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U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman, left, meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry at the foreign ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

US envoy in Egypt for talks on Ethiopia’s dam dispute

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE- In this Tuesday, June 18, 2019, file photo, a Dassault Rafale fighter jet performs its demonstration flight at Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget, north east of Paris, France. Egypt is buying another 30 Rafale fighter jets from France, building up its fleet of the advanced warplane to 54, second only to the French Air Force. Both countries confirmed the deal separately on Tuesday. The Egyptian military said the purchase would be financed with a 10-year French loan. The value of the deal wasn't given. (AP Photo/ Francois Mori, File)

Rights critics condemn French sale to Egypt of 30 more jets

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Italy: Hearing delayed in slaying case against Egyptians

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FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2013 file photo, Egyptian security forces lift the lifeless body of Giza Police Gen. Nabil Farrag who was killed after unidentified militants opened fire on security forces deployed in the town of Kerdasa, close to the pyramids at Giza, Egypt. On Monday, April 26, 2021, executed nine men convicted of murder in the attack on a police station in 2013, security officials and a rights lawyer said. The assault resulted in the deaths of 15 people, including 11 police. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ramadan, File)

Egypt officials: 9 men executed for 2013 attack on police

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Egypt’s national soccer team coach positive for coronavirus

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Russia to resume flights to Egypt after 6-year hiatus

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, April 18, 2021 file photo, people gather at the site where a passenger train derailed killing at least 11 people and injuring at least 98 others, near Banha, Qalyubia province, Egypt. Egypt’s transportation minister on Tuesday said he sacked the country’s top railway official, following three train accidents in less than a month that left at least 29 people dead and over 300 injured. (AP Photo/Tarek Wagih, File)

Egypt fires top railway official after deadly train crashes

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 2, 2019 file photo, Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly, speaks during the opening session of the Arab Economic Forum in Beirut, Lebanon. Madbouly arrived Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Tripoli along with 11 members of his Cabinet and businessmen to discuss ties and trade with the country’s newly-appointed government. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Egypt’s premier visits Libya to discuss trade, other ties

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

CORRECTS DATE TO APRIL 14 - In this photo provided by Assiut Governorate media office, the authorities work on the collision site where a bus overturned Tuesday, while trying to pass a truck on a highway in southern Egypt on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, near the city of Assiut, Egypt. (Assiut Governorate media office via AP)

21 killed, 3 injured when bus, truck crash in southern Egypt

By BY SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this, Friday, April 9, 2021, file photo, volunteers clean the outer areas of the historic Mohabat Khan Mosque ahead of the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Peshawar, Pakistan. Muslims are facing their second Ramadan in the shadow of the pandemic. Many Muslim majority countries have been hit by an intense new coronavirus wave. While some countries imposed new Ramadan restrictions, concern is high that the month’s rituals could stoke a further surge. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad, File)

Muslims navigate restrictions in the second pandemic Ramadan

By MARIAM FAM and KATHY GANNON and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry, right, and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov greet each other after a joint news conference following their talks in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, April 12, 2021. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia’s FM in Egypt for talks on ties and Ethiopia’s dam

By BY SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Egypt: Ex-student given 8 more years in #MeToo case

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

A man cover a skeleton in a 3,000-year-old lost city in Luxor province, Egypt, Saturday, April 10, 2021. The newly unearthed city is located between the temple of King Rameses III and the colossi of Amenhotep III on the west bank of the Nile in Luxor. The city continued to be used by Amenhotep III's grandson Tutankhamun, and then his successor King Ay. (AP Photo/Mohamed Elshahed)

Famed Egyptian archaeologist reveals details of ancient city

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Egypt, Tunisia discuss Libya, Ethiopia’s disputed dam

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An undated handout photo released Thursday, April 8, 2021 by the by the Zahi Hawass Center For Egyptology shows an archaeological discovery as part of the 'Lost Golden City' in Luxor, Egypt. The city is 3000 years old, dates to the reign of Amenhotep III, and continued to be used by Tutankhamun and Ay. (by the Zahi Hawass Center For Egyptology via AP)

Archeologists unearth an ancient pharaonic city in Egypt

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‘All options open’: Egypt warns Ethiopia amid dam deadlock

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Egypt, Sudan say no progress in talks over Ethiopia’s dam

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan resume talks on big dam amid tensions

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

A convoy of vehicles transporting royal mummies is seen in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 3, 2021. Egypt held a parade celebrating the transport of 22 of its prized royal mummies from Egyptian Museum to he newly opened National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. (AP Photo)

In show of Pharaonic heritage, Egypt parades royal mummies

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

In this photo released by Suez Canal Authority, the Ever Given, a Panama-flagged cargo ship, is pulled by one of the Suez Canal tugboats, in the Suez Canal, Egypt, Monday, March 29, 2021. Engineers on Monday &quot;partially refloated &quot; the colossal container ship that continues to block traffic through the Suez Canal, authorities said, without providing further details about when the vessel would be set free. (Suez Canal Authority via AP)

With ship now freed, a probe into Suez Canal blockage begins

By SAMY MAGDY and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press