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My father had no chronic health conditions, insists son of Husseiniya Hospital victim
Egypt
January 4, 2021
My father had no chronic health conditions, insists son of Husseiniya Hospital victim
Leaning on the shoulder of his eldest son Gamal, 44-year-old Mahfouz Abdulaziz Sorour was admitted into the Husseiniya Hospital in Sharqiya…
Husband stabs his wife three times inside Bolaq al-Dakrour school
Egypt
January 3, 2021
Husband stabs his wife three times inside Bolaq al-Dakrour school
The Giza Security Directorate on Sunday received notification that a husband killed his wife inside a school in Bolaq al-Dakrour…
Cairo court to sentence 3 defendants to death over torching house, killing child
Egypt
December 22, 2020
Cairo court to sentence 3 defendants to death over torching house, killing child
Cairo’s Criminal Court referred the death sentences of three individuals found guilty for the death of a child to Grand…
Israeli woman found dead near West Bank settlement
Middle East
December 21, 2020
Israeli woman found dead near West Bank settlement
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police were investigating on Monday after an Israeli woman was found dead in a forest near…
Kuwait’s key reformer, son of late emir, dies at 72
Middle East
December 20, 2020
Kuwait’s key reformer, son of late emir, dies at 72
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al Sabah, the eldest son of the late emir, who…
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020
Features/Interviews
December 19, 2020
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020
In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers…
Spain: Two dead in inferno of building occupied by squatters
World
December 10, 2020
Spain: Two dead in inferno of building occupied by squatters
MADRID (AP) — Firefighters in northeastern Spain found two bodies in an abandoned building occupied by migrants and other squatters…
Security guard dies in quicksand in Egypt’s Daqahliya archaeological area
Egypt
December 3, 2020
Security guard dies in quicksand in Egypt’s Daqahliya archaeological area
Security forces in Egypt’s Daqahliya Governorate retrieved on Thursday the body of a security guard who died after falling in quicksand…
Key questions about the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist
Middle East
December 1, 2020
Key questions about the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist
Iran’s top nuclear scientist was killed Friday in the outskirts of Tehran, once again setting the Middle East on edge and threatening…
Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60
World
November 26, 2020
Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who scored the “Hand of God” goal in 1986…