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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
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
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…]
Why PM Modi’s forthcoming visit to Japan is strategically very important?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is undertaking two days visit to Japan for the annual summit with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe at the end of October. Though Prime Minister Modi’s Japan visit has very high bilateral significance, what is interesting is that it is taking place just one day after[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…]
2018 FIFA World Cup: Uruguay focused on first game against Egypt
Montevideo: Uruguay’s captain Diego Godin said the players were focused on their first game against Egypt as the national team flew out from Montevideo for the FIFA World Cup in Russia, which kicks off on June 14. Godin said the team was focused on their first challenge, which will be[Read More…]
Mohamed Salah celebrates being chosen Player of the Year by fellow athletes
London: Liverpool and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah celebrated on Monday after being chosen Player of the Year for 2017-18 by the United Kingdom’s Professional Footballers’ Association, an award cherished by athletes because it is decided by fellow players. The 25-year-old received more votes that Kevin de Bruyne, Leroy Sané and David[Read More…]
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 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 bombing: President declares emergency for three months
Egyptian Cabinet on Monday announced a three-month state of emergency following the ISIS terror attack on two Coptic Christian churches on Palm Sunday which killed dozens of people. The Egyptian Cabinet, on its website Monday, said it OK’d a three-month, nationwide state of emergency and it went into effect at[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…]
India hosts seminar on yoga in Cairo
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…]
Egypt delays UN resolution on Israeli settlements as Trump intervenes
United Nations Security Council postponed a vote on a draft resolution demanding to halt Israeli settlement activities as US president-elect Donald Trump weighed in and urged the United States to veto the measure. The resolution proposed by Egypt called for Israel to stop building new settlements, which is illegal under[Read More…]
Mohamed Morsi’s death sentence overturned, Egypt court orders retrial
Egypt’s highest court has overturned a death sentence against ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. The court also ordered a retrial on Tuesday, according to judicial sources. Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Morsi was overthrown by a military coup in July 2013 after having served just one year of a four-year[Read More…]
Over 42 drown, 150 rescued as migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean off Egypt
More than 42 people have drowned after a migrant boat capsized off the Egyptian coast on Wednesday. Ferrying around 600 passengers, the boat capsized off the coast of Kafr al-Sheikh and around 150 people have been rescued till now, officials said. This incident comes after the head of the EU’s[Read More…]
Indo-Egypt bonhomie: PM Modi, President Al Sisi vow to combat terror
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi who is on a three-day visit to India. PM Modi held extensive discussions on the shape and substance of partnership with Egypt. He said that both countries agreed to further defence and security engagement which would[Read More…]