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Egyptian preacher arrested for promoting ‘proxy Umrah’ app
An Egyptian preacher, Amir Mounir, has been arrested after he promoted an application that charges users for Umrah by proxy. Amir Mounir was arrested after a lawyer Hani Sameh lodged a complaint with the…
- Middle East
Egyptian FM calls for financial contributions to UNRWA
Cairo: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has stressed the urgent necessity to provide the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) with financial contributions in order to continue its…
- India
Bright Star-23 exercise: IAF aircraft refuells Egyptian jet midair
Cairo: Indian Air Force (IAF) IL-78 air-to-air refuelling aircraft refuelled aircraft from the Egyptian Air Force during Exercise BRIGHT STAR-23, informed Indian Air Force on Sunday. Taking to X, (formerly Twitter), IAF…
- Middle East
Egypt Prez pardons prominent activist Douma, other prisoners
Cairo: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has pardoned a number of prisoners, including prominent Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, Al Jazeera reported quoting state television and lawyers. Douma, 37, a key figure in…