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Gazans Create Own Limo From Five Different Cars

A Gazan firm has found a way to add style to weddings in the Palestinian enclave despite being unable to import a...

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Egypt, Sudan Vow Not To Aid Respective Opposition Groups

Egypt and Sudan said on Thursday they will not harbour or support opposition groups fighting their respective...

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Pentagon Chief Pledges Support For Egypt’s Sisi

US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and top brass in Cairo on Thursday,...

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Egypt Army Says Senior IS Cleric Killed In Sinai

The Egyptian military said Thursday it killed a senior Islamic State group cleric and 18 jihadists in air strikes in...

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US Defence Secretary Arrives In Cairo For Sisi Meeting

US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis arrived in Cairo Thursday on the latest leg of a regional tour, as ties with Egypt...

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Egypt Says Killed Sinai Monastery Shooter

Egyptian security forces killed a gunman suspected of shooting dead a policemen near St Catherine's monastery in the...

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Syria Evacuations Resume After Deadly Bombing

The evacuation of civilians and fighters from besieged Syrian towns resumed on Wednesday after a weekend bombing at a...

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Tense Run-Off Expected For Governor Post

Voters in Jakarta are choosing a governor in a run-off election, that has been called "the dirtiest and most divisive"...

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Shooting At Egypt Monastery Kills Policeman

A policeman was killed and four more were wounded on Tuesday in a shooting outside St Catherine's monastery in Egypt's...

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After Egypt Church Bombings, Copts Complain of Extremists

For years, Egyptian Copt Michel Fahmy could hear a Muslim preacher invoking God's wrath on Christians in sermons blared...

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Egypt Parliament Approves State of Emergency

Egypt's parliament on Tuesday unanimously approved a three-month state of emergency declared by President Abdel Fattah...

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Trump Administration ‘to Sell Nigeria Planes’ For Boko Haram Fight

The Trump administration plans to sell fighter planes to Nigeria despite concerns over rights abuses and a botched air...

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Egypt Police Kill 7 Suspected IS Followers

Egypt security forces have killed seven suspected Islamic State group sympathisers thought to be planning attacks...

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Niger Troops Kill 57 Boko Haram Fighters

Niger troops have killed 57 Boko Haram jihadists during fighting in the southeast Niger, a security source told AFP...

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Egypt Under Emergency Rule After Church Attacks

Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn 45 Egyptian Christians killed in jihadist bombings just a week before Easter, after...

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Egypt Set For Emergency Rule After Church Attacks

Egypt prepared to impose a state of emergency Monday after jihadist bombings killed dozens at two churches in the...

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Pressed In Iraq and Syria, IS Lashes Out In Egypt

The twin bombings of churches in Egypt suggest that Islamic State group jihadists are lashing out as they find...

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Mali’s Defense Minister Named As New Prime Minister

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita replaced his prime minister late on Saturday, naming the defense minister to...

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At Least 15 Dead In Egypt Church Bombing

A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens who had gathered for Palm Sunday...