Egypt’s parliament approves troop deployment to Libya

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s parliament has authorized the deployment of troops outside the country after the president threatened military action against Turkish-backed forces in Libya. The move could bring Egypt and Turkey, close U.S. allies that support rival sides in Libya’s chaotic proxy war, into direct confrontation. President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has called the strategic coastal city of Sirte a “red line” and warned that any attack on the town would prompt Cairo to