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Picture released by the Egyptian Presidency on July 4, 2015, shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (2ndR) reviewing military equipment during a visit to the Sinai Peninsula (AFP Photo/Mohamed Abdelmoaty)    

Four soldiers, two civilians killed in Egypt Sinai attacks: army

An Egyptian woman and child were killed in a car bomb, and four soldiers died in a separate explosion in the northern Sinai Peninsula, where the military is engaged in a sweeping campaign against jihadists, the army... Saturday, 12 September, 2015 - 08:32
crane collapse at Mecca's Grand Mosque

107 killed in crane collapse at Mecca's Grand Mosque

A powerful storm toppled a construction crane Friday afternoon at the Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque, in Mecca -- killing at least 107 people and injuring 238 others, Saudi Arabia's civil defense authorities said... Saturday, 12 September, 2015 - 08:16
Army tank in North Sinai

Egypt says it has killed 98 militants in Sinai operation

Egyptian security forces have killed 98 militants in Sinai during a recent military operation, the military said on Friday. It was not possible to independently confirm the figure. Egypt is battling an insurgency that... Friday, 11 September, 2015 - 22:18
Muslim worshippers at Mecca's Grand Mosque.  

UPDATE 2: At least 87 people killed after crane collapses in Mecca...

A towering construction crane collapsed on Friday during a violent rainstorm in Saudi Arabia's city of Mecca, Islam's holiest site, crashing into the Grand Mosque and killing at least 87 people ahead of the... Friday, 11 September, 2015 - 21:00
Picture released by the Egyptian Presidency on July 4, 2015, shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (2ndR) reviewing military equipment during a visit to the Sinai Peninsula (AFP Photo/Mohamed Abdelmoaty)    
crane collapse at Mecca's Grand Mosque
Army tank in North Sinai
Muslim worshippers at Mecca's Grand Mosque.  

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Picture released by the Egyptian Presidency on July 4, 2015, shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (2ndR) reviewing military equipment during a visit to the Sinai Peninsula (AFP Photo/Mohamed Abdelmoaty)    
Four soldiers, two civilians killed in Egypt Sinai attacks: army
crane collapse at Mecca's Grand Mosque
107 killed in crane collapse at Mecca's Grand Mosque
Egyptian health ministry
9 Egyptians injured in Holy mosque's crane collapse
Army tank in North Sinai
Egypt says it has killed 98 militants in Sinai operation
A voter casts his vote on the first day of the second phase of People's Assembly elections, al-Saff, Giza, December 14,2011. The Second phase of parliamentary elections includes: Giza, Sharqeya, Monofeya, Ismilia, Suez, Sohag, Beheyra, Beni Suef, Aswan.
UPDATE: 5,037 applied for parliament elections so far: HEC
Muslim worshippers at Mecca's Grand Mosque.  
UPDATE 2: At least 87 people killed after crane collapses in Mecca's Grand Mosque
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Palestinians allowed to raise flag at UN headquarters
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‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’ passes 200,000 sales in one week
© DPA/AFP/File | People hold up a banner which reads "Refugees welcome - Against rasicm" during a rally at the registry center for refugees in Eisenhuettenstadt, Germany on September 9, 2015      
Germans firmly back refugee open-door policy: polls
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Iraq's top Shiite cleric urges faster reforms

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Egyptian health ministry
9 Egyptians injured in Holy mosque's crane collapse
Nine Egyptians were injured when a crane collapsed at Mecca's Holy Mosque, Egypt's Health Ministry reported Friday...
A voter casts his vote on the first day of the second phase of People's Assembly elections, al-Saff, Giza, December 14,2011. The Second phase of parliamentary elections includes: Giza, Sharqeya, Monofeya, Ismilia, Suez, Sohag, Beheyra, Beni Suef, Aswan.
UPDATE: 5,037 applied for parliament elections so far: HEC
Some 5,037 candidates across the country have so far applied for the upcoming parliamentary elections, the High Elections...
Photo: Michel Euler, APVisitors walk past the 5,4 meters (16,4 feet) high pink granite statue of the God Hapy, Ptolemaic period (305-30 BC), at the Institut du Monde Arabe (Arab World Institute), part of the Osiris, Sunken Mysteries of Egypt exhibition in Paris, France, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. As the cultural world decries the destruction of ancient sites in Syria, Paris' Arab World Institute defiantly celebrates the preservation of ancient culture by holding a never-before-seen exhibit of the remains of the ancient Egyptian city of Heracleion.  
Paris Egypt exhibit holds defiant message for Islamic State
 French President Francois Hollande and archaeological officials have used an exhibit in Paris of two preserved ancient...

