Safwat Muslim, chairperson of EgyptAir Holding Company, said that return flights for pilgrims from Jeddah and Medina will officially start on 17 September. The scheduled flights will transport 75,000 passengers back to Egypt. Pilgrims that had travelled via travel agencies … read more
CAIRO (AP) — KLM says it will temporarily suspend flights to and from Cairo in January, citing “economic reasons.” The Royal Dutch Airlines’ statement, posted on its website Wednesday, says the devaluation of the Egyptian pound and restrictions imposed by … read more
Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will meet with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi next week during the UN General Assembly (UNGA), her campaign announced Wednesday. Clinton will also meet Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenkoas well other world leaders, her campaign added. … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm An Egyptian delegation headed to the US on Tuesday to prepare for the visit of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to New York on Saturday to participate in the 71st session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. … read more
Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sameh Shoukry will travel to New York on Thursday, ahead of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s US visit next week to attend the United Nation’s general assembly, state news agency MENA reported. Shoukry will meet with a number … read more
Two Christians were injured on Monday when violence erupted between Muslims and Christians in a remote Minya village, the local Coptic Orthodox bishop announced on Tuesday. According to a short statement issued by Bishop Makarious of Minya, a fight took place … read more
Egypt’s security forces have foiled an illegal migration attempt to Europe by 155 people, state-run news agency MENA reported on Saturday. Security forces of Kafr El-Sheikh governorate, about 134 km north of Cairo, captured 155 persons of different nationalities, including 114 … read more
The Orient International Trading Company Ltd. will close three of its outlets in Alexandria by next January due to Egypt’s “complex business climate,” it said in a statement. The outlets include Centre Point, Home Centre, and Max. The company’s territory head, Peter Morland, said in an … read more
Reuters Mexicans who lost relatives or were wounded in an aerial bombing in Egypt last year have reached a compensation agreement with the Egyptian Travel Agents Association (ETAA), Mexico’s government said on Tuesday. In September 2015, an Egyptian army aircraft … read more
The bomb, which allegedly caused the crash of Russian plane Metrojet A321 in Sinai, was placed in the back of the plane by “terrorists”, according to Russian newspaper Kommersant, citing international experts. Two weeks after the crash, which took place in October and … read more