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February 26, 2020 at 1:20 am

Egypt holds full-honors military funeral for Mubarak VIEW

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt held a full-honors military funeral Wednesday for the country's former autocratic President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled for nearly three decades before... Updated 1:01 am

FILE – In this April 25, 2016 file photo, ousted former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak waves to supporters from his room at the Maadi Military Hospital, where he is hospitalized, as they celebrate Sinai Liberation Day that marks the final withdrawal of all Israeli military forces from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula in 1982, in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt’s State TV said Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, that the country’s former President Hosni Mubarak, ousted in the 2011 Arab Spring uprising, has died at 91. Mubarak, who was in power for almost three decades, was forced to resign on Feb. 11, 2011, following 18 days of protests around the country. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File) CAITH112 CAITH112

February 25, 2020 at 3:09 am

Mubarak, Egypt’s autocrat ousted in uprising, dies at 91 VIEW

CAIRO (AP) — Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian leader who was the autocratic face of stability in the Middle East for nearly 30 years before being...

February 24, 2020 at 12:27 pm

Heavy rains, flooding pummel Cairo and parts of Egypt

CAIRO (AP) — Heavy rains pummeled the Egyptian capital of Cairo and other parts of the country Monday, causing massive traffic jams and flooding on...

February 19, 2020 at 3:41 am

Erdogan criticizes EU move to enforce Libyan arms embargo

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's president criticized on Wednesday the European Union’s decision to launch a maritime effort focused on enforcing the U.N. arms embargo...

February 18, 2020 at 2:53 am

UN-backed government in Libya suspends talks after attack

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.-supported government in Libya said Tuesday it has suspended its participation in talks in Geneva aimed at salvaging a fragile cease-fire...

February 16, 2020 at 7:35 am

UN: Warring parties in Yemen agree on major prisoner trade

CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s warring sides have agreed to implement a long-delayed and major prisoner swap, the United Nations said on Sunday, in a sign...

February 15, 2020 at 5:54 am

UN official says airstrikes kill over 30 civilians in Yemen

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Strikes killed more than 30 civilians in a mountainous northern Yemeni province Saturday, the U.N. humanitarian chief for the country said,...

February 12, 2020 at 11:05 am

Rights group: Leader says Sudan to cooperate fully with ICC

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan's leader said Wednesday the government will “fully” cooperate with the International Criminal Court's efforts to prosecute those wanted for war crimes...

February 11, 2020 at 6:20 am

Official: Sudan to hand over al-Bashir for genocide trial

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan's transitional authorities have agreed to hand over ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face trial on charges...

February 11, 2020 at 4:01 am

Egypt frees labor activist, has him report to police weekly

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has freed a detained labor activist who criticized the government and spent about five months in detention, but he will have...