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Abbas adviser slams Israeli plans to control Gaza border with Egypt

Abhinav Thawait

An adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has criticized Israeli plans for longer-term checks on the border between the Gaza ...

Why these homes in the hottest places don’t need AC

Daisy Hips

From the mosque in this dusty desert village, you can see the wide terraces and austere columns of one of ...

Factbox-What is Egypt’s proposal for Gaza?

Abhinav Thawait

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Dan Williams and and Ahmed Mohamed Hassan GAZA (Reuters) – Egypt has held talks between Hamas and ...

Hamas says 70 killed in Israeli air strike on camp

Abhinav Thawait

Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says an Israeli air strike killed at least 70 people in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in ...

Discontent grows as Sisi seeks third term

Abhinav Thawait

Once hailed by many people as a saviour, Egypt’s strongman leader Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is now seen in a very ...

Scientists reveal new insights into mysterious baboon mummies of ancient Egypt

Daisy Hips

To date, tens of millions of animal mummies have been unearthed in Egypt. But while there are millions of mummified ...

how we discovered the origin of these rare and mysterious shards

Daisy Hips

The Great Sand Sea Desert stretches over an area of 72,000km² linking Egypt and Libya. If you find yourself in ...

Israel-Hamas war: Premature babies evacuated from Gaza’s main hospital to Egypt

Abhinav Thawait

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Health officials said 31 premature babies in “extremely critical condition” were transferred safely Sunday ...

British nationals and dependents stopped from leaving Gaza with families

Abhinav Thawait

Two British nationals and dependants of two others have been prevented from leaving Gaza with their families to flee the ...

Palestinian-American mother and her children fleeing Israel-Hamas war finally get through Rafah border crossing

Abhinav Thawait

Cairo – When Laila Bseisso finally saw her name on a new list of 400 Americans approved to leave the Gaza ...