A car bomb outside a hotel that hosts judges overseeing Egypt’s parliament election in Sinai’s restive city of Arish early Wednesday morning has killed at least a judge, a police officer, and a conscript soldier, Youm7 reported. The hotel was reportedly … read more
The Egypt-led international committee investigating the Russian plane crash is concerned with the technical not the criminal side of the investigation, Egypt’s aviation minister said Friday. Minister Hossam Kamal said in statements to the press that the prosecution and judicial … read more
By Hend Kortam Egypt’s tourism minister said Saturday he expects the number of tourists to drop by 13 percent in 2015/2016, compared to the year before, reaching 9 million tourists. Given the tourism crisis Egypt is facing, Minister Hisham Zaazou said … read more
Back in September Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris took to Twitter TWTR +3.85% to propose buying an island from Greece or Italy to house migrants and refugees. The tweet went viral and his proposal received such a positive response that Sawiris, Africa’s 10th … read more
Frequent overseas travelers might want to check their passports. The State Department said Thursday it is about to end the practice of adding new pages to existing passport books. Starting Jan. 1, adults running out of space for new visas … read more
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