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Al-Azhar warns against TikTok Blackout Challenge
Egypt
March 8, 2021
Al-Azhar warns against TikTok Blackout Challenge
On Sunday, the Al-Azhar Global Center for Electronic Fatwa (religious opinion) warned against the “blackout” or “scarf” challenge, a recent…
Obituary: Yamani, the Saudi oil minister who brought the West to its knees
Middle East
February 24, 2021
Obituary: Yamani, the Saudi oil minister who brought the West to its knees
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Sheikh Zaki Yamani, the embodiment of the ascent of Arab petroleum power and the face…
Bomb blast kills university professor in Afghan capital – police
Middle East
February 18, 2021
Bomb blast kills university professor in Afghan capital – police
KABUL (Reuters) – A Kabul University professor was killed when a bomb hit his car in Afghanistan’s capital on Thursday,…
Four killed, 38 injured in Aswan collision
Egypt
February 18, 2021
Four killed, 38 injured in Aswan collision
Four people were killed and 38 others injured in a collision between a bus and a truck carrying cement on…
Likely cause of Kobe Bryant helicopter crash to be announced
World
February 9, 2021
Likely cause of Kobe Bryant helicopter crash to be announced
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the year since the helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant crashed into a hillside on a foggy…
Controversial Egyptian doctor claiming cure for HIV dies age 74
Egypt
February 6, 2021
Controversial Egyptian doctor claiming cure for HIV dies age 74
Controversial Egyptian doctor Ibrahim Abdel-Ati, who drew attention back in 2014 after claiming he had invented a device that could…
EgyptAir official Abu Taleb Tawfik dies during TV interview with Aya Abdel-Rahman
Egypt
January 27, 2021
EgyptAir official Abu Taleb Tawfik dies during TV interview with Aya Abdel-Rahman
TV host Aya Abdel-Rahman, an Extra News anchor, revealed on Tuesday that she has been subjected to the most difficult…
More than 100 arrested after protests over a Black man’s death in police custody
World
January 15, 2021
More than 100 arrested after protests over a Black man’s death in police custody
(CNN) – More than a hundred people were arrested in Brussels on Wednesday night after violent protests over the death…
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…