Why Jordan and Egypt are saying 'no' to accepting Palestinian refugees from Gaza

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The media set up ahead of a press conference by the UN Secretary-General on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing on the border with the Gaza Strp on October 20, 2023.
The media set up ahead of a press conference by the UN Secretary-General on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing on the border with the Gaza Strip on October 20, 2023.

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Rafah border crossing point between Gaza and Egypt has opened, allowing first aid trucks to enter the besieged strip

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UN workers gesture as trucks carrying aid arrive at the Palestinian side of the border with Egypt, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, October 21, 2023.
Aid arrives at the Palestinian side of the border with Egypt in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, October 21, 2023.

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An opulent ancient Egyptian tomb containing 5,000-year-old wine may have belonged to a long-forgotten female pharaoh

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Side-by-side images show vistas from the tomb. On the left, a picture shows the ruins of an ancient tomb buried in a sandy landscape. The tomb's walls draw two concentric squares in the ground. On the right, ancient wine jars are seen half buried in the sand between narrow rectangular walls.
Side-by-side images show the tomb complex of Meret-Neith in Abydos, next to a picture of 5,000-year-old wine jars found in the grave.

An Egyptologist thought a pyramid might have hidden rooms. It took almost 200 years and lidar to prove him right.

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The interior of the Pyramid of Sahure, a storage room and a stone passageway
One of the storage rooms in the passageway recently found in the Pyramid of Sahure.

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Egypt issues Chinese yuan-denominated panda bonds for the first time, getting lower rate than dollar-based debt

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Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) greets Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) in 2014.

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Water in Southern Gaza remains 'limited' despite US urging Israel to end the shutoff

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Jake Sullivan at the podium
On Sunday, Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden's national security adviser, said he'd been told that Israel had turned the water in Southern Gaza back on. In fact, water service remains "limited," an official clarified.

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India is a growing defense powerhouse, and now it's looking to cash in on it

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of the Aero India exhibition in Bengaluru on February 13.

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Protesters hold sign and shame Sen. Bob Menendez as he shows up in court on bribery charges

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US Senator Bob Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, and his wife Nadine Arslanian, arrive at the US District Court, Southern District of New York, in New York City on September 27, 2023.

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Gold bars, cash found in home of senator charged with bribery

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 Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey is facing federal charges of bribery. The three-term lawmaker faced similar accusations in 2017, costing him his position as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Sen. Bob Menendez Googled 'how much is one kilo of gold worth' around the time his wife accepted alleged bribes, indictment says

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Gold bars and Sen. Bob Menendez
Prosecutors allege Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, and his wife accepted gold bars as part of a bribery scheme.

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