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Egypt: Four dead in Cairo building collapseF

A building collapse on Wednesday killed four Egyptians from the same family in a Cairo neighbourhood where a similar tragedy occurred earlier this summer, state media reported. Five people were also injured when the four-storey building fell in a street in the...

Egypt releases political activist Ahmed DoumaF

Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, a leading figure in the country's 2011 uprising who has spent the past decade behind bars, walked free from prison Saturday following a presidential pardon.  Douma, now 37, was a leading activist in the 2011 uprising that toppled...

Egypt: One missing after tug sinks in Suez collision with tankerF

A Suez Canal tugboat sank and a crew member was missing after the vessel collided with a Hong Kong-flagged tanker, the authorities in charge of the key waterway said. A salvage team had located the wreckage following the accident Saturday and the waterway was being...

Egypt: Sisi uses Facebook to announce lifting of state of emergencyF

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday announced the lifting of the state of emergency in place since deadly jihadist attacks on Coptic Christian churches more than four years ago. The North African country has been under a state of emergency since April...

Lebanon: Deadly clashes in Beyrout after rally against port blast judgeF

By Rouba El Husseini and Hashem Osseiran: The health ministry said 32 people were wounded.  Amal said three of its members were killed, while Hezbollah announced that funerals of two men and one woman would take place on Friday.   A doctor at Beirut's Sahel hospital...

Disappointment in Italy after judges halt trial of Egyptian officers in murder of Giulio RegeniF

By Ella Ide: The trial of four Egyptian security officers in Rome for the brutal killing of Italian student Giulio Regeni five years ago was thrown out by judges Thursday, "bitterly" disappointing his family which vowed not to give up on the case.  The judges ruled...

Egypt: Looming environment disaster in the Red SeaF

By Bassem Aboualabass: Standing on a boat bobbing gently in the Red Sea, Egyptian diving instructor Mohamed Abdelaziz looks on as tourists snorkel amid the brilliantly coloured corals, a natural wonder now under threat from climate change. "If they disappear, we'll...

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