Sudan’s Bashir declares state of emergency, dissolves government
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, facing the country’s biggest popular protests since he came to power 30 years ago,…
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Egypt’s parliament approves extending state of emergency for 3 months
Egypt’s parliament, the House of Representatives, approved on Sunday a three-month extension of a nationwide state…
Gulf may stay sluggish on geopolitics; management change at Aramex
Gulf stock markets may stay sluggish on Monday because of geopolitical turbulence after Saudi Arabia and other…
Canada’s British Columbia battles wildfires
A state of emergency has been declared by the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) as it battles over 180…
Death toll in Yemen rises to 1,500 from cholera: WHO
The death toll from a major cholera outbreak in Yemen has risen to 1,500, Nevio Zagaria, the World Health…
Egypt’s Amr Adib denounces new regulations for Ramadan Mercy Tables
TV anchor Amr Adib denounced on Monday evening a decision requiring citizens to obtain a permit from authorities in…
France extends emergency powers after Manchester attack
Emergency powers introduced in 2015 to counter the threat of terrorist attacks will be extended until November 1,…
PM Ismail extends state of emergency in Egypt’s North Sinai
Egypt's Prime Minister Sherif Ismail ordered on Wednesday the extension of the state of emergency in designated…
No poisoning cases reported in any hospital nationwide: Egyptian Health Ministry
The Health Ministry's Crisis and Emergency taskforce has not received any communication about cases of poisoning in…
Sisi: Egypt to do the utmost to catch culprits behind Palm Sunday attacks
Egypt will exert maximum effort to catch those involved in the Palm Sunday church bombings, President Abdel Fattah…
Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church to not receive condolences on Easter Sunday
The Coptic Orthodox Church has cancelled the reception of condolences from public figures at Easter services on…
Egypt’s Parliament amends Emergency Law
The Parliament's Legislative Affairs Committee on Tuesday approved the proposal of MP Tharwat Bakhit to amend some…
Tight security measures taken at Cairo metro, railway stations
High security measures were witnessed on Monday at metro stations around the capital Cairo, as well as at the…
Sisi declares 3-month state of emergency following Egypt’s church attacks
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared a three-month state of emergency on Sunday evening in the wake of two…
China’s hotel fire kills 2
People were left trapped as emergency services battled a fire in Nanchang, China. At least two people were killed,…
PM Ismail bans motorcycles in North, Central Sinai for a year
Egypt’s Prime Minister Sherif Ismail issued a decree Saturday to ban motorcycles from restive areas in Central and…
3 Egyptian soldiers killed, 4 injured during explosion in central Sinai
Three army soldiers were killed and four others injured in an explosion in the El-Halal mountain area in central…
US judge temporarily halts Trump deportation decree
A US judge has issued a stay temporarily halting the deportation of visa holders or refugees under an executive…
Donald Trump backs Julian Assange over Russia hacking claim
President-elect Donald Trump has backed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in casting doubt on intelligence alleging…
Chile earthquake tsunami warning lifted
A tsunami alert issued after a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake off the coast of southern Chile has now been…
Mexico fireworks blast: Dozens killed in Tultepec explosion
An explosion at a fireworks market outside Mexico City has killed at least 31 people, officials say. More than 70…
Russian plane crashes in Siberia with 16 injured
An IL-18 aeroplane belonging to the Russian defence ministry has crashed in Yakutia in Siberia with 39 people on…
WHO: Zika virus ‘no longer an emergency’
The mosquito-borne Zika virus will no longer be treated as an international medical emergency, the World Health…
Parliament extends state of emergency in Sinai for 3 more months
Egypt's parliament has approved on Monday a presidential decree to extend the state of emergency in designated…
Italy earthquakes: Strong tremors shake central region
Two strong earthquakes have hit central Italy, damaging buildings and injuring dozens of people. A 5.5-magnitude…
German court rejects appeal to stop EU-Canada deal
Germany's Constitutional Court rejected Thursday emergency appeals that aimed at stopping the European Union's…
22 Chinese tourists injured in Luxor hot air balloon
Twenty-two Chinese tourists were injured in Luxor on Tuesday after a hot air balloon made an emergency landing in…
U.S. declares a Zika public health emergency in Puerto Rico
The Obama administration on Friday declared a public health emergency in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, saying…
Turkey’s Erdogan shuts schools, charities in first state of emergency decree
President Tayyip Erdogan tightened his grip on Turkey on Saturday, ordering the closure of thousands of private…
Turkish Deputy PM says Turkey will be stronger after state of emergency
Turkey's deputy prime minister said on Thursday a three-month state of emergency would have no impact on the…
Turkey’s Erdogan declares state of emergency after coup bid
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared a state of emergency on Wednesday as he widened a crackdown against…
EgyptAir flight makes emergency landing over false bomb threat in Uzbekistan
An EgyptAir flight to China was forced to make an emergency landing in Uzbekistan on Wednesday after the airline…
Venezuela president declares emergency, cites U.S., domestic ‘threats’
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared a 60-day state of emergency on Friday due to what he called plots from…
Two killed in Yak-52 plane crash in Chelyabinsk region
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry’s main department for the Chelyabinsk region has confirmed the death of…
Adobe announces emergency update to Flash after ransomware attacks
Adobe Systems Inc issued an emergency update on Thursday to its widely used Flash software for Internet browsers…
Proposed OPEC emergency meeting may hurt market: Iran oil minister
Iran's oil minister said on Friday any emergency meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries would…
Iraqi FM in Cairo for emergency meeting on Turkish intervention
Iraq's Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari arrived in Cairo on Wednesday to attend an emergency meeting of the…
Fed to take up ‘too big to fail’ emergency lending curb
The Federal Reserve Board will consider on Monday a proposal to curb its emergency lending powers, a change…
Tunisia declares state of emergency amid guard bus explosion
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi declared Wednesday a 30-day state of emergency giving more powers…
Bomb threat forces Polish flight to Egypt into emergency landing
A flight from the Polish capital Warsaw heading to the Egyptian resort Hurghada made emergency landing at…