Egyptian Children

While celebrating his eldest son's lavish wedding, at which a number of famous singers and belly dancers performed, Nasser Hassan decided to "double the joy," he later recalled.

Egyptian mother Aaz Menhom cups her hands under a running tap in her yard to let her young children Atef and Nada drink.

Thirteen people, including two children, died when their ferry collided with a cargo boat in the Nile river north of Cairo on Wednesday, security and hospital sources said.

Almost 24,000 Egyptian children have received school meals and rations for their families under a scheme to prevent youngsters in the poorest areas from dropping out of school and working, UN and EU officials said.

Hundreds of Palestinian families, their children crying, fled on Wednesday, as Israel intensified airstrikes on Hamas targets, including homes of the movement's leaders, following failed Egyptian cease-fire efforts. Before the renewed bombardment, Israel had told tens of thousands of residents of border areas to evacuate their neighbourhoods.

The Italian coast guard has rescued 159 Syrian, Afghan and Egyptian migrants from a boat in the sea off Calabria, including a newborn baby and seven children, Italian media said on Saturday.

While celebrating his eldest son's lavish wedding, at which a number of famous singers and belly dancers performed, Nasser Hassan decided to "double the joy," he later recalled.

Egyptian mother Aaz Menhom cups her hands under a running tap in her yard to let her young children Atef and Nada drink.

Thirteen people, including two children, died when their ferry collided with a cargo boat in the Nile river north of Cairo on Wednesday, security and hospital sources said.

Almost 24,000 Egyptian children have received school meals and rations for their families under a scheme to prevent youngsters in the poorest areas from dropping out of school and working, UN and EU officials said.

Hundreds of Palestinian families, their children crying, fled on Wednesday, as Israel intensified airstrikes on Hamas targets, including homes of the movement's leaders, following failed Egyptian cease-fire efforts. Before the renewed bombardment, Israel had told tens of thousands of residents of border areas to evacuate their neighbourhoods.

The Italian coast guard has rescued 159 Syrian, Afghan and Egyptian migrants from a boat in the sea off Calabria, including a newborn baby and seven children, Italian media said on Saturday.