Egypt deports 36 Sudanese over attempted ‘illegal immigration’ to Italy
CAIRO: Egypt deported 36 Sudanese migrants back to Khartoum Thursday after they were arrested over attempted “illegal migration” to Italy, Youm7 reported. The arrested migrants were caught in a fishing...
View ArticleImam suspended over sermon by ‘unlicensed’ Islamist preacher
CAIRO: Minister of Endowment Mokhtar Gomaa suspended an Imam and an employee over allowing an unlicensed preacher to deliver Eid el-Fitr (feast of breaking Ramadan fast) sermon Friday in Upper Egypt’s...
View ArticleYemeni government says it is consolidating control of Aden
CAIRO: A Yemeni government spokesman says that government troops are consolidating control of the southern port city of Aden, with only a few “terrorist pockets” of Shiite rebels remaining to be...
View ArticleFirefighters battle blazes in southern Greece, near Athens
ATHENS: Greek firefighters battled large brush and forest fires on the outskirts of Athens and in the country’s southern Peloponnese region Friday, where flames forced the evacuation of at least three...
View ArticleIran leader vows opposition to U.S. despite nuclear deal
DUBAI: Iranian opposition to the “arrogant” United States will not change despite a nuclear deal with world powers, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday, adding Tehran remains sharply...
View ArticleIslamic State used poison gas in northeast Syria: Kurds
BEIRUT: The Islamic State group used poison gas in attacks against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria in late June, a Syrian Kurdish militia and a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said...
View Article‘very, very hopeful’ Iran will release detained Americans: Kerry
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday he raised the topic of detained Americans at every meeting he held with Iranians during the final weeks of nuclear negotiations and said he is...
View ArticleSuicide car bomb kills at least 80 in eastern province: Iraq
BAGHDAD: A suicide car bombing in Iraq’s eastern Diyala province killed at least 80 people gathered at a marketplace to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Iraqi police officials said at least...
View ArticleFor the first time, jihadist child beheads Syrian soldier: monitoring group
BEIRUT: A child soldier recruited by Islamic State apparently has beheaded a Syrian army officer, the first such documented decapitation, the founder of a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on...
View ArticleVideo: Wildfire Sweeps Over California Freeway, Burns Cars
California: A fast-moving wildfire burned several cars on Friday as it swept across the main freeway from Southern California to Las Vegas.
View ArticleYemen’s exiled government says Aden ‘liberated’, Houthis expelled
ADEN: Saudi-backed Yemeni fighters completed their offensive to retake the southern city of Aden from the Houthi militia on Friday, residents said, as fighting in one main district subsided. Their...
View Article1 killed, 9 injured in road accident in Upper Egypt
CAIRO: A 45-year old man was killed and 18 peoplewere injured Friday in a car accident in Upper Egypt’s governorate of Minya, Youm7 reported. The accident took place after a public transportation...
View Article11 sexual harassment incidents reported on first day of Eid al-Fitr
CAIRO: Eleven sexual harassment incidents were reported in public parks in Cairo during the first day of Eid Al-Fitr holiday, Catch a Harasser group said Friday. “Out of the 11 incidents, five occurred...
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Domestic tourism booms in Egypt’s Red Sea resorts in Eid al-Fitr holiday
CAIRO: The hotel occupancy rate during Eid al-Fitr holiday ranged from 80 to 100 percent in Egypt’s Red Sea resorts of Hurghada, Sharm al-Sheikh and Marsa Alam, Chairman of Tourism Promotion Authority...
View ArticleMilitary airstrikes kill 23 militants in North Sinai
CAIRO: A total of 23 militants have been killed in military airstrikes in North Sinai, Egyptian military sources told Sky News Arabia Saturday. Since Friday noon, Egyptian military air forces launched...
View ArticleAnti-Houthi forces advance in Yemen amid heavy Arab air strikes
ADEN/SANAA: Local fighters and army forces in Yemen have wrested two military bases from Houthi forces overnight, residents and officials said, building on a week of gains against the country’s...
View ArticleUK warns of traveling to Sinai Peninsula after attack on Egypt’s navy vessel
CAIRO: A day after a militant attack targeted an Egyptian navy ship off Rafah in North Sinai Thursday, the U.K. Foreign Officer warned British citizens against travelling to North Sinai and parts of...
View ArticleState-owned Arab Contractors to restore bombed Italian Consulate
CAIRO: Egypt’s Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has assigned state-owned Arab Contractors to restore the downtown Cairo-based Italian Consulate that was attacked by a blast last week, head of the company...
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$6B oil refinement projects in process: Minister
CAIRO: Refinement and production projects of $6 billion are being implemented to provide the local market with the needed power supplies, Minister of Petroleum Sherif Ismail said in a Friday statement....
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