Egyptian courts sentence 31 to death for killings, prison escape
Egyptian courts on Thursday sentenced 31 people to death in two separate cases, one involving the killing of a policeman and a security guard in 2015 and the other related to a 2016 prison escape, state news agency MENA and witnesses said.
Trump blasts UK PM May’s Brexit plan, says it puts trade deal in doubt
U.S. President Donald Trump said a free trade deal with Britain might be impossible if London went ahead with Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposals for post-Brexit ties with the European Union, in damaging remarks that could widen domestic criticism o…
Twelve hospitalized from blast outside Cairo airport – Egyptian state news agency
Egyptian state news agency MENA said 12 people were taken to hospital from injuries suffered after an explosion at a chemical factory outside Cairo’s airport.
Flow of asylum seekers to Canada begins to slow amid traveler crackdown
The influx of asylum seekers that threw Canada’s refugee system into disarray slowed in June after also falling in May, the first two-month decline since the wave ramped up last year, according to preliminary figures from government officials and border agents.
Trump ready to help some NATO states buy U.S. arms
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was ready to help smaller NATO countries to buy U.S. weapons as he pushed them to spend more on their own defense.
U.N. Security Council to vote Friday on proposed arms embargo on South Sudan
The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Friday on a U.S.-drafted resolution that would impose an arms embargo on South Sudan, five years after civil war broke out in the country, diplomats said on Thursday.
Trump warns British PM May’s Brexit plans will hit trade with U.S.: Sun
U.S. President Donald Trump warned that British Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposals for leaving the European Union will have a negative effect on trade with the United States, according to an interview published on Thursday.
Exclusive: Mexico opposes U.S. plan to make it take asylum seekers – document, source
Mexico is opposed to a U.S. request to make people seeking asylum in the United States apply in Mexico instead, according to a source and a briefing note, in a setback to U.S. efforts to deepen cooperation on immigration before a leftist president take…
Explosion sets off fire outside Egypt’s Cairo airport, air movement unaffected
An explosion ripped through fuel tanks near Egypt’s Cairo airport on Thursday evening, igniting a fire in the area, but the country’s civil aviation minister said air movement was unaffected.
Egypt army spokesman says earlier explosion at chemical factory due to high temperatures
An Egyptian military spokesman said on Thursday that an earlier explosion near fuel tanks outside Cairo airport took place at a chemicals factory and had been caused by high temperatures.
