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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, who has ruled with an unquestioned grip for the past nine years, won reelection to a third, six-year term in office, election authorities announced Monday. He ran against three virtually unknown opponents.

"Prince of Egypt: The Musical" misses the mark by focusing on jealousy and rivalry while abandoning the miracles of God's grace in rescuing the Israelites from Pharaoh.

A lever is needed to return hostages held in Gaza. America, working in concert with our allies, Israel and Egypt, must innovate to aid in the creation of this mechanism. We must, at the same time, remove the cloak of victimhood that Hamas uses to attract support throughout the world. This can, in part, be accomplished by arraying the horrific actions of this terrorist organization against a background of humanitarian efforts undertaken by the United States to alleviate suffering.

Embattled New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez pleaded not guilty Monday at an arraignment hearing at the federal courthouse in Manhattan on a new charge of conspiring to act as a foreign agent to the government of Egypt while serving in Congress.

Embattled Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez will not attend a classified all-senators briefing from U.S. officials on Israel set for Wednesday in the wake of being charged with acting as a foreign agent of Egypt.

Newly installed Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin is moving quickly to put his stamp on the panel, announcing a freeze on new military aid and arms sales to Egypt because of the Cairo government's poor human rights record and calling for a "reevaluation" of U.S. aid to Azerbaijan after its forcible takeover of a large Armenian-majority enclave in Nagorno-Karabakh.

A federal grand jury indicted Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez on Friday on charges he accepted bribes from three New Jersey businessmen in exchange for favors that would benefit the trio and secretly aid Egypt.

2022 began with Egypt and the U.S. celebrating the centenary of diplomatic relations. It ended with the visit of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to Washington for the U.S.-Africa summit.

The world should confront climate change the way it does nuclear weapons, by agreeing to a non-proliferation treaty that stops further production of fossil fuels, a small island nation leader proposed Tuesday as vulnerable nations pushed for more action and money at international climate talks.

The young woman could hear her heart pounding so hard that she worried the microphone placed in front of her would pick up its sound. Seated around her were officials from Islamic nations, including her country's president. Cameras clicked.