Pakistan says airstrikes kill 20 militants by Afghan border
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military says airstrikes have killed 20 suspected militants in a troubled northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border. A statement Saturday said the strikes killed...
View Article4-Shots fired at Dallas police headquarters, explosive device found
June 13 (Reuters) – Shots were fired from an armored van in an attack on Dallas Police headquarters early on Saturday, police said, and an explosive device was later found outside the building. Dallas...
View ArticleMilitants attack government forces near Iraq’s Baiji refinery
BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants attacked government forces and theirShi’ite militia allies on Saturday, killing 11 near the city of Baiji as part of the battle for control ofIraq’s biggest refinery,...
View ArticleSisi delegates Mahlab to participates in African Summit
CAIRO: Prime Minster Ibrahim Mahlab headed to South Africa Friday to attend the 25th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union summit scheduled for...
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U.S. passes bill resumes Egypt’s $1.5 bn aid
CAIRO: The Committee on Appropriation of the U.S. House of Representatives passed Friday a Fiscal Year 2016 bill on foreign operations that resumes giving Egypt the annual $1.5 billion in aid. “The...
View ArticleLocally Manufactured Sovaldi to be available at 600 EGP, Minister
CAIRO: Egypt is planning to sell Sovaldi, the American-engineered hepatitis C treatment, at a price of 600 EGP ($80) per bottle, Health Minster Adel al-Adawy told Youm7 Saturday. “The medicine is...
View ArticleSuicide attacks kill 10 troops and militiamen in Iraq
BAGHDAD: Authorities in Iraq say coordinated suicide attacks targeting security posts have killed 10 people north of Baghdad. Police officials say four suicide bombers driving explosive-laden cars...
View ArticleNine dead in air raid on area inhabited by Yemeni ex-leader’s relatives
SANAA: Nine people were killed when Saudi-led coalition warplanes bombed a district in the Yemeni capital Sanaa inhabited by relatives of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, residents and medics said. The...
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Court upholds 1-year jail term against Morsi’s son over hash possession
CAIRO: Egypt Court of Cassation rejected Saturday an appeal submitted by son of former President Mohamed Morsi against a one-year jail term for possession and use of hashish, Youm7 reported. The ruling...
View ArticleBody of Iraqi official Tariq Aziz in Jordan ahead of burial
AMMAN: The body of Tariq Aziz, the only Christian in Saddam Hussein’s inner circle, is in Jordan ahead of being buried. The body arrived in Jordan’s capital, Amman, early Saturday. Authorities took it...
View ArticleWPP to organize New Suez Canal inauguration ceremony on August 6
CAIRO: The UK’s WPP Company for advertising and public relations will organize the New Suez Canal inauguration ceremony scheduled for 6 August, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish...
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Egypt’s inbound tourism increases by 7.4% in April: CAPMAS
CAIRO: The number of tourists visiting Egypt increased by 7.4 percent in April 2015, totaling 923,900 compared to 859,900 in April 2014, according to the Centered Agency for Public Mobilization and...
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Antiquities Minister inaugurates lighting project at Luxor west bank
CAIRO: Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty arrived in Luxor Saturday to inaugurate a project involves a new lighting system to facilitate visiting the archaeological sites in the west bank of Luxor...
View Article23 people sentenced to 14 years imprisonment over killing 4 Shiites
CAIRO: Giza Criminal Court on Saturday sentenced 23 people to 14 years in prison and acquitted eight over mob killing of four Shiite Muslims in 2013, Youm7 reported. In June 2013, a mob of protesters...
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth II honours 2 Egyptians for outstanding service
PRESS RELEASE: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has bestowed prestigious honours to Dr Nemat Talaat Shafik, deputy governor of the Bank of England, and His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the...
View ArticleMubarak era’s Housing Minister acquitted of profiteering
CAIRO: A challenge against the acquittal of Mubarak era’s Minister of Housing Ahmed el-Maghrabi over charges of embezzlement was rejected by the Court of Cassation Saturday. The acquittal was...
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