On 13 September 1993, the Oslo Accords were signed between Palestinian and Israeli leaders under US auspices. Since then, Israel has put facts on the ground that make a Palestinian state impossible.

The dragging of the country's former central bank governor through the courts on embezzlement charges may be linked to the monitoring by a key finance body charged with combating money laundering.

The trailblazing Egyptian producer and actress with a tumultuous private life had become an icon when she died in 2020, not least for having stood against the nationalisation of cinema

Despite Egypt's anger over Israel's takeover of the Philadelphi Corridor in breach of its peace treaty, Cairo is now able to do something it has long wanted

With relations with the West in decline, Algiers announces its accession to the New Development Bank, with more cooperation with the global south expected

While he never underwent any real military training, he has been crucial to his father's bloody power struggle. He is now being backed by a range of powers to be Libya's next leader.

Amid attempts to bring Tehran and Baghdad closer to the KDP, relations shift and sway as involved players look for their interests. Add Turkey into the mix, and things get even more complicated.

The draft includes a Palestinian state with a capital in Jerusalem, annexation of 4.4% of the West Bank territory, and "Arab security presence" in Gaza