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All passengers and crew freed from hijacked plane in Malta

A Libyan aircraft with 118 people on board landed in Malta after…

Deutsche Welle

Hisham Geneina’s suspended prison sentence condemned

The New Cairo Misdemeanours Court upheld on Thursday a suspended one-year prison…

Daily News Egypt

Putin: Russia didn’t hack US election, used as scapegoat

At his annual end-of-year press conference, Russian President Putin bemoaned US Democratic…

Deutsche Welle

Passenger plane hijacked and diverted to Malta, reports say

An Libyan aircraft with some 118 people on board has landed in…

Deutsche Welle

Countries urge Egypt to clarify postponement of UN draft resolution on Israeli settlements

Egypt postponed the vote on a draft resolution aimed at halting Israeli…

Daily News Egypt

DNE News Brief: 22 December 2016

https://youtu.be/p5wlayzib_Y

Daily News Egypt

Former CAO head loses appeal in court, receives suspended sentence

Hisham Geneina’s one-year suspended term upheld over false news charges

Daily News Egypt

Mubarak-era housing minister’s prison verdict upheld

Cassation Court upholds three-year imprisonment sentence against former housing minister Ibrahim Soliman

Daily News Egypt

Al-Sisi offers condolences to Putin over slain ambassador in Turkey

The Egyptian president also discussed terrorism with several country leaders this week

Daily News Egypt