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Tomb with 50 mummies found in Egypt

Tomb with 50 mummies found in Egypt

Cairo: Fifty mummies dating back to the Ptolemaic era (305-30 BC) have been found by Egyptian archaeologists, the Antiquities Ministry has said. The mummies, of which 12 were children, were found in four burial chambers 9 metre deep in the Tuna El-Gebel site in Minya, south of the capital Cairo,[Read More…]

Egypt church bomb kills policeman

Egypt church bomb kills policeman

Cairo,Jan A policeman has been killed trying to defuse a bomb outside a church in Egypt, security officials said. The explosion injured two other officers and an onlooker. The device was hidden in a bag on a roof by the Coptic Christian church in Nasr City outside Cairo, the BBC[Read More…]

Four killed in bombing of tourist bus near Egypt's pyramids

Four killed in bombing of tourist bus near Egypt’s pyramids

Cairo,  An explosion on Friday targeting a bus carrying Vietnamese tourists on an excursion to the Giza pyramids left four people dead and 10 others wounded, Egyptian authorities said. Three of the tourists were killed along with the tour guide, an Egyptian citizen, Attorney General Nabil Ahmed Sadeq said in[Read More…]

FIFA probing empty seats for Uruguay-Egypt World Cup duel

Moscow: World football’s governing body FIFA has launched an investigation to determine why there were thousands of empty seats for the World Cup match between Egypt and Uruguay in Yekaterinburg on Friday. More than 6,000 seats — around 20 per cent of the venue’s capacity — were unoccupied during the[Read More…]

Egypt terror attack claims at least 270 lives; India condemns

Egypt terror attack claims at least 270 lives; India condemns

India on Friday strongly condemned the terror attack at a mosque in Egypt that claimed at least 270 lives. “Government of India strongly condemns the heinous act of terrorism that has claimed innocent lives in Bir-al-Abed, North Sinai in Egypt today,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted. “In this[Read More…]

Qatar offers visa-free entry to 80 countries, including India

Qatar offers visa-free entry to 80 countries, including India

Qatar announced a programme, on Wednesday that allows visa-free entry for citizens of 80 countries to encourage air transport and tourism amid a two-month boycott imposed on the Gulf state by its neighbours. Travellers from a dozen countries will now receive tourist visa as they arrive Qatar. “The visa exemption[Read More…]

Egypt church explosion kills 21, 50 injured

In an explosion at a church in northern Egypt, as many as 21 people have been killed. The blast targeted the St George Coptic church in the city of Tanta, north of Cairo. The attack in the Nile Delta town of Tanta was the latest in a series of assaults[Read More…]

Truck bomb kills at least eight policemen in Egypt

At least eight people were killed and 10 other people were injured Monday in a truck bomb attack on a police checkpoint in al-Arish, a city in northern Sinai in Egypt, medical and security sources told media. Three policemen and three civilians were reportedly among those injured. According to the[Read More…]





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