Officials: US shark attack victims were in waist-deep water
OAK ISLAND: Two young people vacationing in coastal North Carolina were swimming in waist-deep water when they lost limbs in separate shark attacks, officials said Monday. A 12-year-old girl lost part...
View ArticleUS Air Force chief confirms Libya raid, awaiting results
PARIS : The U.S. Air Force chief on Monday confirmed weekend airstrikes targeting an extremist leader linked to al-Qaida, and said the results of the raid were still being studied. U.S. officials say...
View ArticleFrench president in Algeria to discuss terrorism, economy
PARIS: French President Francois Hollande is making a seven-hour visit to Algiers to discuss terrorism, regional security issues and economic partnership with Algerian authorities. Hollande is meeting...
View ArticleElephant that killed German man relocated to a safari park
BERLIN: An elephant that escaped from a German circus and killed a man over the weekend has been relocated to a German safari park. The 34-year-old African elephant named “Baby” on Saturday killed a...
View ArticleGeorgian police arrest suspected recruiter for Islamic State
TBILISI: Georgian police have detained a man suspected of recruiting people into the Islamic State group. The Interior Ministry said the suspect, Ayup Borchashvili, a local imam in the village of...
View ArticleRemains of Spaniards killed in Germanwings crash come home
BARCELONA: The remains of 32 Spaniards killed in the Germanwings jet crash were flown from France to Barcelona on Monday, 12 weeks after the plane’s co-pilot slammed the plane into the French Alps....
View ArticleMan accused of killing 3 NC Muslims expected in court
DURHAM: The man accused of killing three Muslim students in North Carolina earlier this year is set to appear in court. Craig Stephen Hicks is scheduled to appear for a pre-trial hearing Monday. The...
View ArticleSearch on for people, zoo animals missing in Georgia flood
TBILISI: The death toll from flooding around Tbilisi Zoo in Georgia rose to 13 on Monday, while the search continued for 10 people still missing and an undetermined number of potentially dangerous...
View ArticleBank account for donations set up to fund new Suez Canal opening
CAIRO: Egypt has launched a bank account for public donations to help funding the inauguration ceremony of the new Suez Canal waterway, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish said Monday....
View ArticleEgypt’s wheat reserves sufficient until Jan. 2016: presidency
CAIRO: Egypt’s strategic reserve of wheat is sufficient to last for the coming six months, the presidency said in a Monday statement following a meeting between President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and...
View ArticleUpdate: Morsi sentenced to life in prison over spying with Hamas, Iran
CAIRO: Former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and 16 others, including Former Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badei, were sentenced to life in prison over charges of spying with...
View ArticleAl-Qaida confirms US strike killed leader of Yemen affiliate
CAIRO: Al-Qaida on Tuesday confirmed that Nasir al-Wahishi, its No. 2 figure and leader of its powerful Yemeni affiliate, was killed in a U.S. strike, making it the harshest blow to the global militant...
View ArticleFamilies return to Tikrit weeks after IS defeat: Iraq
BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials say families have begun returning to Tikrit two and a half months after security forces backed by Shiite militias drove the Islamic State group out of the northern Sunni city....
View ArticleEgypt enters into initial deal for 15 projects worth $10 bln with China:minister
CAIRO:Egypt has entered into an initial agreement with China over 15 projects worth about $10 billion, the Egyptian trade minister said on Monday. Trade Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour signed an...
View ArticleEgypt is home to 185 k refugees: UNHCR
CAIRO: The number of refugees in Egypt has reached at least 185,000 up to May 2015, according to Elizabeth Tan, the Regional Representative for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)...
View ArticleUpdate: Morsi’s death penalty, life sentence upheld
CAIRO: Former President Mohamed Morsi‘s initial death sentence over charges of an 2011 prison break was upheld Tuesday in the same trial where he and 16 others received life imprisonment setences over...
View Article1-yr-old penile gangrene patient to be treated at gov’t expense
CAIRO: Egypt’s Prime Ministry announced that the one-year-old penile gangrene patient will be treated at expense of the government, the Cabinet office told Youm7 Tuesday. Mohamed Ekramy, as young as...
View Article3 lions, 2 wolves and 1 tiger found dead at Tbilisi zoo
TBILISI: Three lions, two wolves and a tiger have been founded dead at the city zoo in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, as the water recedes from Sunday’s flash floods that killed at least 15 people. Ten...
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Egypt’s trade deficit windens 11% in March: CAPMAS
CAIRO: Egypt’s trade balance deficit recorded a 10.9 percent hike at Mrach-end, registering 26.7 billion EGP ($3.47 billion,) compared to 24 billion EGP in the same period a year earlier,...
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