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Egypt's state-run media says attack kills 1 policeman

Egypt's state-run news agency says gunmen have attacked a three-car police convoy on the main Cairo-to-Fayoum road killing one policeman and injuring three others. MENA quoted an Interior Ministry statement late Thursday as saying the gunmen fired at the last car from plantation land...

Tunisia bans Wonder Woman film over Israeli star

A Tunisian court has banned the US film "Wonder Woman" which stars an Israeli actress, more than a month after it had been scheduled to open at cinemas in the Arab state, a legal source said Wednesday. Lebanon has also banned Wonder Woman, on the grounds of a long-standing boycott of Israel....

Egypt police trap and kill top militants

Egyptian police have killed two leaders of the Hasam militia in a shootout after intercepting them as they relocated to a new hideout on Cairo's outskirts, the government said Tuesday. The interior ministry said the two militants were "prominent leaders" of the Hasam group - an extremist...

Man killed in Egypt raid on Nile island squatters

One person was killed and 50 people were injured in clashes on Sunday as security forces tried to evict squatters from a Nile island, the government and witnesses said. The incident on Warraq island in Cairo came amid a government campaign to remove encroachments from state property and...