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Africa WCup qualifying: Cash for players, medicine for coach

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

Qatar, which hosts Washington's most strategic military base in the Persian Gulf and sits atop some of the word's largest proven natural gas reserves, is the target of an economic and diplomatic blockade from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. (Associated Press/File)

U.S. stuck in Middle East allies’ feud

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 photo, when Pendleton, Ore., veterinarian Dr. Andrew Clark gives people directions to his home he tells them &quot;turn at the elephant scapula.&quot; Clark recently received an international award for his out-of-the box thinking and solution to the problem of rampaging bird flu in Egypt. For this project and development of animal health programs in Africa, Egypt and the Middle East, the American Veterinary Medical Association presented him with the International Veterinary Medical Congress Prize. (E.J. Harris/East Oregonian via AP)

Veterinarian searches for simple solutions

By KATHY ANEY - Associated Press

Cast members and makers of the film &quot;Sheikh Jackson&quot; pose for a photograph on the red carpet during the first International El Gouna Film Festival, in the Red Sea resort of el-Gouna, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. The film which is to be released in Egyptian cinemas later this month and which Egypt has put forward as a candidate for a best foreign film Oscar nomination, goes into delicate territory. The film risks a backlash from the public, either by viewers who see as it as too sympathetic to Islamists or, from the other side, as mocking religious beliefs. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Worlds of Islam, Michael Jackson collide in Egyptian film

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani made a special Sept. 11 visit to the Al Udeid Air Base to pose with personnel from the Qatar's Emir Air Force. Then the Emir also met with American commanders at the base, which is home to the forward headquarters of the U.S. military's Central Command. (Associated Press/File)

Qatar diplomatic crisis engulfs a major US military base

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Feb. 12, 2016 file photo, the family of Giulio Regeni follows his coffin during the funeral service in Fiumicello, Northern Italy. Egyptian prosecutors have ordered the detention for 15 days of a lawyer who assisted the family of an Italian graduate student killed under suspicious circumstances during a police crackdown in Cairo, accusing him of disseminating false news. Ibrahim Metwally was arrested at Cairo International Airport Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, while traveling to Geneva for a U.N. meeting on enforced disappearances. (AP Photo/Paolo Giovannini, File)

Egypt acknowledges secret arrest of rights lawyer

By BRIAN ROHAN - Associated Press

Egypt: 2 soldiers, 5 militants killed in Sinai shootout

By ASHRAF SWEILAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2013 file photo, then Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Sedki Sobhi attends the funeral of Giza Police Gen. Nabil Farrag in Cairo, Egypt. South Korea's news agency said Tuesday Sept. 12, 2017, that Sobhi, Egypt's defense minister, on a visit to Seoul, announced his country has cut military ties with North Korea. There was no immediate confirmation from the Egyptian government of the agency's report, but the move follows Washington's decision last month to cut or delay $300 million in military and economic aid to Egypt over its human rights record and ties with Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Report: Egypt cuts military ties with North Korea

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

In this Aug. 2, 2015, file photo, Egyptian security forces stand guard outside one of the entrances of Tora prison, in Cairo, Egypt. Human Rights Watch, an international rights group, is alleging systematic torture inside Egyptian police stations and Interior Ministry headquarters where officers act in almost total impunity. In a 63-page study released Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2017, HRW said President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's pursuit of stability comes at any cost. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Militants attack convoy in Egypt’s Sinai, kill 18 police

By Ashraf Sweilam and Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

World Cup qualifying: All 5 of Africa’s places up for grabs

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

Salah’s Egypt loses to Uganda in World Cup qualifying

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

FILE - In this May, 28, 2000 file photo, Ethiopians sit under an Ethiopian flag as they watch a parade in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, marking the Ethiopian army's latest victories in the Ethiopia-Eritrea war. Qatar and the Arab nations now allied against it have made inroads in the Horn of Africa in recent years by establishing military bases now being used in the Yemen war, as well as managing ports and showering friendly nations with foreign aid. The Qatar diplomatic crisis now is shaking those East African nations amid an increasingly fierce competition for influence. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File)

Qatar crisis shakes East Africa, a home to Gulf militaries

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

FILE- In this Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017 file photo, Egypt's Mohamed Salah, left, controls the ball in front of Cameroon's Ambroise Oyongo during the African Cup of Nations final soccer match between Egypt and Cameroon at the Stade de l'Amitie, in Libreville, Gabon. Egypt, the most successful team in Africa but a regular underachiever in World Cup qualifying, is in control of Group E. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

World Cup qualifying in Africa: How it stands

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

Illustration on Egypt's human rights violations and the growth of ISIS by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Countering the ISIS prison appeal in Egypt

By Brian Dooley

Jared Kushner snubbed in Cairo after the U.S. cuts, delays aid to Egypt

By Menna Zaki - Associated Press

Employees sit in Al-Jazeera news network offices in Jerusalem, Tuesday August 8, 2017. Al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based news network that broadcasts internationally in English and Arabic, has once again been thrust into the center of the story, with the network's coverage back in the spotlight after Israel's moves to block it. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Q&A: Why some countries are trying to muzzle Al-Jazeera

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Illustration on the end of al Jazeera by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Al Jazeera should be ended

By Clifford D. May

Egypt opens military base says largest in region

Associated Press

People carry the body of Sayed Tafshan, who died during clashes between security forces and residents of al-Waraq island, on the southern fringes of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 16, 2017. Egypt's Health Ministry said one person was killed and 19 injured in clashes after police attempted to remove illegal buildings on state land on the island. Egypt's Interior Ministry said 31 policemen were injured. (AP Photo/Mostafa Darwish)

Egypt says 1 killed, 50 injured in clashes on Nile island

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

Gunmen kill 5 policemen near Egypt’s oldest pyramids in Giza

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press