Five Egypt Police Shot Dead Near Capital
Assailants killed five Egyptian policemen in a shooting south of Cairo on Friday, in the latest of a series of attacks targeting the country's security forces, the interior ministry said. The...
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Egypt Police Kill 6 IS Sympathisers In Shootout
Egyptian police killed six militants who allegedly adhered to the Islamic State group's beliefs when a gunfight erupted Monday during a raid on their Nile valley hideout, the government said. The...
USM, Ahly Tripoli Advance, 10-Man Zamalek Out
USM Alger of Algeria and Al Ahly Tripoli of Libya reached the CAF Champions League quarter-finals Sunday as 2016 runners-up Zamalek of Egypt bowed out with 10 men. A 4-1 home victory over CAPS United...
Victorious Wydad, Ahly Book CAF Champions League Last-Eight Spots
Wydad Casablanca of Morocco and Al Ahly of Egypt secured CAF Champions League quarter-finals places Saturday, increasing the number of north African qualifiers to four. A 68th-minute goal from Achraf...
Power Hit In Hamas-Run Gaza As Rivals ‘stop’ Payments
Power supplies haven taken a fresh hit in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, with authorities Saturday accusing the rival Palestinian Authority of blocking fuel payments to Egypt from going through banks. The...
Egypt Holds Funerals For At Least 21 Soldiers Killed In Sinai
Egypt held funerals on Saturday for at least 21 soldiers killed in an attack by the Islamic State group in the restive Sinai Peninsula, officials said. The attack on Friday was one the deadliest...
Qatar Rejects Latest Threat of ‘siege Countries’
Qatar hit back Friday at a threat by four "siege countries" to impose further sanctions on the emirate over its refusal to bow to their ultimatum for ending the Gulf crisis. In a statement attributed...
Nothing Can Stop Us, Insists Zanaco Coach
Coach Mumamba Numba insists "nothing can stop" Zanaco of Zambia reaching the CAF Champions League quarter-finals this weekend when they tackle Wydad Casablanca in Morocco. The Lusaka-based outfit top...
UN Political Chief In Kuwait To Discuss Gulf Crisis
The UN's political chief, Jeffrey Feltman, is in Kuwait for talks on ending the diplomatic crisis between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors, a spokesman said Wednesday. The senior UN envoy stepped in as...
Hamas Says Egypt Ready To Help Gaza
Hamas leader Ismail Haniya said Wednesday recent talks in Egypt could lead to improving the humanitarian suffering in the impoverished Gaza Strip. The head of the Palestinian Islamist movement said...
Saudi-Led Bloc Regrets ‘negative’ Qatar Response To Demands
Foreign ministers of the Saudi-led bloc that imposed an embargo on Qatar said Wednesday they regretted the emirate's "negative" response to a list of demands to end a diplomatic crisis. The ministers...
Qatar Rivals Look To Next Move In Cairo Talks
Arab states that have cut ties with Qatar meet in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss their next move in the Gulf diplomatic crisis, after Doha said their demands were impossible to meet. The foreign...
Saudi Arabia and Allies To Meet In Cairo
Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are to discuss the Qatar crisis, a month after they severed ties with the Gulf state. The meeting of foreign ministers in Cairo comes on the...
Saudi Arabia To Discuss Qatar Crisis With Allies
Saudi Arabia and Arab allies that have cut ties with Qatar will hold talks in Egypt on Wednesday on the Gulf diplomatic crisis, after Doha said their demands were impossible to meet. The four Arab...
Saudi Receives Qatar Response To Demands
Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies said early Wednesday they had received Qatar's response to their list of demands for restoring relations, which Doha has described as "unrealistic". "Minister Adel...
Israel Says Flights Resume After Aerial Jam
Israel's main international airport returned to normal Monday evening after temporary flight delays, the Israel Airports Authority said, blaming crowded summer skies for disruptions. IAA spokesman...
Qatar To Respond After Arab Nations Extend Deadline
Qatar was to respond on Monday after Saudi Arabia and its allies gave a defiant Doha another 48 hours to accept a series of demands or face further sanctions. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates,...
Hamas Building Gaza Buffer Zone As It Seeks Improved Egypt Ties
Gaza's rulers Hamas said they had begun building a new buffer zone along the southern border with Egypt on Wednesday, as the Islamist movement seeks to improve ties with Cairo. The 100-metre wide...
Epic Struggle of Film About Cairo On Eve of Revolution
Everyone thought Tamer El Said had gone mad in the decade it took him to make his film "In the Last Days of the City". "My friends would look at me with a mixture of pity and sarcasm when they asked...
Egypt Tycoon Jailed For Diva Murder Freed After Presidential Pardon
An Egyptian real estate tycoon jailed for the murder of a Lebanese pop diva was freed Friday as part of a presidential pardon for hundreds of detainees, security officials said. State television said...