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CAIRO | Expectations low as Yemen's warring parties meet for talks

CAIRO | Expectations low as Yemen’s warring parties meet for talks

CAIRO — Yemen’s warring parties will meet in Sweden this week for another attempt at talks aimed at halting their catastrophic 3-year-old war, but there are few incentives for major compromises, and the best outcome might be to firm up a shaky de-escalation.

U.N. officials say they don’t expect rapid progress toward a political settlement, but hope for at least minor steps that would help to…

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CAIRO | Uber announces new minibus service in traffic-mad Egypt

CAIRO — Uber launched a new minibus service on Tuesday in traffic-mad Cairo, Egypt’s capital and one of the U.S. ride-sharing giant’s fastest-growing markets.

A part of an aggressive push into emerging countries, the company hopes to draw millions of Egyptians into ride-sharing from chronically congested, pollution-filled urban landscapes and replace personal automobiles. It is already investing…

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CAIRO | British diplomat says Yemen talks on next week in Stockholm

CAIRO — Britain’s ambassador to Yemen said Thursday he has spoken with representatives from the country’s warring sides and that he expects them to attend peace talks that are to begin next week in Stockholm.

However, overnight fighting cast a cloud on efforts to establish a cease-fire in the war-torn Arab country. Peace talks to end Yemen’s three-year war pitting a Saudi-led coalition and rival…

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CAIRO | Egyptian police question, release son of jailed ex-president

CAIRO — Egyptian authorities detained the youngest son of jailed former President Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday for questioning on charges of publishing “fake news,” then released him on bail.

State security men and a special forces officer took Abdullah Morsi at dawn along with his ID and mobile phone from the family house outside Cairo, his brother Ahmed said. The brother later confirmed that…

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