The Journal of Turkish Weekly Egypt to open Gaza crossing for four days: Official The Egyptian authorities will open the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip for four days starting Monday, according to a Palestinian official. Palestinian border official Khaled al-Shaer told Anadolu Agency on Saturday that the Egyptian authorities had informed their Palestinian counterparts that the Rafah crossing would be opened to passengers – in both directions – for a four-day period from Monday to Thursday. "The border will be opened for students, medical patients and those carrying foreign residence permits and foreign passports," al-Shaer said. Read more: http://www.turkishweekly.net/2015/08/15/news/egypt-to-open-gaza-crossing-for-four-days-official/ Xinhua Defense team of Egypt's Morsi appeals death sentence The defense team of Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi appealed Saturday against a death sentence and a prison term handed down to the Islamist former leader, official MENA news agency reported. Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Morsi to death in mid-June over charges of participating in a 2011 jailbreak during mass protests that toppled long-time President Hosni Mubarak. The court also handed over 100 other Brotherhood members and supporters, mostly in absentia, sentences varying from two-year jail terms to execution. Read more: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-08/15/c_134521339.htm Global News Death toll in punishing Egyptian heatwave rises to 93 Egypt's state news agency says a scorching heatwave over the past week has killed at least 93 people as temperatures are still expected to be high in then coming days. The Mideast has been hit by a heat wave since late July. Egyptian summers are usually hot, but temperatures this week soared to 46 degrees Celsius in the country's south. Read more: http://globalnews.ca/news/2167804/death-toll-in-punishing-egyptian-heatwave-rises-to-93/
