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Statue of Ramses II inside the recently inaugurated Grand Egyptian Museum | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement It is evident. All of Egypt is excited about the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM). You can see it on the roads of a bustling Cairo city with posters announcing its arrival. At the Cairo Airport too, one can find…
The clashes stemmed from an attempted assassination of al-Baqrah on Friday (August 9, 2024), which his militia blamed on al-Shahida Sabriya, according to local media reports. File | Photo Credit: AP “Clashes between two heavily armed militia groups in Libya’s capital terrorised residents and killed about a dozen people, the latest bout of violence in…
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ashdod, Israel, on May 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Accepting a ceasefire deal with Israel should be a “no-brainer” for Hamas, but the motivations of the militants’ elusive Gaza-based leadership remain unclear, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, has announced…
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A screenshot from a UGC video posted on Facebook on October 28, 2023, shows heavy black smoke billowing from charred vehicles following a collision on the Cairo-Alexandria desert road near Wadi al-Natrun that reportedly left at least 35 people dead and more than 50 people dead. | Photo Credit: AFP A passenger bus slammed into…
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An Egyptian policeman shot dead two Israeli tourists and their Egyptian guide Sunday, local media and Israeli authorities said, as war raged for a second day between Israel and Palestinian militants. Israel’s National Security Council later said its citizens should consider not travelling abroad particularly in the Middle East “on the backdrop of the attack…
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