Al-Masry Al-Youm Luxor International Airport received 4 charter flights from Germany carrying 650 tourists on Thursday. Luxor Airport station manager Ahmed Abdellatif said the first flight was coming from Munich airport, carrying 130 tourists. The second flight came from Düsseldorf … read more
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Thursday in New York with UN Secretary-General António Guterres where they discussed the latest developments in the Middle East, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. In a statement issued early Friday, foreign ministry … read more
AFP An Egyptian court ordered on Thursday a renewed corruption probe into ousted President Hosni Mubarak, who had been cleared for release after almost six years in detention, judicial officials said. The court ruling to reopen the investigation after it … read more
A bomb detonated in Maadi’s Gaza’er Street earlier this morning, killing a 35-year old security guard and injuring 4 others, including his wife and two children, El Watan News reports, citing a Ministry of Interior Official who chose to remain … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The Cabinet approved raising the fees for 6-month multiple entry visa from US$25 to US$60, Egypt’s Tourism Minister Yahya Rashed said during a press conference on Tuesday. In its meeting yesterday, the Cabinet decided the price of tourist single entry visa to Egypt should … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Six local and international excavation missions have obtained the necessary approvals to resume their underwater archeological excavations for antiquities along the shores of Alexandria and Red Sea governorates, according to the Department of Underwater Antiquities in the Ministry of … read more
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