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Sudan lifts ban on Egyptian imports amid effort to mend ties

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FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2015, file photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. The disappearance of Khashoggi, during a visit to his country’s consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, 2018, raises a dark question for anyone who dares criticize governments or speak out against those in power: Will the world have their back? (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

Sense of impunity emboldens autocrats to get rid of enemies

By SARAH EL DEEB and LEE KEATH - Associated Press

CAF, Olympic committee sanction Egyptian club chairman

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

Officials free Lebanese woman jailed for insulting Egypt

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Egyptian court sentences 3 men to death for 2013 violence

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Egypt’s president: ‘Strong will’ to find Italian’s killers

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A Palestinian protester wore a plastic bag as protection from teargas during a protest Friday at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s Egypt hopes for Middle East peace deal fade

By Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi, left, meets with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, at Tahrir Palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Italy’s FM visits Egypt, first since killing of researcher

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 27, 2017 file photo, a priest walks in front of St. Samuel the Confessor Monastery in Maghagha, Egypt. Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church says it will not accept new monks in monasteries nationwide for a year after the recent death of a bishop inside a monastery in the desert northwest of Cairo. The church said in a statement Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 that the measure, which goes into effect starting this month, is among others taken after Bishop Epiphanius, head of St. Macarius Monastery, also known as Anba Maqar, was found dead in the monastery earlier this week. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Egypt Coptic Church stops accepting monks after bishop death

By MENNA ZAKI - Associated Press

Egyptian police regulations allow for clean shaves or neatly trimmed facial hair, but 106 heavily bearded police officers say they are defending their right to follow the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad. (Associated Press/File)

Egypt police beard rules divide Islamic, secular factions

By Jacob Wirtschafter and Amr El Tohamy - Special to The Washington Times

In this April 24, 2018 photo, Egyptian artist Mohamed Fawzi Bakkar poses for a photograph with his favorite puppets at his workshop, in Cairo, Egypt. Bakkar designs and builds marionettes from scratch, hoping to revive a traditional art. The 32-year-old spends hours or even days designing puppets inspired by Egyptian life -- farmers, street vendors, butchers and the occasional celebrity. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

In Egypt, a marionette maker strings together memories

By AHMED HATEM - Associated Press

FILE - This April 1, 2016 file photo shows one of Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun's golden sarcophagus displayed at his tomb in a glass case at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. A nearly decade-long project to better protect and preserve Egypt's legendary tomb of King Tut is nearing completion. The Getty Conservation Institute of Los Angeles said Tuesday, March 27, 2018, the project has added a filtration system to keep out dust and humidity and a barrier to keep visitors from getting too close to the tomb's wall paintings. The effort was launched in 2009 by the institution, known worldwide for its conservation work, in collaboration with Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil,File)

King Tut’s tomb has no hidden rooms, Egypt says

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FILE - In this April 1, 2016 file photo, radar scanning experts scan a wall in King Tutankhamun's burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's antiquities ministry said Sunday, May 6, 2018, that new radar scans have provided conclusive evidence that there are no hidden rooms, as was earlier suspected, inside the burial chamber. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt says no hidden rooms in King Tut’s tomb after all

By MOHAMMED WAGDY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump praises Shiekh Al Thani for Qatar terror funding fight

By Jacob Wirtschafter — Special to The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency, MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi votes in Cairo, Egypt. Polls opened on Monday in Egypt's presidential election with the outcome — a second, four-year term for el-Sissi — a foregone conclusion, in what is seen by critics as a signal of the country's return to the authoritarian rule that prevailed since the 1950s. (MENA via AP)

Egyptians vote, with President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi certain winner

By Maggie Michael and Brian Rohan - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 14, 2018 file photo, an election campaign banner for Egyptian presidential candidate President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, with Arabic that reads, &quot;yes...to build the future,&quot; hangs over a bridge, in Cairo, Egypt. With the March 26-28 election, Egypt breaks with most pretense of democratic process, insisting stability is the priority. The vote saw an unprecedented purge from the race of would-be opponents to President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, leaving his only rival a little known politician who is hardly campaigning. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

In Egypt election, el-Sissi imposes stability over democracy

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March 14, 2018 photo, Egyptian director Ahmed El Attar, sits in a room at his office in Cairo, Egypt. State censors have banned a play, that is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival, the day of its Cairo premiere, saying it could not be shown without the removal of five scenes. As a result El Attar cancelled two showings of Before the Revolution, a two-actor piece that depicts oppression and stagnation in Egypt before its 2011 popular uprising. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt’s censors lift ban on play ‘Before The Revolution’

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A burned truck is seen outside Al-Rawda Mosque in Bir al-Abd northern Sinai, Egypt a day after attackers killed hundreds of worshippers. Egypt's military says it has begun a major security operation in areas including the restive northern Sinai Peninsula, where Islamic militants are most active. (AP Photo/Tarek Samy, File)

Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi: Egypt hopes in Sinai Peninsula, troubled by swap talk

By Jacob Wirtschafter and Amr Eltohamy — Special to The Washington Times

Kentucky-Illinois bridge reopens, was closed 6 days

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In this Dec. 11, 2017, file photo, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, speaks during a news conference in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi fuels Egypt election boycott despite expected cakewalk

By Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader - Special to The Washington Times