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Ethiopia seeks US clarification on reported aid cut over dam

By ELIAS MESERET - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 14, 2014 file photo, Egyptian women shout slogans and hold banners during a protest against sexual assaults, in Cairo, Egypt. Lebanese security forces arrested three Egyptian men wanted in their home country on charges of involvement in an alleged gang rape six years ago. The arrests were reported late on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, following an Interpol notice for the suspects. A Lebanese security official said on Sunday that measures are underway to deport the three men, who are in their early 30s. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Lebanon arrests 3 Egyptian suspects in Cairo gang rape case

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Balloons carrying an incendiary device launched from the Gaza Strip drift to the Israeli side of the border between Gaza and Israel, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. Militants affiliated with Hamas have launched scores of incendiary balloons into southern Israel in recent weeks in a bid to pressure Israel to ease the blockade imposed since Hamas took control of the territory in 2007. The Israeli military said it struck militant targets in the Gaza Strip early on Monday, in response to the balloons. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Local virus cases in Gaza raise fears of a wider outbreak

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Israel-UAE Agreement Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Israel-UAE agreement has major potential for a political realignment in the Middle East

By Abraham Wagner

55-year-old Egyptian farmer Makhluf Abu Kassem, center, sits with farmers under shade of a dried up palm tree surrounded by barren wasteland that was once fertile and green, in Second Village, Qouta town, Fayoum, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Abu Kassem fears that a dam Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, the Nile's main tributary, could add to the severe water shortages already hitting his village if no deal is struck to ensure a continued flow of water. &quot;The dam means our death,&quot; he said. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Water already dwindling, Egypt’s farmers fear impact of dam

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Egypt’s lawmakers approve maritime deal with Greece

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2018 file photo, sunlight reflects off the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, during a rain shower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. For eager Israelis, anticipation is mounting that Dubai’s glitzy Burj Khalifa, will soon join the ranks of the Pyramids in Egypt and relics of the ancient Nabatean Kingdom of Petra in Jordan as an iconic landmark that was once unattainable but is now within reach. Last week’s dramatic announcement making the UAE just the third Arab nation to establish full diplomatic ties with Israel has set off a flurry of excitement. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Israelis eager to tighten ties to UAE after historic accord

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan resume AU-led talks over disputed dam

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 5, 2020 file photo, Pope Francis speaks during the Angelus prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Pope Francis on Saturday, Aug. 15, urged Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to continue their talks to resolve a years-long dispute over a massive dam Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile that has resulted in sharp regional tensions and led some to fear military conflict.(AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, File)

Pope urges Nile states to continue talks over disputed dam

By SAMY MAGDY and FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 26, 2019 file photo, holiday makers walk at al Sokhna beach in Suez, Egypt. The burkini, a swimsuit worn by conservative Muslims to cover the entire body, is scorned in many upper class Egyptian circles where it and the headscarf is seen as lower class. Women who wear the burkini or headscarves can face discrimination in upper-class beach resorts or in bars or clubs, though across Egypt the majority of women wear conservative dress. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Conflicting tan lines: The burkini raises debate in Egypt

By HEND KORTAM and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump attends a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

UAE and Israel to establish full diplomatic ties

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and MATTHEW LEE and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Election officials wait for people to vote on the first day of the Senate elections inside a polling station in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. Egyptians started voting on Tuesday for the Senate, the upper chamber of parliament that was revived as part of constitutional amendments approved in a referendum last year — an election that comes as the country faces an uptick in daily numbers of new coronavirus cases. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egyptians vote for revived upper house of Parliament

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

This satellite image shows the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile river in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Ethiopia's prime minister on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 hailed the first filling of the massive dam that has led to tensions with Egypt, saying two turbines will begin generating power next year. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Egypt, Sudan suspend talks with Ethiopia over disputed dam

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

This satellite image shows the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile river in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Ethiopia's prime minister on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 hailed the first filling of the massive dam that has led to tensions with Egypt, saying two turbines will begin generating power next year. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia return to talks over disputed dam

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

A tomb from the early 20th Century stands partially demolished amid construction of a new highway through the Northern Cemetery in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 26, 2020. Dozens of graves have been partially or fully destroyed as the government builds two large expressways through the City of the Dead, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Authorities say no registered monuments have been harmed, but preservationists have raised alarm that graves of historical value are being lost and that the multilane highways tear apart the fabric of a historic necropolis that has remained intact for centuries.(AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Highways raise alarm in Cairo’s historic City of the Dead

By LEE KEATH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Egypt’s president has approved new legal amendments that further exclude any serious competitors from elections and give the military greater control over civilian affairs, a leading rights group said on Thursday, July 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Rights group: Egypt’s new laws entrench el-Sissi’s rule

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Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, as they observe social distancing to protect themselves against the coronavirus, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, July 29, 2020 During the first rites of hajj, Muslims circle the Kaaba counter-clockwise seven times while reciting supplications to God, then walk between two hills where Ibrahim's wife, Hagar, is believed to have run as she searched for water for her dying son before God brought forth a well that runs to this day. (AP Photo)

Islamic holiday Eid comes as families grieve virus victims

By MARIAM FAM - Associated Press

Group: Egypt executes 7 convicted of killing police officer

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

This satellite image shows the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile river in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Ethiopia's prime minister on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 hailed the first filling of the massive dam that has led to tensions with Egypt, saying two turbines will begin generating power next year. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Sudan PM, Egyptian official meet amid tensions over Nile dam

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Egyptian women get 2 years in prison for TikTok dance videos

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