Doctors who X-rayed a man complaining of abdominal pains were amazed to discover that he had swallowed an entire mobile phone. Even more surprising, when they quizzed the unnamed man he admitted that he had actually swallowed it half a year previously, and had been too embarrassed to come forward,…
This is the moment a Muslim security guard and father of three children slumps forward on his prayer mat and dies of a sudden heart attack. Ahmed El-Sayed, 39, died whilst on shift as a security guard at an unspecified shopping centre in the neighbourhood of Smouha in the Egyptian…
This Egyptian groom - pictured smiling while covered in the blood of the calf he just sacrificed - has died of a heart attack hours before the wedding. Masoud Abu Khadra, 26, died eight hours before he was due to get married in the village of Abu Homs in El…
A baby suffering from spinal muscular atrophy has died after receiving a gene therapy treatment costing GBP 1.6 million, making it one of the most expensive treatments in the world. Ahmed Al-Azab, two-year-old Layal Ahmed's father, announced his daughter's death following her treatment that cost EGP 35 million (GBP 1.63…
An Iranian rapper has been arrested for openly criticising the regime in his songs. Toomaj Salehi was arrested by the security forces at his home in the Iranian city of Isfahan last week and taken to an unknown location, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). A spokesperson…
