Egypt’s new asylum law sparks concerns over refugee rights
Egypt passed its first asylum law this week, raising fears among rights groups of a "security-focused approach" that
Local media reported that a locomotive collided with the rear of a sleeper train en route from Aswan to Cairo, causing two train carriages to fall into the Ibrahimiya Canal in Upper Egypt, killing one person and injuring at least 21 people. It is the second train crash in Egypt in recent weeks. In September, two passenger trains collided in a Nile Delta city, killing at least three people.
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