Cairo – Egypt Independent: The 150th regular session of the Arab League convened in Cairo on Tuesday, to discuss the suspension of US support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), a relief and human development agency for Palestinian refugees. 18 foreign ministers heard a speech from the …
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Fatma Abo Shanab: Yesterday, the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Mubarak-era parliament speaker Safwat al-Sherif to three years in prison for illicit profiteering and abuse of power to make a fortune. The court convicted Sherif and his two sons, Ashraf and Ehab, on corruption charges in May 2016. Sherif and Ehab …
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A bombing killed six policemen at a checkpoint in Cairo on Friday, the latest in a string of attacks in Egypt’s capital targeting security forces and officials, the interior ministry said. The attack struck in the western Talibiya neighbourhood of the capital, shortly before the weekly Muslim prayers and when Cairo’s …
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A roadside bombing in the Egyptian capital targeting policemen killed a civilian on Friday, the interior ministry said. The bomb planted on the side of a road exploded as a police convoy was passing through the Ain Shams district in east Cairo, the ministry said in a statement. It wounded …
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