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Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan fail to make progress on disputed dam

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Sudanese migrant Attom Alialdom 56, poses for a photo as he holds a photo of his old restaurant decorated with Sudanese and Israeli flags, outside his house in south Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. After Israel and Sudan agreed this month to normalize ties, some 6,000 Sudanese migrants in Israel are again fearing for their fate. Israel has long grappled with how to deal with its tens of thousands of African migrants. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Sudan deal plunges migrants in Israel into new uncertainty

By TIA GOLDENBERG - Associated Press

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks at the "G20 Investment Summit." (John MacDougall/Pool via AP, File)

Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, other Arab states watch Trump-Biden election closely

By Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader Special to The Washington Times

Ukrainian tourist, Egyptian guide lose limbs in shark attack

By BY SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center right, walks with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, center-left, after meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Addis Ababa. The State Department said Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 that on the guidance of President Donald Trump the U.S. is suspending some aid to Ethiopia over the &quot;lack of progress&quot; in talks with Egypt and Sudan over a massive, disputed dam project which Egypt has called an existential threat and worries will reduce the country's share of Nile waters. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)

Three-way talks over Ethiopia’s Nile River dam set to resume

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center right, walks with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, center-left, after meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Addis Ababa. The State Department said Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 that on the guidance of President Donald Trump the U.S. is suspending some aid to Ethiopia over the &quot;lack of progress&quot; in talks with Egypt and Sudan over a massive, disputed dam project which Egypt has called an existential threat and worries will reduce the country's share of Nile waters. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)

Ethiopia blasts Trump remark that Egypt will ‘blow up’ dam

By ELIAS MESERET - Associated Press

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, center, Greece's Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, and Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi clad due during their meeting at the presidential palace in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. The leaders of Cyprus, Egypt and Greece meet in the Cypriot capital for talks on forging closer ties and boosting cooperation on issues including energy following the discovery of gas deposits in the east Mediterranean. (Iakovos Hatzistavrou Pool via AP)

Cyprus, Greece, Egypt to Turkey: drop the rancor, join us

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

File - In this Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 file photo, Israel's offshore Leviathan gas field is seen from on board the Israeli Navy Ship Lahav during a rare tour in the Mediterranean Sea, Israel. Five years after Israel signed a landmark agreement to develop large offshore gas fields over the objections of antitrust authorities, environmentalists and consumer advocates, ordinary Israelis have yet to see the windfall promised by the government. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Five years on, Israelis see few benefits from major gas deal

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Egypt begins trial of ex-student in case fueling #MeToo wave

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Egypt’s president signs strategic maritime deal with Greece

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In this Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013 photo, Father Reweis Khalil brings the bread (Body of Christ) to worshippers during Sunday service at St. George Coptic Orthodox Church in Hampton, VA., on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013. Khalil was removed from the priesthood in July. Sally Zakhari has alleged, including in a police report and to Coptic Church officials, that Khalil has sexually abused her. Khalil has denied the allegations through his attorney. (The' N. Pham/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

For Coptic Church, changes, questions after priest ouster

By MARIAM FAM - Associated Press

Basma Mostafa, a journalist for al-Manassa news website poses for a photo at a friend's apartment, in Cairo, Egypt, July 11, 2020. Egyptian authorities detained Mostafa after she traveled to the southern city of Luxor on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, to cover the alleged killing of a man during a police raid last week, her employer and family said Sunday. Rights lawyer Karim Abdel-Rady, who is also her husband, said his wife, the 30-year-old mother of two, appeared Sunday at the headquarters of Egypt's state security prosecution in the capital, Cairo. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt outlet says reporter detained while covering unrest

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Khaled El-Enaby, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, right, and Mostafa Waziri, the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, left, react after opening the sarcophagus is around 2500 years old at the Saqqara archaeological site, 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. Egypt says archaeologists have unearthed about 60 ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of Cairo. The Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities Minister says at least 59 sealed sarcophagi with mummies inside were found that had been buried in three wells more than 2,600 years ago. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Khaled)

Egypt reveals 59 ancient coffins found near Saqqara pyramids

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 18, 1956 file photo, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser waves as he moves through Port Said, Egypt, during a ceremony in which Egypt formally took over control of the Suez Canal from Britain. The ensuing conflict arguably marked the biggest crisis of British diplomacy in postwar period until the current crisis relating to the country's struggles to leave the European Union. (AP Photo/File)

Anti-Zionist Gamal Abdel Nasser lives on in Egypt

By Daniel Pipes

In this June 14, 2014, file photo, Egyptian women shout slogans and hold banners during a protest against sexual harassment in Cairo, Egypt. An announcement last month that Egyptian authorities would investigate an alleged 2014 gan rape of a 17-year old girl at a Cairo hotel was welcomed as a rare moment of triumph by rights activists who now fear the government is trying to discourage victims and witnesses from speaking out. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Probe of gang rape case that shocked Egypt ensnares many

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Experts: Libya rivals UAE, Russia, Turkey violate UN embargo

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Egypt prosecutors probe young man’s death while in detention

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 29, 2020, file photo, a street is empty during curfew hours due to the coronavirus outbreak, in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian security forces have arrested two journalists, including one sick with COVID-19, the latest step in a sweeping crackdown on news media during the pandemic, an international press watchdog reported Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Group: Egypt arrests 2 journalists, one sick with COVID-19

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 file photo, Egyptian farmer Makhluf Abu Kassem, 55, center, sits with farmers under the shade of a dried up palm tree surrounded by barren wasteland that was once fertile and green, in Second Village, Qouta town, Fayoum, Egypt. The State Department said Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 that on the guidance of President Donald Trump the U.S. is suspending some aid to Ethiopia over the &quot;lack of progress&quot; in talks with Egypt and Sudan over a massive, disputed dam project which Egypt has called an existential threat and worries will reduce the country's share of Nile waters. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

US suspends some aid to Ethiopia over dam dispute with Egypt

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

Egypt to try ex-student for sexual assault in #MeToo case

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press