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NWAOnline
February 12, 2018
CAIRO -- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Cairo on Sunday, beginning a swing through the Middle East as it grapples with political turmoil and military clashes. Tillerson was already facing a series of confrontational talks at almost every stop on his five-country tour. The strains grew even more tautÃÂ ...
Arkansas Online
February 12, 2018
... which monitors the war in Syria through a network of activists on the ground, said Sunday that at least six Syrian troops and allied militiamen were killed in the airstrikes. Information for this article was contributed by Carol Morello of The Washington Post and by Matthew Lee, Hamza Hendawi, Aron Heller,ÃÂ ...
The Spokesman-Review
February 9, 2018
In this Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018 photo, Hesham Genena, Egypt's former top auditor who suffered serious injuries during an apparent kidnapping attempt, talks during an interview with the Associated Press at his home in Cairo, Egypt. (Amr Nabil / Associated Press). By Hamza Hendawi and Samy MagdyÃÂ ...
Colorado Springs Gazette
January 31, 2018
photo - FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2017 file photo, Egyptian President FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2017 file photo, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi attends a military ceremony in the courtyard at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, France. On Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018, a clearly furious el-Sissi gave a thinly veiledÃÂ ...
KIRO Seattle
January 30, 2018
CAIRO (AP) - A coalition of eight Egyptian opposition parties and some 150 pro-democracy public figures on Tuesday called for a boycott of the March presidential election, calling it an "absurdity" and comparing the government's handling of the vote to that of "old and crude dictatorships." PresidentÃÂ ...
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
January 29, 2018
A little-known Egyptian politician who is a staunch supporter of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi submitted his candidacy documents to the election commission on Monday, becoming a last-minute challenger to the incumbent. El-Sissi is virtually certain of winning a second, four-year term in the March 26-28ÃÂ ...
WJTV
January 28, 2018
By Hamza Hendawi. SENT: 1,320 words, photos. MUSIC-GRAMMYWATCH-CLIVE DAVIS GALA - Jay-Z said though he boycotted the Grammys almost two decades ago, he's better served helping the Recording Academy grow instead of abandoning it. At Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy gala where Jay-ZÃÂ ...
KOIN.com
January 28, 2018
By Hamza Hendawi. SENT: 1,320 words, photos. MUSIC-GRAMMYWATCH-CLIVE DAVIS GALA - Jay-Z said though he boycotted the Grammys almost two decades ago, he's better served helping the Recording Academy grow instead of abandoning it. At Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy gala where Jay-ZÃÂ ...
KIRO Seattle
January 28, 2018
CAIRO (AP) - Five opposition figures, including a 2012 presidential candidate and two top campaign aides for now-arrested presidential hopeful Sami Annan, called on Sunday for a boycott of the March vote, saying it has lost all credibility. In a statement, they also called on Egyptians not to recognize theÃÂ ...
FireEngineering.com
January 27, 2018
By HAMZA HENDAWI. CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's former top auditor on Saturday suffered injuries to his face and leg during a brawl with unidentified men outside his suburban Cairo home, according to security officials. Hisham Genena was earlier this month named as one of two top aides to would-beÃÂ ...
WTRF
January 23, 2018
CAIRO (AP) - Less than two weeks after announcing his candidacy, Egypt's former chief of staff was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of incitement against the armed forces and other charges in what appeared to be a calculated move to force out the last potentially serious challenger to PresidentÃÂ ...
WBOY-TV
January 23, 2018
CAIRO (AP) - Less than two weeks after announcing his candidacy, Egypt's former chief of staff was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of incitement against the armed forces and other charges in what appeared to be a calculated move to force out the last potentially serious challenger to PresidentÃÂ ...
ABC News
January 20, 2018
FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2017, file photo, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, speaks during a news conference in Cairo, Egypt. On Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, the former general has announced he will run for a second, four-year term in elections due in March. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool,ÃÂ ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
January 18, 2018
CAIRO — Egypt's president on Thursday expressed his "extreme concern" to Ethiopia's visiting prime minister over the lack of progress in talks on the impact of a massive upstream dam that Egypt fears could cut into its vital share of the Nile. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has warned that Egypt's share ofÃÂ ...
