Amid an open-ended hunger strike by dozens of political prisoners in Egypt, Sanaa Abdel-Gawad, the wife of senior Muslim Brotherhood figure Mohamed el-Beltagy, has shared a harrowing personal testimony that lays bare the suffering endured by detainees in the country’s prisons.

In an interview with Al-Estiklal, Gaber said the main threat lies not in specific provisions like pre-trial detention or lawyerless questioning, but in a broader legal system that empowers the executive and investigative bodies at the cost of fair trial rights.

As part of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Gulf tour, which included Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman and resulted in the signing of 24 agreements, declarations, and joint statements across various fields, Al-Estiklal spoke with two Turkish academics about the visit’s broader implications.

Tawfiq Abu Naim, a veteran political and security figure, has now emerged as the leading contender to head Hamas in Gaza, especially after the Israeli Occupation’s assassination campaign between 2023 and 2025, killing many of the group’s most prominent figures.

Blaise Metreweli, the newly appointed head of Britain’s MI6 and the first woman ever to lead it, takes charge at a pivotal moment, as the world shifts after the Israeli war on Gaza, great-power tensions deepen, and technology reshapes the future of espionage.

Larry Ellison emerges not only as a billionaire businessman of global wealth and influence but also as one of the leading financial backers of the Israeli occupation project, channeling his fortune and networks to drive a political agenda that reaches into the heart of the Middle East conflict.

Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk rallied across the U.S. this week to protest the administration’s actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues.

Despite political difficulties and distribution challenges, the film ‘No Other Land’, directed by Israelis and Palestinians, was able to achieve a historic achievement by winning the Oscar for best documentary.

Trump and Zelensky clashed in a recent White House meeting, with the US President telling the Ukraine President to make a deal or "we're out."