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Taliban confirms death of second in command

Taliban's second in command was killed in a US drone strike in…

Daily News Egypt

Police arrest owner of internet café where Sinai kidnappers uploaded video

Another suspect arrested and both referred to prosecution

Ahmed Aboulenein

HRW: Egypt new draft NGOs law an assault on independent groups

Egyptian and international human rights organisations have unanimously criticised the draft law

Daily News Egypt

Egypt insists Ethiopia honour pledge not to harm water interests

Foreign Ministry summons Ethiopian ambassador as President Morsi meets foreign and water…

Ahmed Aboulenein

In Pictures: Demonstration at High Court to free detainees

Almost every day in Cairo, a protest is held calling for the…

Daily News Egypt

AUC New Cairo campus closed on power shortages

Tahrir campus classes to continue

Luiz Sanchez

Australian jailed on terror charges in Saudi Arabia

Shayden Thorne was convicted in a Jeddah court on Wednesday of five…

Daily News Egypt

Assad implies Syria received Russia missiles: TV

Israel has warned it "will know what to do" if Russia delivers…

Daily News Egypt

Gulf states may place Hezbollah on terror list: report

Bahrain will ask foreign ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council to…

Daily News Egypt

Israel to build 1,000 new homes in E. Jerusalem

The news came less than a week after Kerry's latest round of…

Daily News Egypt