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A fire has destroyed the main hall of Egypt’s National Theatre in the centre of the capital, Cairo. More than 20 engines responded to the blaze, which officials said was caused by an electrical fault.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia is seeking to forge closer ties with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and has invited the cartel’s members to a meeting in Moscow next month, Iran’s OPEC Governor said.

A Libyan official has cast doubt on claims a group of European tourists and their Egyptian guides seized in Egypt last week have been taken to Libya.

A group of 11 European tourists and eight Egyptian guides kidnapped in Egypt’s desert have been moved to Libya, a Sudanese official has said.

CAIRO, Sept. 23 – A senior official of the Palestinian Fatah movement said here on Tuesday that he is optimistic about the success of an Egypt-brokered inter-Palestinian national dialogue to end the current crisis among the Palestinians.

The Sudanese authorities say they have pinpointed the location at which 11 foreign tourists and their eight Egyptian guides are being held.

Rescue workers have ended a search for survivors in a Cairo slum where 10 days earlier a landslide buried dozens of homes, killing at least 90 people.

Cairo – Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soleiman will meet in Cairo with a delegation from the Palestine Democratic Union on Wednesday to discuss ways to end the inter-Palestinian conflict.

RAMALLAH, A high-ranking Palestinian source revealed on Tuesday that Israel would not free more Palestinian prisoners from its jails as a goodwill gesture to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas.

A court in the Egyptian town of Minya has jailed 14 people for their involvement in a plot to leak details of important high school exam papers.