Flight MH17 shot down over Ukraine by Russian-built Buk missile, Dutch report...
GILZE-RIJEN: Airlines Flight 17 was shot down overeastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, the Dutch Safety Board concluded on Tuesday in its final report on the July 2014 crash that killed all...
View Article31 Egyptians deported from Italy, 20 arrested before illegal travel to Libya
CAIRO: The attempt of 20 persons to illegally travel to Libya was foiled in Matrouh, and 31 Egyptians were deported by Italy Monday for illegal immigration, Youm7 reported. Three of the Egyptian...
View ArticleIraq starts bombing IS with help from intelligence centre that includes...
BAGHDAD: Iraq has started bombing Islamic State targets with help from a new intelligence centre that includes representatives from Russia, Iran and Syria, the head of parliament’s defence and security...
View ArticleEgypt’s Defense Minister heads to Spain for bilateral talks
CAIRO: The Egyptian Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi headed to Madrid Tuesday in an official three-day visit to bolster military cooperation with Spain, Youm7 reported. Sobhi, who leads a high-level...
View ArticleIslamic State targeted with 14 air strikes in Iraq and Syria -US
WASHINGTON: The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State conducted 11 air strikes in Iraq and three in Syria on Monday, according to the task force organizing the operation. In Iraq, four strikes near...
View ArticleLibyan FM in Egypt for security discussions over after UAE visit
CAIRO: Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed el-Dairi of the internationally recognized government arrived in Cairo Tuesday from the United Arab Emirates to present the latest developments in Libya, Youm7...
View ArticlePR: EU promotes social sustainability through Culture and Arts in Upper Egypt
CAIRO: In an attempt to promote human and social development in Upper Egypt, the activities of the European Union funded programme “Children and Youth have Access to Culture in Upper Egypt” were shown...
View ArticleFamily feud disrupts school day in Upper Egypt
CAIRO: Armed clashes erupted Tuesday between two families in Upper Egypt’s governorate of Asyut have disrupted education in a primary school, Youm7 reported. The feud-triggered clashes erupted between...
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Russia’s Putin says IMF should lend Ukraine $3 bln to repay Russia
MOSCOW:The International Monetary Fund should lend Ukraine $3 billion to pay off its debt to Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. If Ukraine fails to pay off a $3 billion Eurobond...
View ArticleU.K education delegation to visit Cairo next week
CAIRO: A U.K delegation of educational experts will arrive in Cairo next week in order to assist the creation of a better education system for Egyptian youth in accordance with international standards,...
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In photos: Egyptian cargo aircraft crashes in Somalia
CAIRO: A team from the Egyptian Civil Aviation will head to Somalia to investigate an airplane’s crash landing, announced Civil Aviation Authority Chairperson Mhamoud al-Zanati Tuesday. Tristar Air...
View ArticleEGX to close for Islamic New Year
CAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange will be closed in observance of Islamic New Year which will either be Wednesday or Thursday, and return to operation the following working day, the exchange announced...
View ArticleBritain scraps $9 million prison deal with Saudi Arabia
LONDON: The U.K. government on Tuesday pulled out of 5.9 million-pound ($9 million) deal to sell prison expertise to Saudi Arabia that had drawn opposition from rights groups and senior politicians....
View ArticleSaudi airstrikes pound rebel supply lines in Yemen’s south
SANAA: Security officials say airstrikes from a Saudi-led coalition targeting Yemen’s Shiite rebels have killed eight rebel fighters in a renewed attempt to cut their supply lines to the country’s...
View ArticleTunisian al-Qaida-linked group kills shepherd
TUNIS: A group linked to Al-Qaida’s North Africa branch in Tunisia says it has executed a shepherd it abducted Sunday from a mountainous zone near the Algerian border. The Oqba Ibnou Nafaa brigade...
View ArticleIsrael authorises sealing off E. Jerusalem areas in bid to quell violence
JERUSALEM: Israel gave police authority to seal off Palestinian neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem on Wednesday and will deploy soldiers on main roads to combat the worst spate of violence across Israel,...
View ArticleFor many, Playboy was a glamorous rite of passage
LOS ANGELES: Six decades can change things. Playboy — once considered racy, even obscene — has become a benign and perhaps even stuffy icon of an era when sex was … well, sexy. With explicit Internet...
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