Al-Masry Al-Youm Meteorologists expect dusty winds to hit most parts of the country on Wednesday, affecting horizontal visibility and possibly disrupting navigation in the Mediterranean Sea, even creating dust storms in some areas,. Low- and medium-level clouds are predicted in … read more
Passengers flying to the UK from certain countries will be banned from carrying most electronic devices, Sky sources say. The ban is not the result of any specific intelligence of an upcoming attack, but is being introduced as a response … read more
Egypt Independent The Antiquities Ministry has completed the second phase of the development project in the Giza Pyramids archaeological area, which is planned to be inaugurated in May, Al-Borsa news reported. Almost 99 percent of the project’s second phase is … read more
The US has announced a ban on large electronic devices from cabin baggage on passenger flights from eight Muslim majority countries. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said extremists were seeking “innovative methods” to bring down jets. Bombs could be … read more
Egypt Independent EgyptAir is offering cut-rate flight tickets to a number of regional and international airports until the end of March, according to an announcement on the EgyptAir website. The offers include a 40-percent reduction on the weekly flight from … read more
Reuters Egyptian Finance Minister Amr el-Garhy said on Monday his country was expecting foreign direct investment to increase to US$13-15 billion in the 2017-18 fiscal year, after a currency flotation in November revived foreign interest. Garhy told Reuters by telephone … read more
Ola Noureldin The Global Firepower Index (GFI) ranked Egypt’s military as the 12th most powerful worldwide ahead of Isreal, Vietnam and Brazil, in a list of 126 countries with the most powerful militaries in the world for 2016. The GFI criteria ranks the … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The Ministry of Antiquities is gearing up to complete the remainder of the excavation of the Ramses II statue using newer and safer techniques, informed sources in the ministry said. This move comes following sharp criticism about the poor method by … read more
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will arrive in Egypt on Sunday on an official visit that comes following an invitation from President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. The visit also comes for the presidents to discuss bilateral relations between them, prior to the … read more
Egypt’s army said it killed 18 “highly dangerous terrorists” in different parts of the restive North Sinai as well as arrested 37 suspects, two different statements on the army spokesman’s official Facebook page read. Army forces killed the 18 terrorist … read more