Middle East/North Africa
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Coptic church fire kills 41 in Egypt's Cairo
The blaze started for unknown reasons at the Abu Sifine church
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Egypt appoints 13 new ministers in cabinet reshuffle
The reshuffle does not include the key defense, interior, finance or foreign ministries
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Egypt detains student over new campus femicide
In June another female student Nayera Ashraf was stabbed to death in front of her university in Mansoura
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Moroccan king calls for reestablishing diplomatic ties with Algeria
'We consider Algeria’s security and stability as part of Morocco’s security and stability,' Mohammad VI says
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Detentions loom over Egypt’s political dialogue
The main opposition group Muslim Brotherhood remains excluded from any dialogue
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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood rejects 'struggle for power'
The Brotherhood's leader Ibrahim Munir reiterates the group's long-standing rejection of violence
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Two Israeli tourists killed, five injured in road accident in Egypt
The injured were taken to a local clinic, but were later transported to Israeli medical centers
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Egypt cancels 240,000 tons of stranded Ukrainian wheat
Egypt suffered successive economic shocks from the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine
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Tunisia adopts new constitution by large majority
'Tunisia has entered a new phase,' President Kais Saied says after 94.6% voted in favor of the constitution
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Tunisians vote on constitution set to bolster one-man rule
'Together we are founding a new republic based on genuine freedom, justice and national dignity'
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Egypt court calls for execution of female student's killer to be broadcast live
High profile femicides have triggered widespread anger in Egypt in recent months
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Russia’s FM visits Egypt as Moscow seeks Arab world’s support
After Cairo, Lavrov will also visit Ethiopia, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Russia seeking non-Western ties in Egypt, other African states
Egypt 'identifies that the world is becoming more, and not less, multipolar'
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Egypt starts construction of its first nuclear plant
A $25-billion project is billed as the largest venture between Egypt and Russia in decades
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Israel’s army chief pays tribute to Morocco’s Jewish community
'Morocco is an ally of Israel. [The Jewish community] is an example of a deep relationship between our people'
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Egypt authorities allow street photography
Egypt is striving to revive its tourism sector, repeatedly hit by social unrest and Covid
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Morocco court jails 33 Melilla migrants for 11 months
At least 23 migrants died after around 2,000 people, many from Sudan, stormed the frontier on June 24
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Egypt: 25 dead, over 30 injured in bus crash - media
The bus carrying around 45 passengers crashed into the stationary truck
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Israel's army chief on first visit to Morocco to discuss defense cooperation
'Not everything is about security'
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Egypt to suspend role in UN peace operations in Mali
MINUSMA is one of the biggest, most dangerous UN peacekeeping missions, with 275 fatalities
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Tunisia’s leader defends constitution amid criticism
'Everyone knows that Tunisia has suffered for decades… The poor got poorer, the corrupt got richer'
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Egypt sentences researcher to 3 years in prison over 'false news': NGOs
Rights group calls on President Sisi to 'to rescind' the sentence
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‘Probable’ mass graves found in Libya
Victims were sometimes kept in tiny oven-like structures which were set alight during interrogations
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Tunisian constitution dismissed: It enables a ‘dictatorial regime’
The constitution presented by President Kais Saied is 'dangerous'