WBOY-TV
January 17, 2018
CAIRO (AP) - The Palestinian president on Wednesday again blasted Donald Trump in a fiery and emotional speech, saying the U.S. leader's decision to recognize contested Jerusalem as Israel's capital was "sinful" and "ill-fated." Mahmoud Abbas, who has openly cursed Trump over his policies, told aÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
January 14, 2018
Barely a week after authorities set a date for Egypt's presidential elections, two hopefuls have launched their campaigns with criticism of general-turned-president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's rule, with one promising to end "repression" if elected and the other claiming the incumbent is establishing a dictatorship.
The Morning Journal
January 11, 2018
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, addresses parliament in Cairo, Egypt. MENA via AP, File. By Hamza Hendawi, The Associated Press. Posted: 01/11/18, 4:13 PM EST | Updated: 2 hrs ago. # Comments. CAIRO >> More than 500 of Egypt's 596 lawmakers have signed “recommendations” supporting a re-election bidÃÂ ...
SFGate
January 1, 2018
BASRA, Iraq — Ali Jayad al-Salhi, a veteran sniper in an Iraqi militia, was killed in fighting with the Islamic State group last year. He then vaulted into legend, virtually becoming a new saint for the Shiite community. Posters of al-Salhi adorn storefronts, homes and car windows in his home city of Basra andÃÂ ...
Colorado Springs Gazette
December 30, 2017
BASRA, Iraq (AP) — Ali Jayad al-Salhi, a veteran sniper in an Iraqi militia, was killed in fighting with the Islamic State group earlier this year. He was then vaulted into legend, virtually becoming a new saint for the Shiite community. Posters of al-Salhi adorn storefronts, homes and car windows in his homeÃÂ ...
Northwest Herald
December 30, 2017
CAIRO – Video clips circulating on social media on Saturday show the gunman who opened fire outside an Egyptian church and a nearby store owned by a Copt in an attack that killed at least nine people walking armed and unchallenged on a residential street for nearly 10 minutes. The gunman, theÃÂ ...
ABC News
December 28, 2017
FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017 file photo, Nubians leave their boats docked on the Nile River in front of Heisa Island, Aswan, southern Egypt. Egypt's pro-government media is vilifying neighboring Sudan over its expanding ties with Turkey and Qatar, Cairo's regional nemesis, saying the three areÃÂ ...
Danbury News Times
December 31, 1999
FILE - In this May 18, 2012 file photo, then Egyptian presidential candidate Abdel-Monaem Abul Fetouh, waves to his supporters during a campaign rally in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian officials said Thursday, Feb. 15, ... more. Photo: Khalil Hamra, AP. Image 2 of 3. FILE - In this May 19, 2012 file photo,ÃÂ ...
Biddeford Journal Tribune
December 11, 2017
Arab ministers demand reversal of US Jerusalem decision. By HAMZA HENDAWI. Associated Press. CAIRO (AP) — Arab foreign ministers on Sunday demanded that the United States rescind President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, calling it a “grave” development thatÃÂ ...
Northwest Herald
December 10, 2017
CAIRO – Arab foreign ministers kicked off an emergency meeting Saturday in the Egyptian capital with scathing criticism of President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a move they agreed has robbed Washington of its credentials as an honest broker in Mideast peace. The ArabÃÂ ...
The Columbian
December 10, 2017
By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press. Published: December 9, 2017, 10:10 PM. A A. CAIRO — Arab foreign ministers kicked off an emergency meeting Saturday in the Egyptian capital with scathing criticism of President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a move they agreed has robbedÃÂ ...
Colorado Springs Gazette
November 30, 2017
photo - A man hold a newspaper with the photo of Egyptian singer and actress Shadia A man hold a newspaper with the photo of Egyptian singer and actress Shadia, during her funeral procession, at the Sayeda Nafisa Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. Shadia died at the age of 86.
The Spokesman-Review
November 19, 2017
19, 2017, 9:19 p.m.. Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, center right, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, left, meet with foreign ministers at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017. (Nariman El-Mofty / Associated Press). By Hamza Hendawi Associated ...
