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Arab powers sever Qatar ties, citing support for militants International

Arab powers sever Qatar ties, citing support for militants

June 5th, 20170 DUBAI ― The Arab world's biggest powers cut ties with Qatar on Monday over alleged support for Islamists and Iran, reopening a festering wound two weeks after President Trump's demand for Muslim states to fight terrorism. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed diplomatic relations with Qatar in a coordinated...
Pope visits Egypt to mend ties between Muslims and embattled Christians International

Pope visits Egypt to mend ties between Muslims and embattled Christians

April 30th, 20170 VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis hopes to mend ties with Muslims on his trip to Egypt on Friday, but faces criticism from church conservatives for meeting Islamic religious leaders after a spate of deadly attacks against Christians. In a video message to the people of Egypt on Tuesday, Francis said the world had been "torn by blind...
Bombing at Egyptian churches kill and injure dozens on Palm Sunday World

Bombing at Egyptian churches kill and injure dozens on Palm Sunday

April 9th, 20170 CAIRO, Egypt - At least 36 people were killed and more than 100 injured in bomb attacks on two Coptic churches on Palm Sunday, in the latest assault on a religious minority increasingly targeted by Islamic extremists. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, which come a week before Coptic Easter and in the same...
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to be released International

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to be released

March 13th, 20170 CAIRO ― Hosni Mubarak, who was overthrown as president of Egypt in an uprising in 2011, will be released from detention in a military hospital, the public prosecutor ruled on Monday, his lawyers and judicial sources said. "He will go to his home in Heliopolis," Mubarak's lawyer Farid El Deeb said, adding the ageing former president...
Egypt court rejects transfer of Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia World

Egypt court rejects transfer of Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia

January 21st, 20170 CAIRO, Egypt — An Egyptian court rejected on Monday a government plan to transfer two uninhabited Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, in a final ruling that prompted cheers in the courtroom but could deepen tensions with the country's former financial backer, Saudi Arabia. Egypt's government announced during a visit by the Saudi...
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