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1 million children refugees from South Sudan's civil war

More than 1 million children have fled South Sudan's civil war, two United Nations agencies said Monday, part of the world's fastest growing refugee crisis. Another 1 million South Sudanese children are displaced within the country, having fled their homes due to the civil war, said the...

Experts meet in Egypt over moving King Tut property

Archaeologists and conservation experts are meeting in Cairo to discuss the safe transportation of King Tutankhamun's throne, chests and bed from the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo to a new one being built on the other side of the city. Sunday's gathering brought together experts from...

Algerians vote for new parliament in ballot marked by apathy

Algerians vote Thursday for a new parliament likely to hand a majority to the ruling FLN party and its allies, though turnout is traditionally low for elections to a National Assembly many voters dismiss as weak. The ballot comes at a sensitive time for Algeria as the OPEC member tackles the...

Egypt tribesmen kill 8 suspected ISIS militants in Sinai

A powerful local tribe in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula says it killed eight suspected ISIS fighters in battle and captured three more. The Tarabeen tribe has clashed repeatedly with a local ISIS affiliate in recent weeks, opening a new front against the insurgency raging in the northern Sinai,...