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Egypt closes Gaza border after rare 3-day opening: Hamas ASIA

Egypt closes Gaza border after rare 3-day opening: Hamas

Nearly 2,500 people left Gaza during a three-day humanitarian opening of the border with Egypt, a rare opportunity for Gazans to leave the blockaded enclave, authorities in the Palestinian territory said Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Egyptian police shoot four suspected militants in raid near Cairo ASIA

Egyptian police shoot four suspected militants in raid near Cairo

Egyptian police shot dead four suspected Islamist militants inside a house a few miles from central Cairo, the interior ministry said on Sunday, the third such incident in as many weeks.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Signs of torture on body of Italian student found in Egypt ASIA

Signs of torture on body of Italian student found in Egypt

An Italian student who went missing in Cairo has died and an investigation has been launched into signs of torture on his body, which was found dumped next to an Egyptian road ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Egypt court overturns death sentences for 149 pro-Islamists ASIA

Egypt court overturns death sentences for 149 pro-Islamists

An Egyptian appeals court overturned on Wednesday death sentences for 149 pro-Islamists accused of killing policemen in a mob attack on their station, a judicial source said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
QU ranked 6th among Arab World universities ARABIA

QU ranked 6th among Arab World universities

Qatar University (QU) has been ranked No 6 in the pilot Times Higher Education (THE) Top 15 Arab World Universities Ranking.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bomb kills two police in Egypt's Sinai ASIA

Bomb kills two police in Egypt's Sinai

A bomb blast killed two Egyptian police officers and wounded five others in an attack on their armoured vehicle in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday, the interior ministry said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
No bomb found on plane at Cairo airport after threat ASIA

No bomb found on plane at Cairo airport after threat

Egyptian security has found nothing suspicious on board a passenger plane that was held up for searches at Cairo airport on Thursday afternoon following a bomb threat, security sources said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Experts on course to unravel secrets of Egypt pyramids ASIA

Experts on course to unravel secrets of Egypt pyramids

Experts revealed Sunday new findings at two of Egypt's famed pyramids, boosting efforts to unravel whether the ancient world's iconic monuments contain secret chambers.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Egypt arrests Facebook page admins ahead of revolt anniversary ASIA

Egypt arrests Facebook page admins ahead of revolt anniversary

Egyptian security forces have arrested the administrators of 47 Facebook pages that the interior ministry says are run by the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, intensifying a crackdown on dissent as the fifth anniversary of a 2011 uprising approaches.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Egypt hotel attack victims stable, witness recounts ordeal ASIA

Egypt hotel attack victims stable, witness recounts ordeal

Three European holidaymakers wounded in an attack in an Egyptian resort were in stable condition on Saturday, as a witness recounted how the assailants burst into the hotel and stabbed guests.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Egypt court upholds Mubarak jail sentence ASIA

Egypt court upholds Mubarak jail sentence

Egypt's top appeals court upheld on Saturday a three-year prison sentence for ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons for corruption.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
14 drown in Egypt Nile boat accident ASIA

14 drown in Egypt Nile boat accident

At least fourteen people drowned when an unlicensed ferry capsized in the Egypt's Nile river north of Cairo overnight, the official MENA news agency reported on Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016