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Bush, Obama to eulogize McCain at US senator’s final farewell
World
September 1, 2018
Bush, Obama to eulogize McCain at US senator’s final farewell
Late US senator John McCain will receive his final public sendoff Saturday in a nationally televised ceremony featuring eulogies…
Arizona to mourn Senator John McCain at state capitol
World
August 29, 2018
Arizona to mourn Senator John McCain at state capitol
The body of John McCain, who endured 5-1/2 years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam and went on…
Trump, under pressure to honor McCain, orders flags to half-staff
World
August 28, 2018
Trump, under pressure to honor McCain, orders flags to half-staff
Donald Trump bowed to pressure Monday to honor the late John McCain, ordering that flags be lowered to half-staff…
Six English teenagers on trial for Egyptian student Mariam Moustafa’s murder
Egypt
August 28, 2018
Six English teenagers on trial for Egyptian student Mariam Moustafa’s murder
Attorney of Egyptian student Mariam Moustafa, who died after being viciously assaulted in London in March, has announced that…
US playwright, ‘king of comedy’ Neil Simon dead at 91
Culture
August 27, 2018
US playwright, ‘king of comedy’ Neil Simon dead at 91
Neil Simon, the prolific and Pulitzer Prize-winning US playwright celebrated as the king of comedy who won more Oscar…
Death toll among Egyptian Hajj pilgrims rises to 51
Egypt
August 27, 2018
Death toll among Egyptian Hajj pilgrims rises to 51
The Health Ministry announced on Monday morning the death of another Egyptian pilgrim in Saudi Arabia, raising the death…
Vietnam says John McCain helped ‘heal the wounds of war’
World
August 27, 2018
Vietnam says John McCain helped ‘heal the wounds of war’
US Senator John McCain was a “symbol of his generation” who helped “heal the wounds of war” by pushing…
John McCain, US war hero and political maverick, dead at 81
World
August 26, 2018
John McCain, US war hero and political maverick, dead at 81
John McCain, a war hero and towering figure in US politics, known for reaching across the aisle in an…
Egypt expresses condolences over loss of former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan
Egypt
August 19, 2018
Egypt expresses condolences over loss of former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi expressed his condolences on Saturday to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres over the death…
Annan’s legacy of fighting for equality and rights lives on
World
August 19, 2018
Annan’s legacy of fighting for equality and rights lives on
Kofi Annan left the United Nations far more committed than it had been to combating poverty, promoting equality and…