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Jordan prime minister to visit Turkey Tuesday

Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Razzaz is set to start an official visit to Turkey on Tuesday.  Razzaz will hold talks with Turkish officials on means of bolstering economic relations between Jordan and Turkey, Jumana Ghunaimat, a spokesperson for the Jordanian government, told...

Egypt security forces kill 14 militants in Sinai

Egyptian security forces have killed 14 Islamist militants in an exchange of fire in the country's turbulent northern Sinai region, the interior ministry said Sunday. The militants were under surveillance ahead of security forces raiding their hideout in the town of Al-Arish, the...

After delays, Egypt's new mega-museum set to open in 2020

On the Giza Plateau outside Cairo, thousands of Egyptians are laboring in the shadow of the pyramids to erect a monument worthy of the pharaohs. The Grand Egyptian Museum has been under construction for well over a decade and is intended to showcase Egypt's ancient treasures while...

Palestinian shot by Israeli forces dies: Gaza ministry

An 18-year-old Palestinian shot by Israeli forces died of his wounds Saturday, the fourth fatality from protests along the Gaza border a day earlier, health officials in the Hamas-run enclave said. Ayman Shehr was shot in the stomach in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza, health ministry...