CAIRO -- At least three people were killed and three others wounded in a car crash on Cairo-Alexandria high road on Friday, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported.
A six-member family from the Delta province of Qalyubia was heading to the north coast city of Alexandria for summer vacation when another car collided with them from behind, the report said. (Egypt-Road Accident-Fatality)
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RIYADH/TEHRAN -- Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian reviewed bilateral ties in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Friday.
The meeting was held on the sideline of the first official visit of the Iranian top diplomat to the kingdom since the two countries agreed to restore diplomatic relations in a China-brokered deal in March. (Saudi-Iranian FM Visit-Bilateral Ties)
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TEHRAN -- The Iranian Intelligence Ministry said on Friday that the key elements supporting Sunday's "terrorist" attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine in the southern province of Fars have been arrested.
In a statement published on its website, the ministry added the detainees were based in Iran and in direct contact with the Islamic State (IS) ringleaders in Syria and Afghanistan. (Iran-Shrine Attack-Arrest)
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ADEN, Yemen -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) issued an alarming warning on Friday that it is facing a major funding crisis threatening its vital food assistance programs in war-ravaged Yemen.
Due to a massive shortfall in funding over the next six months, WFP will have to make drastic cuts to all its major initiatives in Yemen from the end of September onward, including food distribution, nutrition, school feeding, and resilience activities, the WFP said in a statement on its website.(WFP-Funding Shortfall-Yemeni Aid Programs)
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