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2 Dead as Train Derails in Northern Egypt

The train went off its tracks as it traveled through a station in the city of Qalyub on its way to the city of Menouf
The train went off its tracks as it traveled through a station in the city of Qalyub on its way to the city of Menouf
    Asharq A-Awsat
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2 Dead as Train Derails in Northern Egypt

The train went off its tracks as it traveled through a station in the city of Qalyub on its way to the city of Menouf
The train went off its tracks as it traveled through a station in the city of Qalyub on its way to the city of Menouf

A passenger train derailed Tuesday north of Cairo, killing at least two people and injuring 16 others, Egyptian authorities said.

The train went off its tracks as it traveled through a station in the city of Qalyub on its way to the city of Menouf in the Nile Delta, state prosecutors said in a statement. They said they had opened an investigation into the cause of the crash.

At least 20 ambulances were dispatched and the injured were transferred to hospitals, health authorities said.

Videos of the aftermath posted on Facebook showed crowds of people and emergency services gathering around the rail cars, which had remained upright. In other footage, passengers were seen being pulled from the wreckage through rail-car windows.

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Lebanon's President Stresses Urgency of Israeli Pullout from South

This handout picture provided by the press office of the Lebanese presidency shows Lebanon's new President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / AFP)
This handout picture provided by the press office of the Lebanese presidency shows Lebanon's new President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / AFP)
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Lebanon's President Stresses Urgency of Israeli Pullout from South

This handout picture provided by the press office of the Lebanese presidency shows Lebanon's new President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / AFP)
This handout picture provided by the press office of the Lebanese presidency shows Lebanon's new President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / AFP)

Lebanon's new president Joseph Aoun stressed to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday the urgency of an Israeli military withdrawal as stipulated by a ceasefire deal that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war in November.
According to a statement by the Lebanese presidency on X, Aoun told Guterres during a meeting at Baabda Palace that continued Israeli breaches were a violation of Lebanese sovereignty and the agreed ceasefire deal.
The ceasefire, which took effect on Nov. 27 and was brokered by the United States and France, requires Israeli forces to withdraw from southern Lebanon within 60 days, and for Hezbollah to remove all its fighters and weapons from the south.
Guterres said the UN would exert utmost efforts to secure an Israeli withdrawal within the set deadline under the ceasefire terms, according to the statement.
He had said on Friday the Israeli military's continued occupation of territory in south Lebanon and the conduct of military operations in Lebanese territory were violations of a UN resolution upon which the ceasefire is based.
Despite the deal, Israeli forces have continued strikes on what they say are Hezbollah fighters ignoring the accord under which they must halt attacks and withdraw beyond the Litani River, about 30 km from the border with Israel.