Apr 17 Poorer nations face bigger risk in easing virus restrictions By Zeina Karam, Associated Press Countries are considering how to ease coronavirus restrictions and start taking gradual steps toward reviving businesses and daily life. For developing nations in the Middle East and Africa, there is little room for any miscalculation. Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch 1:50 News Wrap: Delta reduces flights by 40 percent amid falling travel demand In our news wrap Friday, Delta Air Lines is reducing flights by 40 percent since the pandemic has triggered a decline in travel demand. The company is halting all flights to continental Europe for the next 30 days. Also, Iraq… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch 2:24 News Wrap: 3 U.S. troops killed in Iraqi rocket strike In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. military confirmed three American service members died in a rocket attack north of Baghdad. The Iraqi government has launched an investigation into the Wednesday strike, which U.S. officials said bore the markings of… Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch 2:30 Hosni Mubarak, whose autocratic rule launched Egypt’s Arab Spring protests, dies at 91 By Nick Schifrin Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has died at age 91. A deeply polarizing figure who spent 30 years in power, Mubarak was an autocratic leader who jailed and tortured opponents, but he remained friendly toward the United States and other… Continue watching
Feb 25 Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak dies at 91, state TV says By Samy Magdy, Associated Press Throughout his rule, Mubarak was a stalwart U.S. ally, but to the tens of thousands of young Egyptians who rallied for 18 days of unprecedented street protests in Cairo's central Tahrir Square and elsewhere in 2011, Mubarak was a relic,… Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 5:22 News Wrap: House challenges Trump on border national emergency In our Friday news wrap, House Democrats voted to end the national emergency declaration that allows money to be diverted from the military to fund construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Senate already approved the measure, but… Continue watching
Sep 27 Egypt police seal off Tahrir Square amid calls for protest By Associated Press The demonstrations erupted over corruption allegations leveled earlier this month against the military and el-Sissi by an Egyptian businessman living in self-imposed exile who said he had worked with the military for 15 years. Continue reading
Jun 18 Egypt’s ousted President Morsi buried after courtroom death By Samy Magdy, Associated Press Egypt's first democratically elected president, Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi, was buried under heavy security early on Tuesday, a day after his dramatic collapse and death inside a Cairo courtroom, his family and a member of his defense team said. Continue reading
Jun 17 Ousted president Morsi died in court, Egypt TV says By Samy Magdy, Associated Press The state TV says the 67-year-old Morsi was attending a session Monday in his trial on espionage charges when he blacked out and then died. Continue reading
May 19 Bomb hits tourist bus near Egypt’s Giza Pyramids, wounds 17 By Samy Magdy, Associated Press A roadside bomb hit a tourist bus on Sunday near the Giza Pyramids, wounding at least 17 people including tourists, Egyptian officials said. Continue reading