Section: Africa&ME
Egypt police probe motives of beach resort attacker
Police yesterday questioned the suspected militant who stabbed to death two German women and wounded four others at a Red Sea beach resort, adding to the woes of Egypt’s hobbled tourism industry.Elsewhere the interior ministry said police killed six militants in two shootouts near Cairo and the eastern Ismailiya province.Egypt has struggled...
Qatar hoopsters to take part in Atlas Challenge
The Qatar national basketball team has left Doha for Suzhou, China, to take part in the third Atlas Basketball Challenge to be held from July 18 to 23. The final 14-member roster for the team was named last Thursday night after four weeks of intense training. Qatar Basketball General Secretary Ali al-Malki said. “Our team is much younger than...
Higher National Security Prosecution investigates Hurghada attack, Germany confirms 2 nationals killed
The German foreign ministry has confirmed on Saturday morning the killing of two nationals in a stabbing incident that took place in a beach resort in Hurghada Friday. A statement published on Saturday morning by the German embassy in Cairo said, “it has been confirmed that two German female tourists were killed in an attack in Hurghada....
Angela Merkel: Germany confirms 2 nationals killed in Egypt attack
Berlin on Saturday said two women who were killed after being stabbed in an Egyptian beach resort were German nationals, confirming earlier reports. Berlin on Saturday said two women who were killed after being stabbed in an Egyptian beach resort were German nationals, confirming earlier reports.”We can now sadly confirm that two German...
Western Countries Blocking UNESCO Contacts With Crimea Heritage Sites
PARIS (Sputnik) – “I was recently asked if UNESCO has allegedly taken a decision not to maintain the contacts [with Crimea.] This is not true. The UNESCO Secretariat has not taken any particular decisions on the issue,” Kuznetsov said after the 41st session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee held in the Polish city of Krakow. Kuznetsov noted...
Two German Tourists Killed in Egypt Resort Stabbing
Two German women were killed Friday in a knife attack on foreign tourists in the Egyptian Red Sea town of Hurghada, a state agency confirmed. The attack at a resort in Hurghada also injured four other foreigners, the State Information Service added without revealing their nationalities. Private newspaper al-Shorouk, citing a health official, said...
World: Two tourists killed in Egypt resort knife attack were German
Two tourists killed in a knife attack on an Egyptian Red Sea resort on Friday were Germans, not Ukrainians as originally identified, Major Gen. …read more Source: Standard...
CPJ Calls on Ukraine Authorities to Stop Harassing Radio Vesti Reporters
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — “We call on Ukrainian authorities to cease harassing Radio Vesti journalists and to cease violating the integrity of their communications with sources,” CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon said in the release. Earlier on Friday, Radio Vesti said the Ukrainian special services were conducting searches in its offices in Kiev...
Russia enters new ratings era as top three firms quit
Russia began relying only on its own rating agencies to manage its domestic bond market yesterday after the world’s top three credit rating agencies quit that market, leaving investors pondering the credibility of the local agencies.Standard & Poor’s, Fitch and Moody’s have all withdrawn from Russian domestic ratings,...
Beach resort attack kills two foreigners
Two foreign women were killed yesterday and four others were wounded when an assailant stabbed them at an Egyptian Red Sea beach resort, officials said.The governor of Red Sea province, where the resort of Hurghada is located, said two “foreign residents” of the city were killed in the attack, a cabinet statement said.Although the...
