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Egypt, UAE Discuss Military Cooperation

Egypt’s Defense Minister General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki and UAE Minister of State for Defense Affairs Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi in Cairo on Tuesday. (Egyptian military spokesman)
Egypt’s Defense Minister General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki and UAE Minister of State for Defense Affairs Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi in Cairo on Tuesday. (Egyptian military spokesman)
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Egypt, UAE Discuss Military Cooperation

Egypt’s Defense Minister General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki and UAE Minister of State for Defense Affairs Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi in Cairo on Tuesday. (Egyptian military spokesman)
Egypt’s Defense Minister General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki and UAE Minister of State for Defense Affairs Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi in Cairo on Tuesday. (Egyptian military spokesman)

UAE Minister of State for Defense Affairs Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi met with Egyptian Defense Minister General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki on the sidelines of the 2nd edition of Egypt International Defense and Security Exhibition Tuesday.

They discussed international and regional developments and ways to enhance defense and military cooperation.

Bowardi hailed the highly-organization exhibition, which is a major military forum in the Middle East. He emphasized the deeply rooted and historic ties between the two fraternal countries.

Also during the event, Egyptian Chief of Staff Osama Askar met with his Saudi counterpart General Staff Fayyad bin Hamed al-Ruwaili, Chief of Staff of the Algerian People's National Army Said Chengriha, and Chief of Staff of the Qatari Armed Forces Salem bin Hamad bin Mohammed bin Aqeel al Nabit

The officials discussed means to strengthen military and security fields, as well as future cooperation in various fields,

EDEX 2021 kicked off on Monday at the Egypt International Exhibition Center in New Cairo. It continues until December 2.

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Israel’s Detention of Prominent Gazan Doctor Is Arbitrary, UN Body Says

A woman holds a sign that reads "Free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, Free Gaza" during a protest in front of the Shin Bet offices, calling for his release, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Jan. 1, 2025. (AP)
A woman holds a sign that reads "Free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, Free Gaza" during a protest in front of the Shin Bet offices, calling for his release, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Jan. 1, 2025. (AP)
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Israel’s Detention of Prominent Gazan Doctor Is Arbitrary, UN Body Says

A woman holds a sign that reads "Free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, Free Gaza" during a protest in front of the Shin Bet offices, calling for his release, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Jan. 1, 2025. (AP)
A woman holds a sign that reads "Free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, Free Gaza" during a protest in front of the Shin Bet offices, calling for his release, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Jan. 1, 2025. (AP)

A UN human rights body on Monday called Israel's detention of Gazan doctor Hussam Abu Safiya arbitrary and sought his immediate release as rights groups and his lawyer warned that his life was in imminent danger.

In its finding, the ‌UN Working ‌Group on Arbitrary Detention said ‌that ⁠Israel's actions contravened multiple articles ⁠of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

"The appropriate remedy would be to release Mr. Abu Safiya immediately and accord him an enforceable ⁠right to compensation and other reparations, ‌in accordance with ‌international law," it said.

It also voiced broader concerns ‌that the case, one of several ‌it has received, "may indicate a widespread or systematic practice of arbitrary detention in the country."

Earlier on Monday, the doctor's lawyer alleged that his health was ‌in grave danger and that he had been subjected to brutal ⁠abuse ⁠on a daily basis, prompting calls for his release from rights groups.

The Israel Prison Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Previously, it has rejected allegations that Abu Safiya and other doctors have been mistreated in prison.

The Israeli Supreme Court has in the past declined to comment on appeals for his release.

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Morocco Says Arrested 10 People over Thwarted Terror Plots

File photo of a police officer standing near a Moroccan national flag near the main stadium during preparations for the FIFA Club World Cup in Agadir, December 10, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
File photo of a police officer standing near a Moroccan national flag near the main stadium during preparations for the FIFA Club World Cup in Agadir, December 10, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
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Morocco Says Arrested 10 People over Thwarted Terror Plots

File photo of a police officer standing near a Moroccan national flag near the main stadium during preparations for the FIFA Club World Cup in Agadir, December 10, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
File photo of a police officer standing near a Moroccan national flag near the main stadium during preparations for the FIFA Club World Cup in Agadir, December 10, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Moroccan authorities said on Monday they had arrested 10 people, including a minor, involved in foiled "terrorist plots" across several cities.

The kingdom's Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) said in a statement carried by state news agency MAP that the suspects were linked to ISIS in the Sahel region, AFP reported.

Simultaneous raids were carried out in several cities, including Casablanca and Agadir, to foil the "extremely dangerous" plots which were "in an advanced stage of preparation", the authorities said.

Searches uncovered "manuscripts detailing the manufacture of explosive devices" and recordings of a pledge of allegiance to IS, the statement said.

In Inezgane, near Agadir, police also discovered a vehicle with its "fuel tank modified to run on butane gas", meant for a "suicide bombing or a car-ramming attack", the statement added.

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Algeria's FLN Gets Most Seats in Parliament with Record Low Turnout

The FLN secured 90 of the parliament's 407 seats in the July 2 poll (File photo/AFP)
The FLN secured 90 of the parliament's 407 seats in the July 2 poll (File photo/AFP)
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Algeria's FLN Gets Most Seats in Parliament with Record Low Turnout

The FLN secured 90 of the parliament's 407 seats in the July 2 poll (File photo/AFP)
The FLN secured 90 of the parliament's 407 seats in the July 2 poll (File photo/AFP)

Algeria's legislative elections saw a record low turnout, with just 21 percent of the 25-million electorate casting ballots, as the incumbent National Liberation Front (FLN) won the most seats, the election board said on Monday, AFP reportd.

The FLN secured 90 of the parliament's 407 seats in the July 2 poll, which was marred by public apathy and controversy over the government's disqualification of roughly a third of would-be candidates.