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Migrants rest outside the main Eastern Railway station in Budapest, Hungary, September 2, 2015. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
How the US plans to welcome 10,000 Syrian refugees
US President Barack Obama has promised that the United States will admit 10,000 Syrian refugees for resettlement over the...
A Eurofighter Typhoon warplane flies during the Dubai Airshow on November 18, 2013 (AFP Photo/Marwan Naamani)
Eurofighter says Kuwait purchasing 28 warplanes
 Kuwait has agreed to buy 28 Typhoon warplanes, becoming the third country in the Gulf region to order the combat...
Russia to U.S.: talk to us on Syria or risk 'unintended incidents'
Russia called on Friday for military-to-military cooperation with the United States to avert "unintended incidents...

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Local residents wade through a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, at Mitsukaido district in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 12, 2015. REUTERS/ISSEI KATO
Japan resumes search for 16 missing as flood evacuees wait to return home
Search teams using boats and helicopters resumed looking on Saturday for at least 16 people still missing after torrential...
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Peter Robinson (C) speaks to the media in front of Parliament buildings in Belfast Northern Ireland September 9, 2015.  
Northern Ireland parties urged to hold talks to calm crisis
Britain and Ireland sought to calm Northern Ireland's political crisis on Friday by urging Protestant unionists and...
Syrian migrants cross under a fence into Hungary at the border with Serbia, near Roszke, August 26, 2015. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh    
Hungary PM slams migrant 'rebellion', UN warns of millions more refugees
Hungary's prime minister angrily accused illegal migrants on Friday of "rebelling" against the rule of law in...

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IMF chief urges Africa to spend responsibly
IMF chief Christine Lagarde urged African governments to spend responsibly as she visited Liberia on Friday, a week after it...
© AFP/File | Africa's largest oil producer Nigeria has announced a cut in petrol prices, a month before the country votes in presidential and parliamentary elections      
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Crude oil prices fell on Friday as a stronger dollar, Saudi Arabia's dismissal of a producer summit and a lower price...

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Low heart rate in teen boys linked to violent crime
Boys with a low resting heart rate in their late teens run a higher risk of turning to a life of violent crime when grown, a...
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Pressuring teens to get fit is counter-productive, according to a new study that suggests they are more likely to exercise...

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  ‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’ passes 200,000 sales in one week    
‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’ passes 200,000 sales in one week
The fourth book in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series is flying off the shelves in the US and will debut at the top of...
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Just three months before the release of the highly anticipated "The Force Awakens", Disney is already prepping for...
SCADfash will occupy 930 square metres of public gallery space plus a fashion conservation lab and a media library, displaying garments by designers including Saint Laurent, Oscar de la Renta and Givenchy.
Atlanta to be home of new fashion museum opening in October
At a time when fashion exhibitions at major museums are enjoying a heyday, a new museum devoted to fashion has just been...

Living

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 Tourists use a selfie stick in front of the Louvre Pyramid in Paris on March 7, 2015
Global tourist numbers up 4 percent in first half, says UN
The number of international tourists rose by 4.0 percent worldwide during the first half of 2015 although security and...
A woman blows giant bubbles in a street in the town of Appenzell, eastern Switzerland on April 28, 2013
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Edging out Norway and Sweden, Switzerland was hailed as the best place in the world for older people to live in a new report...
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Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Queen Victoria's long reign
Queen Elizabeth II reached a major milestone Wednesday, becoming the longest-reigning monarch in Britain's history by...