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February 9, 2019 at 8:25 am

Sudan says it will free reporters detained during protests

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan says it will release all the journalists it detained for covering protests in recent weeks calling for the resignation of President...

February 2, 2019 at 5:53 am

Thousands protest in Sudan’s Kassala as death toll mounts

CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of residents poured out onto the streets of Sudan's eastern province of Kassala to denounce the death of a protester last...

A truck from the Ministry of Supply sells subsidized sugar in front of a mosque in Cairo, Oct. 18, 2016. A weeks-long sugar shortage in Egypt has quickly become shorthand for the brewing anger against President Abdel Fattah el-SisiÕs management of the economy and his overall rule. (David Degner/The New York Times)

October 20, 2016 at 6:03 pm

Sugar crisis in sweet-toothed Egypt: ‘People are going to snap’

Egypt’s economy is in free fall. Its pound is now worth 0.06 cents on the black market, about half its value a year ago, and...

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July 22, 2016 at 10:21 pm

EgyptAir plane broke up in flight after a fire, evidence suggests

Officials said the evidence appeared to be sufficient to rule out at least one early theory: that a pilot had deliberately flown the plane into...

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January 14, 2016 at 9:49 am

Egypt unveils rare whale fossil museum to boost tourism VIEW

VALLEY OF THE WHALES, Egypt (AP) — Egypt on Thursday unveiled what it said is the Middle East's first museum dedicated to fossils that showcases...

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January 10, 2016 at 5:18 am

Arab League condemns Iranian ‘meddling’ in Arab affairs VIEW

CAIRO (AP) — Arab foreign ministers, with the exception of Lebanon, condemned in a Sunday statement what they called Iran's meddling in Arab affairs. The...

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January 7, 2016 at 12:04 am

Egypt Christians celebrate Christmas amid tight security VIEW

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Christians flocked to churches Wednesday night to attend Masses on Christmas Eve across the predominantly Muslim country, as the...

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December 24, 2015 at 12:24 am

Overnight hospital fire in Saudi kills 31, injures over 100

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A fire that broke out overnight at a hospital in a southwestern province of Saudi Arabia killed at least 31...

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December 20, 2015 at 1:25 pm

Sudanese refugee recounts forced deportation from Jordan VIEW

CAIRO (AP) — Ahmed Doury and his wife had fled their home in Sudan's Darfur region for safety in Jordan. But after Jordanian security forces...

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December 14, 2015 at 6:21 am

Egypt’s finding on Russian jet crash conflicts with others VIEW

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt said Monday it has not yet found any sign of terrorism in the deadly Oct. 31 crash of a Russian passenger...

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