on others who don't share them.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
1/16/2023 10:29:35 PM
Gold mining company Centamin PLC requested on Monday the dismissal of lawsuit over its Sukari mine concession after the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) ruled to uphold a law regulating appeals against government contracts in Egypt.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
1/16/2023 2:08:23 PM
Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) rejected on Saturday a lawsuit contesting the constitutionality of a 2014 law regulating appeals against state contracts.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
1/7/2023 11:40:25 PM
Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) issued a statement on Saturday calling for the return of five-year-old boy Shenouda to the Christian family who raised him until their lawsuit to regain custody of the child is ruled on.
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Egypt
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Politics
12/31/2022 10:28:00 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi ratified on Saturday amendments to the Real Estate Registration in New Urban Communities Law, the Protection of Competition and Prohibition of Monopolistic Practices Law and the Unified Tax Procedures Law.
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World
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Region
12/27/2022 11:25:41 PM
Israel's parliament on Tuesday passed controversial legislation paving the way for the return of veteran hawk Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister.
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World
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Africa
12/14/2022 6:24:51 PM
An Ethiopian man whose father was murdered during the country's war has joined a lawsuit against Meta that is seeking $1.6 billion from Facebook's parent company for allegedly fanning hate speech in Africa.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
12/7/2022 11:20:45 PM
Iran’s women have risen up in revolt against the rule of the clerics in Iran, indicating that they are no longer willing to be ruled by a set of archaic laws.
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World
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Region
12/7/2022 11:05:28 AM
A US judge dismissed Tuesday a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his alleged role in the 2018 murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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World
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Region
11/30/2022 3:21:52 PM
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah late on Tuesday expressed his government's readiness to hold general elections in the country, calling for local and international pressure to complete the laws regulating the elections.
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Egypt
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Politics
10/28/2022 3:38:49 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi approved Law no 161 of 2022 on granting some facilities to Egyptians living abroad in terms of importing one personal-use car.
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Business
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Economy
10/23/2022 7:43:24 PM
Egypt needs to enforce already existing laws regulating businesses to attract more investors who would contribute to the country's GDP and economic activity, said economist and former minister of investment Ziad Bahaa El-Din.
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