Egypt

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak – ousted by the military in 2011 – has died in Cairo at the age of 91. Mubarak spent three decades in office before a popular uprising swept Egypt. He was found guilty of complicity in the killing of protesters during the revolution. That conviction was overturned and was freed in March 2017. His death was confirmed by Egyptian state news on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, the Al-Watan website reported that he died at a military hospital. Mubarak underwent surgery in late January and was photographed with his grandson as he recovered. On Saturday, however, Mubarak's son Alaa said that the former president remained in intensive care. Who was Mubarak? Born in 1928, Mubarak entered the air force as a teenager and went on to play a key role in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. He became president less than a decade later, following the assassination of President Anwar Sadat, and played a key role in the Israel-Palestinian peac...

توفى منذ قليل، الرئيس الأسبق محمد حسنى مبارك، بعد معاناته لسنوات من المرض، حيث بدأ أصدقاء علاء مبارك نجل  الرئيس  الأسبق حسنى مبارك فى نشر برقيات العزاء على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعى والجروبات الخاصة بهم، فى الوقت الذى لا تزال فيه عائلة الرئيس الأسبق ملتزمة بالصمت، ولم تصدر أى بيان رسمى بشأن الوفاة. كانت ترددت أنباء اليوم الثلاثاء عن وفاة الرئيس الأسبق محمد حسنى مبارك، خاصة مع تدهور حالته الصحية مجددا، ودخوله العناية المركزة يذكر أن علاء مبارك كشف عن أن والده، الرئيس الأسبق حسني مبارك، يتواجد داخل غرفة العناية المركزة بأحد المستشفيات، نتيجة إصابته بوعكة صحية . وقال علاء في تدوينة له عبر موقع تويتر: "دعائي الآن أن يشفي المولى عز وجل والدى ويقوم لنا بالسلامة ويرجع بيته يارب ". وأضاف ردا على أحد متابعيه بشأن صحة والده، قائلا: "مازال في العناية.. يارب".

Officials in China's Hubei replaced after surge in deaths and criticism of provincial government's handling of outbreak. China on Thursday removed the top political leadership in Hubei, the province at the centre of the escalating  coronavirus  outbreak, shortly after h ealth officials there  reported 242 people died from the virus  on Wednesday - more than twice the number of the previous day and the highest daily toll since the outbreak began. This has raised the death toll to 1,367.  The province and its capital Wuhan where the infection now known as  COVID-19   is thought to have originated in late December also reported more than 14,800 new cases of the infection after adopting new clinical methods to diagnose the virus. The number of infected across China rose to 59,805. At least  25 countries  have confirmed cases and several nations have evacuated their citizens from Hubei.  Three deaths have been recorde...

Four more patients diagnosed in Brighton over the weekend and were all known contacts of UK's third case They were all taken to specialist hospitals in London where they will be treated in isolated for at least 14 days  County Oak Medical Centre in Brighton are closed today for 'urgent operational health and safety reasons' Do you know any of the patients? Email stephen.matthews@mailonline.co.uk or call 0203 615 0203 A Brighton GP practice has been closed because a member of staff – thought to be a doctor – has tested positive for the killer coronavirus which has now infected eight people in the UK. It is feared the staff member came into contact with a British 'super spreader', who is believed to have infected at least 11 others on a French ski holiday.  Patients at Brighton's County Oak medical centre, which said it had shut for 'health and safety reasons', have been urged to ring NHS 111 if they have any concerns.  Five new patients – ...

The Vatican said on Monday the pope will visit the country, which lies between Sicily and North Africa, on May 31 Malta has been at the center of several disputes with Italy and other European nations VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis will make the first trip by a pontiff in 10 years to the tiny Mediterranean island nation of Malta in May, where he is expected to defend the rights of migrants trying to reach Europe. The Vatican said on Monday the pope will visit the country, which lies between Sicily and North Africa, on May 31. Malta has been at the center of several disputes with Italy and other European nations over which one should take migrants rescued in the Mediterranean by ships from non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Like Italy, it has sometimes closed its ports to humanitarian ships that have rescued migrants, saying they should be shared among EU nations. The pope, who has made defense of migrants a major part of his papacy and has often called the Med...

The death of a whistleblowing Chinese doctor who was punished for trying to raise the alarm about coronavirus has sparked an explosion of anger, grief and demands for freedom of speech among ordinary Chinese. Li Wenliang, 34, died in the early hours of Friday local time after he was infected during the fight against the outbreak, said Wuhan central hospital, where he worked, in a statement. Coronavirus live updates: China's economic growth forecast downgraded as infections pass 30,000 – latest news Read more Li warned colleagues on social media in late December about a mysterious virus that would become the coronavirus epidemic and was detained by police in Wuhan on 3 January for “spreading false rumours”. He was forced to sign a police document to admit he had breached the law and had “seriously disrupted social order.” “They owe you an apology, we owe you our gratitude. Take care, Dr Li,” said a Weibo post from Xiakedao, an account under the overseas edition of...

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