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Egypt to probe ‘regrettable’ attack on Mexican tour group
CAIRO: Egypt’s foreign minister said Wednesday that the killing of 12 people in an accidental attack by security forces on a group of Mexican tourists traveling in the western desert was “regrettable,”...
View ArticleObama invites Texas student arrested for homemade clock to White House
AUSTIN: A Texas teenager taken away in handcuffs this week for bringing to his Dallas-area school a homemade clock that staff mistook for a bomb won a personal invitation from President Barack Obama on...
View ArticleThe Latest: Egypt imposes gag order on attack on Mexicans
CAIRO: The latest developments after Egyptian troops mistakenly opened fire on a group of Mexican tourists on a safari in the country’s western desert, killing eight Mexicans and wounding six. All...
View ArticleVideo: 10th day of Egyptian Armed Forces’ operations in Sinai
Video: Egyptian Armed Forces’ operations in Sinai.
View ArticleLuxor to host int’l conference on religious discourse in Nov
CAIRO: The Egyptian Awqaf (Religious Endowment) Ministry will hold an international conference on the renewal of religious discourse in mid November, the ministry announced Thursday. Under the title...
View ArticleIslamic State claims responsibility for two suicide attacks in Baghdad –...
CAIRO: Islamic State claimed responsibility on Thursday for two suicide bomb attacks in mainly Shi’ite districts in central Baghdad that killed at least 23 people and wounded 68 others. In a statement...
View ArticleAt least 85 killed in South Sudan oil tanker blast
JUBA: At least 85 people were killed in South Sudan when a crowd tried to gather fuel from an oil tanker that had veered off the road on its way to a region west of the capital Juba, the presidential...
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1025 Greco-Roman artifacts transported to Grand Egyptian Museum
CAIRO: The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) received 1,025 artifacts Wednesday from the Antiquities Ministry’s storehouses in Alexandria, Youm7 reported. The artifacts will be on display during the...
View ArticleCroatia cannot take in any more migrants – minister
TOVARNIK, Croatia: Croatia said on Thursday it could not take in any more migrants, amid chaotic scenes of riot police trying to control thousands who have streamed into the European Union country from...
View ArticleWomen make up 5% of 2015 parliament candidates
CAIRO: The total number of women who run for 2015 Parliamentary elections reached 308 out of 5,420 candidates, or 5.6 percent. Egyptian High Elections Commission (HEC) spokesperson Omar Marawan...
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Cairo neighborhood accused of poisoning street dogs
CAIRO: Residents of the Maadi district have reported seeing poisoned stray dogs lying dead in the street, and are slamming the government for adopting an “unmerciful” way to deal with the crisis of...
View Article95 bomb detectors installed at first, second metro lines
CAIRO: A total of 95 x-ray devices have been installed on entrances of all stations of the first and second metro lines to detect explosives, managing director of the company Khaled Sabra told Youm7...
View ArticleSuit demanding Sisi’s birthday become Father’s Day rejected
CAIRO: A lawsuit demanding the designation of Nov. 19 as official Father’s Day was rejected Thursday by the Administrative Court of Asyut, Upper Egypt. Yasser Abdel Wahab, the citizen who filed the...
View ArticleUAE to share Egypt’s 5-day celebration of 1973 October War
CAIRO: Egypt’s Armed Forces in cooperation with the UAE’s Emirate of Sharjah will hold a five-day celebration, marking the anniversary October 1973 War victory against Israel, announced Sharjah Media...
View Article480 Students Graduate from US Embassy-sponsored English Language Program
CAIRO: On Thursday, Sept. 17, U.S. Ambassador Stephen Beecroft presented graduation certificates to 480 young Egyptians from all over the country as they completed the English Access Microscholarship...
View ArticleMexican survivor recounts three-hour aerial bombing ordeal in Egypt
MEXICO CITY: Egyptian warplanes mistakenly bombed a convoy of Mexican tourists five times over three hours, even though security forces on the ground had cleared their passage, one of six survivors of...
View ArticleTaliban gunmen kill 17 in attack on Pakistan air force base
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN: Taliban gunmen stormed a Pakistani Air Force base early on Friday, killing at least 17 people, a military spokesman said, the deadliest attack on a military installation this year....
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