U.S. News & World Report
November 15, 2017
By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press. CAIRO (AP) — A famous Arab singer will stand trial next month in her native Egypt over a video clip in which she advises a concert fan against drinking from the Nile River, officials said Wednesday. The clip shows Sherine Abdel-Wahab, widely known by her firstÃÂ ...
Business Insider
November 8, 2017
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's leader said in a television interview that he does not favor amending constitutional provisions that bar the president from staying in office ...
Vox
November 7, 2017
[Associated Press / Hamza Hendawi]; The arrests came without warrants, as part of an “anticorruption committee” led by the prince.
ABC News
November 6, 2017
FILE - This May 30, 2017 file photo, shows Saudi Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman, (MBS), in Moscow's Kremlin, ...
Albany Times Union
October 30, 2017
In this Sept. 22, 2017 photo, Egyptian actor Amr Waked arrives on the red carpet during the first International El Gouna Film Festival, in the Red ...
America Magazine
October 25, 2017
Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite patriarch, speaks at a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington Oct. 24, the ...
Business Mirror
October 21, 2017
In Photo: Egyptian fans celebrate after their win over Congo in the 2018 World Cup Group E qualifying soccer match in Alexandria, Egypt, ...
The Columbian
October 12, 2017
Palestinians wave national and Egyptian flags to celebrate the preliminary reconciliation agreement between Hamas and Fatah on Thursday in ...
Chicago Tribune
September 28, 2017
The leader of the Islamic State group urged followers to burn their enemies everywhere and target "media centers of the infidels," according to ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
September 26, 2017
CAIRO — An Egyptian opposition figure whose conviction for "offending public morals" could jeopardize his likely presidential run next year ...
WRAL.com
September 12, 2017
TUNIS, Tunisia — Some denounce it as a violation of Islamic law, others embrace it as revolutionary: An initiative by Tunisia's president to ...
Toronto Star
September 11, 2017
Officials said roadside bombs destroyed and set ablaze four armoured vehicles and a fifth carrying signal-jamming equipment meant to ...
Yahoo Finance
April 9, 2017
TANTA, Egypt (AP) — Suicide bombers struck hours apart at two Coptic churches in northern Egypt, killing 44 people and turning Palm Sunday ...
Biddeford Journal Tribune
December 31, 1999
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt was reeling Sunday from the horrific militant attack on a mosque in northern Sinai that killed 305 people two days earlier - the deadliest assault by Islamic extremists in its modern history and a grim milestone in a long-running fight against the insurgency led by an Islamic State affiliate.
The Boston Globe
December 31, 1999
Relatives of the victims waited outside the Suez Canal University hospital in Ismailia on Saturday. By Maggie Michael and Hamza Hendawi Associated Press November 25, 2017. ISMAILIA, Egypt — Egypt on Saturday said an attack on a mosque by militants in the country's troubled region of northern Sinai has killed 305Â ...
Press Herald
October 1, 2017
Most Egyptians see homosexuality as a practice that goes against nature and religion and insist that it's a social disease exported by aÃÂ ...
Las Vegas Sun
September 29, 2017
CAIRO — The Islamic State group on Thursday released what it said was a new audio recording of its top leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,ÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
September 27, 2017
Hamza Hendawi in Cairo. FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. In 1995 at the European basketball championship in Athens, there was controversy duringÃÂ ...
WRAL.com
September 12, 2017
TUNIS, Tunisia — Some denounce it as a violation of Islamic law, others embrace it as revolutionary: An initiative by Tunisia's president toÃÂ ...
WPXI Pittsburgh
September 11, 2017
Associated Press writer Ashraf Sweilam reported this story in El-Arish and AP writer Hamza Hendawi reported from Cairo. AP writers Samy Magdy andÃÂ ...
Just Security
September 11, 2017
Hamza Hendawi explains at the AP. ... the Islamic State group, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said yesterday, Hamza Hendawi reports at the AP.
The Denver Post
September 6, 2017
After the Trump administration announced Tuesday that it would begin to unwind an Obama-era program that shields younger undocumentedÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
August 23, 2017
Washington's surprise decision this week to cut or delay nearly $300 million in aid to Egypt is the first time the Trump administration has publiclyÃÂ ...
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