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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, center, Greek Prime minister Alexis Tsipras, right, and Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, shake hands after their meeting at the presidential palace in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017. 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. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cyprus, Egypt, Greece pledge closer cooperation on migration

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

Egyptian singer faces trial after mocking the Nile

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

Ancient Egyptian gold artefacts, some restored and some left with small pieces of limestone gravel from the Valley of the Kings still attached, displayed in a glass case during the opening of the exhibition entitled Tutankhamun's Unseen Treasures marking the 115th anniversary of the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Egypt has displayed for the first time some previously unseen artefacts of the Pharaoh, famous for his tomb full of golden treasures. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt displays previously unseen King Tut artifacts

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2017 photo, Omar Gaber, who plays for Swiss Super League side FC Basel, left, chats with Shikabala, whose real name is Mahmoud Abdel-Razeq, as they warm up with the national team, in Cairo stadium, Egypt. A surprise call-up for international duty has given striker Shikabala a comeback that could even bring on better things -- a place for the 31-year-old journeyman in the Egypt squad traveling to the 2018 World Cup in Russia. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Surprise Egypt call-up for troubled Shikabala pays off

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

British woman to go on trial for alleged drug smuggling

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Working Together to Feed the Hungry Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Qatar Gulf adversaries should join in food security alliance

By S. Rob Sobhani

Salah out of Egypt squad for World Cup qualifier in Ghana

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

An employee of the Palestinian Authority stands guard on the Palestinian side of the Erez checkpoint between Israel and Gaza, at Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. The Islamic militant Hamas group has handed over control of Gaza’s border crossings with Israel and Egypt to the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority. Wednesday’s handover was the first tangible step in implementing a reconciliation deal between and the rival Fatah party, which controls the Palestinian Authority.(AP Photo/Adel Hana)

In key step, Hamas gives up control of Gaza border crossings

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Roadside bomb, gunfire kills 2 policemen in Egypt’s Sinai

By ASHRAF SWEILAM - Associated Press

Egypt triggers major security shakeup a week after ambush

By BRIAN ROHAN - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a media conference at the conclusion of an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. European Union leaders gathered Friday to weigh progress in negotiations on Britain's departure from their club as they look for new ways to speed up the painfully slow moving process. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Egyptian president visits France, human rights a topic

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency, MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, chairs a meeting attended by the country’s top security officials, including defense and interior ministry representatives, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, in Cairo, Egypt. In his first remarks after a deadly assault Friday on the country’s police force, Egypt’s president vowed on Sunday to press ahead with the country’s war against terrorism, secure borders and hunt down militants. (MENA via AP)

Egypt’s el-Sissi vows to quash terrorism after police ambush

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

In this July 15, 2017 photo, Father Girigis Ramandious performs a &quot;baby shower&quot; for 40-day-old Heaven Khalil at St. Mary's Catholic Church in York, Pa. Coptic baby boys are baptized when 40 days old while baby girls are baptized when 80 days old. About 60 Egyptian Coptic Christian families have moved to York County in recent years to escape religious persecution in Egypt, where Copts face systematic discrimination and experience attacks by Islamic extremists. (Chris Dunn/York Daily Record via AP)

Persecuted in Egypt, Christians aim for better life in York

By BRETT SHOLTIS and York Daily Record - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017 file photo, Egyptian fans celebrate after their win over Congo during the 2018 World Cup group E qualifying soccer match in Alexandria, Egypt. “Youm7,” or Seventh Day, a Cairo daily, said in an article in the newspaper’s online edition Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, that Egypt’s qualification at next year’s World Cup has made many male fans dream about traveling to Russia to meet local women and is warning them they should lower their expectations about meeting Russian women. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Egyptian daily to World Cup fans: Beware of Russian women

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

Senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad (right) and Hamas' representative, Saleh al-Arouri, kissed after signing a reconciliation deal Thursday in Cairo. (Associated Press)

Egypt’s Palestinian unity talks pressure Israel

By Jacob Wirtschafter and Asma Jawabreh - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2012 file photo, Al-Ahly SC's Mohamed Aboutrika celebrates after scoring a goal against Sanfrecce Hiroshima during their quarterfinal at the FIFA Club World Cup soccer tournament in Toyota, Japan. A social media campaign to persuade former star midfielder Aboutrika to come out of retirement - and exile - to join Egypt’s World Cup squad in Russia has stirred a storm in a country where politics and football often mix. The hugely popular Aboutrika already said no to a comeback, but pro-government media, seething over the show of love for the retired player, continues to vilify him over alleged ties to an outlawed Islamist group. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)

Calls for exiled player to go to WCup stirs storm in Egypt

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

Correction: Egypt-Sinai story

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Egypt's Mohamed Salah celebrates defeating Congo during the 2018 World Cup group E qualifying soccer match at the Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria, Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. Egypt won 2-1. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt has a new hero: Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

Near the tomb of King Tut, archaeologists in Luxor this year unearthed dozens of statues depicting a lion-headed warrior goddess at the temple of Amenhotep III, found evidence of a 4,000-year-old royal botanic garden treasured by Middle Kingdom rulers and revealed a tomb dedicated to an 18th Egyptian dynasty nobleman named Userhat.

Egypt hopes Luxor discovery will save tourism industry

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

Egypt's goalkeeper Essam El Hadary celebrates after defeating Congo in the 2018 World Cup group E qualifying soccer match at the Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria, Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. Egypt won 2-1. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Salah sends Egypt to World Cup for 1st time since 1990

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