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6 in critical condition after Attorney-General’s assassination
CAIRO: Six people, mostly guards, were critically injured in a car bomb attack that killed Attorney-General Hisham Barakt Monday in Cairo, medical sources told Youm7. A car bomb parked on the side of a...
View ArticleTunisia says arrests suspects associated with beach hotel attacker
TUNIS: Tunisian authorities have arrested a group of suspects associated with the attacker who carried out a beach hotel attack in which 39 people, mainly British tourists, were killed, the country’s...
View ArticleEgypt’s Cabinet approves executive regulations of new mineral resources law
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab issued the executive regulations of the new mineral resources law to start its application, improving the exploitation of mineral resources, Youm7 reported Sunday....
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Israel to build fence along part of border with Jordan
JERUSALEM: Israel’s Cabinet has approved funding for a fence to be built along part of the country’s eastern border with Jordan. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the future fence will...
View ArticleKuwait mosque bomber raised no red flags, transited Bahrain
DUBAI: The Saudi man who blew himself up inside a Shiite mosque in Kuwait managed to slip out of his home country without raising any red flags and board a commercial flight transiting nearby Bahrain...
View ArticleSuicide bombings hit Chad’s capital, kill 11: witnesses
N’DJAMENA: Two suicide bombings rocked Chad’s capital, killing at least 11 people weeks after suicide bombings killed dozens, an official said Monday. Five police officers were among the 11 dead, said...
View ArticleUN: Islamic State destruction of heritage sites a war crime
BERLIN: The U.N.’s cultural agency said Monday the destruction of antiquities and heritage sites in conflict zones by the Islamic State and other extremist groups could amount to war crimes. The UNESCO...
View ArticleAid group: Thousands flee fighting in Syria’s Hassakeh
BEIRUT: Fighting between the Islamic State group and the Syrian army in the mainly Kurdish city of Hassakeh has displaced at least 30,000 people, separated families and left some children...
View Articlelsamic State beheads female civilians for first time in Syria – monitor
BEIRUT: The hardline Islamic State group has beheaded two women inSyria, the first time it has decapitated female civilians, the founder of a group monitoring the war said on Tuesday. The beheadings...
View ArticleEgypt to impose $131 fine on garbage throwers on public streets
CAIRO: A 1,000 EGP ($131.06) fine will be imposed on those who throw garbage on public streets, as per the special environment law, Giza Governor Khaled el-Adly told Youm7 Monday. He said that citizens...
View ArticleIndonesia military plane crash kills at least 30 – govt official
JAKARTA: An Indonesian military transport plane crashed into a hotel and houses in the northern Sumatra city of Medan on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people, an official said. “The latest information...
View ArticleSecurity Council condemns Egypt’s Attorney General assassination
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the cowardly assassination of the Egyptian Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat on 29 June 2015, resulting from a terrorist bombing...
View ArticleSisi leads Egypt’s Attorney-General military funeral
CAIRO: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi led the military funeral of late Attorney-General Hisham Barakat at the Field Marshall Tantawy mosque in New Cairo Tuesday, Youm7 reported. The funeral was attended...
View ArticleVideo: Sisi arrives at assassinated Attorney-General’s funeral
Video: Sisi arrives at assassinated Attorney-General’s funeral.
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Egypt on security alert, Sadat metro station closed on June 30 anniversary
CAIRO: Two weeks after Sadat Metro station was reopened after almost two years of closure, the Egyptian authorities closed the station Tuesday for “security reasons” on the second anniversary of the...
View ArticleWorld denounces assassination of Egypt’s Attorney-General
CAIRO: Dozens of states worldwide and international organizations have strongly denounced the Monday assassination of Egyptian Attorney-General Hisham Barakat in a car bomb attack. Turkey condemned...
View ArticleEGX plunges in June, benchmark dips 4.7%
CAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) tummled during June, and market capitalization shed around 10.5 billion EGP ($1.37 billion,) according to its monthly report. The market rode a downward wave during...
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