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Trump, under pressure to honor McCain, orders flags to half-staff
World

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
Former UN chief and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan dies
World

Former UN chief and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan dies

  Former United Nations Secretary General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan died at the age of 80 on…
Indians pay homage to former PM Vajpayee before cremation
World

Indians pay homage to former PM Vajpayee before cremation

NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of people are paying homage to India’s former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as his…
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