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World Jul 07
Suez Canal releases hulking Ever Given vessel after settlement dealEgyptian authorities announced the release Wednesday of a hulking shipping vessel that had blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week earlier this year.
World Jun 30
IMF and World Bank say Sudan meets initial debt relief criteriaThe World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have announced that Sudan has met the initial criteria for over $50 billion in foreign debt relief.
World Jun 20
Libyan guards accused of sexually assaulting minorsShe and four other Somali teenagers undergoing similar abuses are pleading to be released from the Shara al-Zawiya detention center. It is one of a network of centers run by Libya’s Department for Combating Illegal Immigration, or DCIM, which is…
World May 26
Qatar pledges $500 million for postwar construction in GazaQatar has contributed hundreds of millions of dollars in humanitarian and development aid to Gaza in attempts to support past cease-fires with Israel.
World May 04
Deaths at sea highlight failings in Europe migration policyApproximately 130 people are believed to have died between April 21 and April 22 as they waited in vain for someone to save them, roughly 30 miles from the Libyan coast. It was the deadliest wreck so far this year…
World Apr 18
Egypt says 11 killed in train crash north of CairoFour train wagons ran off the railway at the city of Banha in Qalyubia province, just outside Cairo, the railway authority said in a statement. Videos on social media showed wagons overturned and passengers escaping to safety along the railway.
World Mar 30
With ship now freed, a probe into Suez Canal blockage beginsExperts boarded the massive container ship Tuesday that had blocked Egypt's vital Suez Canal and disrupted global trade for nearly a week, seeking answers to a single question that could have billions of dollars in legal repercussions: What went wrong?…
World Mar 27
No timeline given for extracting wedged ship from Suez CanalA giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal for a fifth day Saturday, as authorities made new attempts to free the vessel and reopen a crucial waterway whose blockage is disrupting global shipping and trade.
World Mar 26
Ship in Suez Canal blocks entry for more than 200 vesselsThe Suez Canal Authority said it welcomed international offers of help, including one from the United States, although it did not say what was offered.
World Mar 25
Stuck ship in Egypt’s Suez Canal imperils shipping worldwideA skyscraper-sized cargo ship wedged across Egypt's Suez Canal further imperiled global shipping Thursday as at least 150 other vessels needing to pass through the crucial waterway idled waiting for the obstruction to clear, authorities said.