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Emergency personnel inspect damage after a bomb attack has targeted Egypt's prosecutor general in the Heliopolis district of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 29, 2015. The official says Monday's attack targeted Hisham Barakat's convoy. The prosecutor's two security guards and a civilian were wounded. The official says it's not yet clear if Barakat was hurt or not. (AP Photo/Ahmed Hatem)

Bomb kills Egypt’s top prosecutor as he drives to work

By BRIAN ROHAN and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

A tourist has her picture taken at the ruins of the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt, in this Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014, file photo. Egyptian officials say a suicide bomber has blown himself up at the ancient temple of Karnak in Luxor, a southern city frequented by millions of foreign and Egyptian tourists every year. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Suicide bomber targets ancient Egyptian temple in Luxor

By Haggag Salama - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, file photo, provided by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi waves during a visit to the Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt. A year after the general-turned-politician took office after a landslide election win, el-Sissi has effectively shut down politics and is running the country as a one-man show, a far cry from the democracy millions dreamed of when they toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in a stunning 2011 uprising. (Egyptian Presidency via AP, File)

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egyptian president, slammed by human rights group after first year in office

By Nathaniel Madden - The Washington Times

Palestinian masked militants of Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, a military wing of Hamas, take part in a parade to mark the 11th anniversary of the Israeli assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin in Gaza, in the northern Gaza Strip, March 23, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Hamas terror group designation overturned by Egyptian court

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Inside the Ring: Muslim Brotherhood has Obama’s secret support

By Bill Gertz

In this May 13, 2015 photo, Brazilian actresses perform on the set of the Brazilian prime-time soap opera, &quot;The Ten Commandments&quot; at a RecNov studio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Set in ancient Egypt and loosely based on the story of Moses, “The Ten Commandments” is billed as Brazil’s first Biblical soap opera. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Biblical soap opera enjoying ungodly success in Brazil

By JENNY BARCHFIELD - Associated Press

President Barack Obama delivers the commencement address at Lake Area Technical Institute, Friday, May 8, 2015 in Watertown, S.D. Obama visited South Dakota to promote his proposal to offer two years for free community college to qualified students. (AP Photo/{photo})

EDITORIAL: New flash point in Gaza

Men mourn over the Egyptian Coptic Christians who were captured in Libya and killed by militants affiliated with the Islamic State group, at the Virgin Mary church in the village of el-Aour, near Minya, 220 kilometers (135 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Coptic Christian teenagers face trial in Egypt for ‘insulting Islam’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Saturday, April 26, 2014 file photo, ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak attends a hearing in his retrial over charges of failing to stop killings of protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his downfall, in the Police Academy-turned-court in the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Egypt&#8217;s deposed leader Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were sentenced Saturday to three years in prison and a fine in a retrial on corruption charges they faced earlier. It wasn&#8217;t immediately clear whether it will include time he&#8217;s already served since his country&#8217;s 2011 revolt. (AP Photo/Tarek el Gabbas, File)

Hosni Mubarak, sons sentenced to 3 years in prison by Cairo court

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Illustration on the Islamic Sharia roots of the Garland Texas terrorists by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

CLARE LOPEZ: Connecting the dots to the Texas gunmen

By Clare M. Lopez

FILE - In this Friday, March 20, 2015 file photo, militiamen loyal to President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi ride on an army vehicle on a street in Aden, Yemen. Aden, once Yemen&#8217;s commercial hub, has been hit by a month of unrelenting urban warfare as Shiite rebels and their allies in the military try to capture the city, battling with local militiamen as warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition pound the city with airstrikes trying to stop the rebel advance. (AP Photo/Yassir Hassan, File)

Arab coalition ‘reconnaissance’ troops land in Yemen

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

"Preserving mankind's cultural heritage is an increasingly difficult challenge in today's society. To think that some of these treasured artifacts were recovered from garages, exposed to the elements, is unimaginable," ICE Director Sarah R. Saldana said.

Smuggled Egyptian artifacts returned to Cairo by U.S.

By Christopher White - The Washington Times

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, right, holds a new conference before leaving to the United States at Baghdad airport, Iraq, Monday, April 13, 2015. The prime minister is making an in-person appeal to President Barack Obama for more help in defeating the Islamic State militants, hoping recent gains in the fight fueled by U.S. airstrikes will encourage more investment from a war-weary United States. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Haider al-Abadi, Adel al-Jubeir spar over Yemen

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Egyptians gather around the crater following a bombing that struck a main police station in the capital of the northern Sinai province in el-Arish, Egypt, Sunday, April 11, 2015. The explosion comes hours after a roadside bomb killed six soldiers traveling south of el-Arish in an armored vehicle. The region has been hit by an Islamic insurgency by a group that recently pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Muhamed Sabry)

Attacks on troops in Egypt’s Sinai kill at least 14

By ASHRAF SWEILAM - Associated Press

President Barack Obama walks to leave the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 2, 2015, after speak about the breakthrough in the Iranian nuclear talks. The president heralded a framework nuclear understanding with Iran as an "historic" agreement that could pave the way for a final deal that would leave the U.S., its allies and the world safer. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

DANIEL PIPES: Decoding the Obama doctrine

By Daniel Pipes

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi attends a meeting of Arab heads of state, in Sharm el Sheik, South Sinai, Egypt, Saturday, March 28, 2015. El-Sissi endorsed a resolution adopted by Arab foreign ministers on Thursday for the creation of an Arab military force, saying the Arab world was currently facing unprecedented threats. He also described as &#8220;inevitable&#8221; the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen. (AP Photo/MENA, Mohammed Samaha)

U.S. restores military aid to Egypt, cites national security

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, talks with Saudi King Salman after the king arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Saturday, March 28, 2015. El-Sissi later made the remarks at the opening session of an Arab summit held in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. (AP Photo/MENA) (AP Photo/MENA)

MICHAEL HAYDEN: Ignoring religious roots of terrorism risks victory

By Mike Hayden

Arab heads of state meet as King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, seen on screen, speaks, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Embattled Yemeni President Abdel Rabbo Mansour Hadi called Shiite rebels who forced him to flee the country "stooges of Iran," directly blaming the Islamic republic for the chaos there and demanding that airstrikes against rebel positions continue until they surrender. Saudi King Salman has vowed that the military intervention in Yemen will not stop until the country is stable. (Associated Press)

Arab League to forge NATO-like military alliance of Sunni powers

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times