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End of Qatar Blockade Is ‘a Win for the Region,' Saudi Foreign Minister Says
The Al-Ula declaration resolves all of the outstanding issues that Qatar and other Arab nations had, said Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, Saudi’s foreign minister.
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Father Arrested in Slaying of 25-Year-Old Woman in NYC Park: Report
Authorities say the father of a woman whose body was found in late 2019 in a New York City park has been charged in her murder.
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U.S. Energy Secretary Sees Middle East Oil and Gas Security in Pipelines, Not Tankers
Outgoing U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette visited Abu Dhabi to discuss regional energy security with counterparts from the UAE, Bahrain and Israel.
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Israel and the U.S. Among the Best Places to Be a Woman Entrepreneur
Israel has charged past the U.S. and New Zealand to emerge as the world’s best place to be a woman entrepreneur after Covid-19 shook up the annual rankings.
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Egypt Unveils Ancient Coffins, Statues Found in Saqqara
Egyptian antiquities officials have announced the discovery of at least 100 ancient coffins, some with mummies inside, and around 40 gilded statues in a vast necropolis south of Cairo
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7 Killed, Including 5 Americans, in Peacekeeping Force Helicopter Crash in Egypt
The international force that monitors the Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement said Thursday that seven peacekeepers, including five Americans, were killed when one of its helicopters crashed during a routine mission in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. One American peacekeeper was badly injured.
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Top Egyptologist: Musks' Pyramid Tweets Are ‘Hallucinations'
After Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted last week that the pyramids were built by aliens, Egypt’s former minister of antiquities and leading Egyptologist confirmed that they were in fact built by Egyptians.
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Man Accused of Smuggling Egyptian Artifacts Through JFK
A Brooklyn man was indicted Monday for allegedly smuggling hundreds of ancient Egyptian artifacts through JFK International Airport earlier this year. The United States Attorney’s Office says Ashraf Omar Eldarir arrived at the airport on Jan. 22 with three suitcases of what he claimed to U.S. Customs and Border Protection as goods valued at about $300. But when agents opened…
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American Student Released After 486 Days in Egyptian Prison
The U.S. State Department says an American medical student detained without trial in an Egyptian prison for nearly 500 days has been freed and returned to the United States.
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Accuracy Still Unknown for Many Coronavirus Tests Rushed Out
Months into the coronavirus pandemic there are still unanswered questions about the accuracy of tests used to screen Americans
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Body Painter Makes Her Models Disappear Into Landmarks
Trina Merry is a fine arts painter. But rather than painting on a canvas or wood or any other inanimate material most artists turn to, she prefers something a little more… shall we say lifelike? As in — the human body. The New York-by-way-of-the Bay Area artist has emerged as one of the leading body painting artists, known for her...
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Medics Around the World Face Hostility Over Virus Stigma
It’s a sad paradox but in some countries, assaults on doctors and medical workers illustrate how public fear and rage can turn against the very people risking their lives to save patients in a pandemic
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American Schoolteacher Imprisoned in Egypt Is Released
The U.S. State Department says that an American schoolteacher imprisoned in Egypt for nearly a year without trial has been freed by Egyptian authorities and returned home to the United States
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Egypt Holds Full-honors Military Funeral for Mubarak
Egypt has held a full-honors military funeral for former autocratic President Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted from power in the 2011 Arab Spring uprising
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Mubarak, Egypt's Autocrat Ousted in Uprising, Dies at 91
Egypt’s state TV says former President Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in the 2011 Arab Spring uprising, has died at 91
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Mubarak, Autocrat Felled by Arab Springs, Dies at 91
Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s former autocratic leader of 30 years, died at the age of 91, according to local media. Mubarak is best known as the stabilizing force against Islamic militarists as well as the catalyst that ignited the 2011 Arab Springs revolt against his rule.
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US Citizen Dies in Egyptian Prison After Hunger Strike
A U.S. citizen who went on a hunger strike and who claimed he was wrongfully imprisoned in Egypt died on Monday after spending six years behind bars, the State Department said.
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As K-9 Deaths Climb Overseas, State Department Halts Sending New Bomb-Sniffing Dogs
Many K-9s deployed overseas as part of a State Department program intended to help partner countries detect and prevent terror attacks suffer or die from neglect by their foreign handlers, according to a report from the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General.
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Shutdown, Russia Woes Grow for Trump
President Trump lashed out at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi amid the ongoing government shutdown and more troubling revelations about the 2016 election. NBC’s Tracie Potts reports.
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Egypt Unveils Animal Mummies of Lion Cubs, Crocodiles, Birds
Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities on Saturday revealed details on recently discovered animal mummies, saying they include two lion cubs as well as several crocodiles, birds and cats. Items from the new find were displayed at a makeshift exhibition at the famed Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, south of Cairo, near where mummies and other artifacts have been found in...