Reuters Moscow and Cairo signed an agreement on Thursday for Russia to build a nuclear power plant in Egypt, with Russia extending a loan to Egypt to cover the cost of construction. A spokesman for Russia’s state-owned nuclear firm Rosatom … read more
A tipsy passenger had alerted the crew of a plane heading from Warsaw to Hurgada that there was a bomb on board, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Burgas airport in Bulgaria, reported Bulgarian Nova news on Thursday. … read more
The Egyptian Holding Airport and Air Navigation Company activated a security check plan in airports nationwide at a cost of EGP 175 million on the heels of the Kremlin’s announcement that the ill-fated Russian jet was downed in Sinai in … read more
Reiterating a strong sentiment against the “crusaders”, the Islamic State Fighters in Iraq and Syria published on Wednesday an image of what it alleges to be the improvised explosive device (IED) used to bring down a Russian plane in Egypt’s … read more
Reuters Britain is working “actively and urgently” to resume flights to the Egyptian resort of Sharm al-Sheikh following the downing of the Russian plane over Sinai last month that killed all 224 people on board, the government said on Thursday. … read more
The family of Egyptian victim Saleh al-Gebaly, who was killed during last Friday’s Paris attacks, has complained of the Egyptian government and Foreign Ministry’s disregard to their demand to return Gebaly’s body to Egypt for burial. “No official has offered … read more
A bomb that downed a Russian plane in Egypt last month had been placed in the aircraft’s main cabin not in the cargo compartment as reported earlier, the daily Kommersant said on Wednesday citing an unnamed source. The newspaper, citing … read more
Two airport workers have been arrested in Sharm el Sheikh on suspicion of helping those responsible for the attack on Metrojet Flight 9268. Egyptian security officials say they have detained two employees of Sharm el Sheikh International Airport accused of … read more
The Kremlin said for the first time on Tuesday that a bomb had ripped apart a Russian passenger jet over Egypt last month and promised to hunt down those responsible and intensify its air strikes on Islamist militants in Syria … read more
The Kremlin said for the first time on Tuesday that a bomb did bring down a Russian passenger plane that crashed over the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt on Oct. 31, killing all 224 people on board. “One can unequivocally say … read more