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Archaeologists find ancient necropolis Tuna al-Gabal (Egypt):

Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry has announced the discovery of an ancient necropolis near the Nile Valley city of Minya, south of Cairo. The Ministry said on Saturday that the large cemetery is located north of Tuna al-Gabal area, a vast archaeological site on the edge of the western desert. It includes several burial shafts and hosts more than 1,000 statues and some 40 sarcophagi as well as other artifacts.

toll in Syria enclave strikes crosses 500

Syria: New air strikes on the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta today took the civilian death toll from seven days of devastating bombardment to more than 500 after the United Nations again delayed a vote on a ceasefire.

Activists who led 2011 egypt uprising fined

Cairo: An Egyptian court has fined one of the leading activists behind the 2011 uprising 10,000 Egyptian pounds ($565) during his re-trial over insulting the judiciary. Saturday's ruling on Ahmed Douma, reported by the state-run Al Ahram newspaper, is a response to his appeal against a 2014 ruling in the case sentencing him to three years in prison plus the fine.

Mogadishu bombings toll rises to 38

Mogadishu: Two car bombings killed 38 people in the

Somali capital Mogadishu, the city's main ambulance service said on Saturday.

Car bombs kill 6 in Yemen's Aden

Sanaa: Two car bomb explosions killed at least six people and wounded 43 others including civilians on Saturday in Yemen's southern city of Aden, security officials and witnesses said, in an attack claimed later by the extremist Islamic State group.

The first targeted an anti-terrorism military camp with detention facilities for suspected militants while the other, which also detonated in Goldmor district, targeted an office for the Southern Transitional Council which is also the residence of Aden's former governor Aidrous al-Zubaidi, witnesses and officials said. Al-Zubaidi was not present when the bomb went off. The Islamic State's statement, carried by its Aamaq news agency, said two suicide bomb attacks had hit the anti-terrorism camp in Aden. Medical officials said those killed include three civilians and three security personnel. They added that the casualties were taken to hospitals for treatment. "The explosions terrified dozens of families living in the area that hurried to the street to look for their children," eyewitness Gamal Mahdi told The Associated Press. He added that the explosions left multiple causalities, including civilians, and were followed by heavy gunfire.