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FILE - In this June 18, 2019 file photo, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, Belarus. Several Egyptian rights groups are calling on a U.N. agency to rule out Egypt as the host of its conference on torture because of the country's dismal human rights record. The development came as Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi ratified on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, a controversial bill regulating the work of non-governmental groups in the country, a law that activists and civil society groups have widely criticized as oppressive. (Vasily Fedosenko/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Some Egyptian rights activists dismiss country’s new NGO law

Egypt says its forces kill 11 militants in Sinai Peninsula

Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq is warning the U.S. against embracing rebel leader Khalifa Haftar, a former Libyan army colonel with alleged CIA ties. "I think President Trump may have gotten the wrong message from allies or advisers about Haftar," he said. "It is our government in Tripoli, not Haftar, that is the main ally of the U.S. as a force to fight terrorism in Libya and North Africa." (Associated Press)

Libyan official urges Trump administration to take lead on peace, stability

People survey the aftermath of a fiery car crash outside the National Cancer Institute in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. The multiple-car crash set off an explosion that ignited a fire at Egypt's main cancer hospital, the government said.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Egypt says security forces killed 17 Islamic militants

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2017 file photo, a vendor counts his money at a bread stand in the Sayeda Zeinab neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt. A Monday, July 29, 2019 report said one in every three Egyptian citizens was living in poverty in 2018. The country's statistics agency said 32.5% of Egyptians lived below the poverty line that year, up from 27.8% in 2015 and 16.7% in 2000. Monday's report was the first on poverty and income since the government secured a $12 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund in 2016. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Egypt says it received final, $2 billion portion of IMF loan

Car crash in Cairo kills 19, forces evacuation of hospital

2 refugees in Arizona charged with supporting Islamic State

Libyan militia leader Gen. Khalifa Haftar, whom President Trump has publicly supported, has become mired in a months-old push to capture power in Libya. (Associated Press/File)

Cease-fire statement muddles Trump’s policy of backing rebel leader in Libya

Lufthansa resumes Cairo flights, British Airways stays away

The Latest: Egypt aviation minister upset by paused flights

IS claims suicide bombing that killed 2 in Egypt’s Sinai

Militants behead 4 people in Egypt’s Sinai

Senegal's Sadio Mane applauds fans prior to the start of the African Cup of Nations semifinal soccer match between Senegal and Tunisia in 30 June stadium in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

African Cup final much more than Mane vs. Mahrez

A member of an international delegation sketches the site of the Bent Pyramid during an event opening the pyramid and its satellites for visitors in Dashur, Egypt, Saturday, July 13, 2019. The Bent pyramid, listed on UNESCO's world heritage list as part of the Memphis necropolis, is considered a transition phase in pyramids construction that comes between step pyramids and complete pyramids. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Egypt opens 2 ancient pyramids for first time since 1960s

Uganda's Bevis Kristofer Kizito Mugabi, left, and Senegal's Sadio Mane fight for the ball during the African Cup of Nations round of 16 soccer match between Uganda and Senegal in Cairo International stadium in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, July 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Sadio Mane seeks his moment at the African Cup

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FILE - This April 1, 2016 file photo shows one of Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun's golden sarcophagus displayed at his tomb in a glass case at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. A nearly decade-long project to better protect and preserve Egypt's legendary tomb of King Tut is nearing completion. The Getty Conservation Institute of Los Angeles said Tuesday, March 27, 2018, the project has added a filtration system to keep out dust and humidity and a barrier to keep visitors from getting too close to the tomb's wall paintings. The effort was launched in 2009 by the institution, known worldwide for its conservation work, in collaboration with Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil,File)

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Egypt issued a statement Thursday saying President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi told Kushner that Egypt supports efforts aimed at resolving the conflict "on the basis of a two-state solution and the creation of Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital."

Egypt calls for Palestinian state during Kushner visit →

Egypt said Wednesday that the U.N. human rights office was trying to politicize the death of former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi, who collapsed inside a Cairo courtroom during his trial this week.

Egypt: UN office tries to politicize Morsi's courtroom death →

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