Rasa - The grandson of South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician, Nelson Mandela, has called on South Africa’s government to expel the Israeli ambassador to Pretoria and sever all diplomatic and business relations with the Tel Aviv regime.

Rasa - Egypt's Al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim world's foremost religious institution, has set up booths in Cairo metro stations to provide religious edicts to commuters in the latest bid to dispel religious misconceptions and misinterpretations of religious texts seen as fostering extremist militancy in the country, which is targeting mainly security personnel and Copts.

Rasa - At least eight people were dead after a suspected female suicide bomber detonated at a mosque in Northeastern Nigeria.

Rasa - Saudi regime’s ambassador to Algeria, caused anger after describing Palestinian Hamas resistance movement as “terrorist”.

Rasa - The UN has warned that the tremendous level of killing, mutilation, torture, rape and pillage committed by successive governments and armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) may constitute crime against humanity.

Rasa - Tunisian security forces have managed to kill a fugitive commander of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group before he could carry out an attack during the holy month of Ramadan.

Rasa - An Egyptian court has sentenced the Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and two other members of the outlawed movement to life in prison over their alleged role in protests following the 2013 ouster of the country’s first democratically-elected president, Mohamed Morsi.

Rasa - Israel’s embassy in Cairo has been closed for the past five months over alleged security issues in a move described by Egypt as “strange and inexplicable”.