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Prisoner swap deal bolsters hopes of progress in Yemen talks
RIMBO, Sweden (AP) — Yemen's warring sides agreed to a broad prisoner swap Thursday, sitting down in the same room together for the first time in years at U.N.-sponsored peace talks in Sweden aimed at halting a catastrophic war that has brought t...
Expectations low as Yemen's warring parties meet for talks
CAIRO (AP) — Yemen's warring parties will meet in Sweden this week for another attempt at talks aimed at halting their catastrophic 3-year-old war, but there are few incentives for major compromises, and the focus is likely to be on firming up a s...
Libyan officials say suspects in killing of US teacher held
CAIRO (AP) — Authorities in eastern Libya said Thursday they have taken into custody suspects in the 2013 killing of a U.S. chemistry teacher in Benghazi, and that more suspects would be tried over the deadly attack a year earlier that killed the U...
Ethiopian PM arrives in Egypt for talks on sharing Nile
CAIRO (AP) — Ethiopia's prime minister arrived in Cairo on Wednesday for a two-day visit to discuss a massive dam that Egypt fears will cut into its share of the Nile, at a time of heightened tensions among the countries that rely on the river. H...
Egypt: Militants kill at least 235 in attack on Sinai mosque
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Militants attacked a crowded mosque during Friday prayers in the Sinai Peninsula, setting off explosives, spraying worshippers with gunfire and killing at least 235 people in the deadliest ever attack by Islamic extremists i...
Scientists discover hidden chamber in Egypt's Great Pyramid
CAIRO (AP) — Scientists say they have found a hidden chamber in Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza, in what would be the first such discovery in the structure since the 19th century and one likely to spark a new surge of interest in the pharaohs. In an a...
Libya's deepening split finds battleground at oil terminals
CAIRO (AP) — Hundreds if not thousands of armed men are converging on Libya's main oil shipping terminals, which the rival powers in the country's east and west are fighting to control in a battle being watched by global oil markets. The struggle f...
Egypt archaeologists discover massive statue in Cairo slum
CAIRO (AP) — Archaeologists in Egypt discovered a massive statue in a Cairo slum that may be of Ramses II, one of the country's most famous and longest ruling ancient pharaohs. The colossus, a large portion of whose head was pulled from mud and g...
Raging tuk-tuk driver bashes Egypt economy, video goes viral
CAIRO (AP, Oct. 13, 2016) — A video of an enraged tuk-tuk driver unloading on the state of Egypt's flagging economy went viral on Thursday, underlining growing popular discontent in the country over shortages of food staples and broader business m...
