A fire erupted in a telecommunications building in the downtown Ramses district of Cairo on Monday, causing widespread communications disruptions across the Egyptian capital, local media said.
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Earthquake strikes Taiwan
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck in the sea off the northeast coast of Taiwan on Wednesday, the island’s weather administration said, with no reports of damage. The quake briefly shook buildings in the capital, Taipei. The quake, some 20 km (12.4 miles) offshore from Yilan county, had a
Tom Barrack cancels south Lebanon visit amid calls for protests
US Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack canceled a scheduled visit to southern Lebanon on Wednesday amid calls for protests, the National News Agency reported. Barrack reportedly arrived by helicopter at the Francois al-Hajj barracks in Marjayoun, where Lebanese army units had been deployed in the area and at Khiam’s
Flash floods leave 32 dead in Indian-controlled Kashmir as over 150,000 are displaced in Pakistan
Intense rains have lashed parts of Pakistan and India and triggered flash floods in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s Jammu region, leaving at least 32 people dead and many missing following a landslide on a Hindu pilgrimage route, news agency Press Trust of India reported Wednesday. The time frame of the flooding
Top US, Israeli diplomats to meet: State Department
The US State Department said Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar in Washington on Wednesday. It released the information in a regular next-day public schedule that said their meeting at the State Department would be held at 1515 ET (1915 GMT). US special envoy