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Terrorism likely cause of air crash in Egypt which kills 66

The Americans are talking about a bomb, and Egypt’s Aviation minister thinks terrorism is the likely cause, but what is clear is 66 people have died in the crash of an Airbus in the waters off…

Egypt

Flight 804 crash: second major EgyptAir incident in two months

Thursday’s (May 19) EgyptAir plane crash comes just two months since the last major incident involving the airline.

Egypt

EgyptAir: families express bewilderment as they await news of flight 804

In Cairo, the families of those on board the missing EgyptAir flight have spoken of their bewilderment as they desperately seek answers about what happened after the loss of radar…

Egypt

EgyptAir crash: airline says Flight MS804 wreckage found

Egyptian authorities say debris likely to be from the plane has been located near a Greek island. The Airbus 320 passenger jet went missing en route from Paris to Cairo.

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What we know about EgyptAir flight MS804

EgyptAir flight MS804 disappeared early yesterday morning over the Mediterranean.

Egypt

French and Egyptian authorities vow solidarity over missing aircraft

French and Egyptian authorities have been reacting to the disappearance of EgyptAir flight MS804 with 66 people on board.

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Cairo feels the beat at contemporary arts festival

Contemporary dance, theatre, music, film and literature – it’s all come to Cairo for the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. The festival is billed

Cyprus

Egypt defends air safety after hijacking

The hijack of EgyptAir Flight MS181 on Tuesday after its take-off from Alexandria may have ended safely. But security questions raised are likely to

Cyprus

Egypt defends airport security after hijack drama

The hijack of EgyptAir Flight MS181 on Tuesday after its take-off from Alexandria may have ended safely. But security questions raised are likely to

Egypt

The Arab women in Cairo leading the push for workplace equality

Om Waleed is a taxi driver. In fact she is the only woman driving a taxi in Cairo. She has broken a huge taboo and put up with repeated harassment to

Italy

Body of Italian student killed in Egypt repatriated to Rome

The body of an Italian doctoral student, found dead in Cairo, has been returned to Rome. Italy establish what happened to Giulio Regeni, who had been

Egypt

Arab League demands Turkey withdraw troops from Iraq

Foreign ministers of the Arab League held an emergency meeting in Cairo on Thursday at the request of the Iraqi government. On the agenda: finding a

World News

Cairo petrol bomb attack kills 16

Egyptian security officials say 16 people have been killed after a petrol bomb was hurled at this entertainment complex in the Egyptian capital

Egypt

Egypt's road to democracy: parliamentary elections take place

Egypt begins the final stage of the road to democracy. Voting is underway in the country's first parliamentary elections in three years.

Egypt

Egypt: bomb hits Cairo police building, six wounded

A car bomb in a Cairo suburb has wounded at least six police officers and badly damaged a state security building. There are no confirmed dead. The

Egypt

Cairo car bomb wounds six police officers

A car bomb near a state security building and a court house in a Cairo suburb has left at least six police officers wounded. There are no confirmed

Egypt

ISIL says it bombed Italian consulate in Cairo

ISIL says it carried out Saturday’s car bomb attack on the Italian consulate in Cairo, which the authorities said killed one person and wounded 10

Egypt

Deadly blast hits Italian consulate in Cairo

A huge explosion hit the Italian consulate in Cairo on Saturday morning. At least one person is reported dead and several more injured. A car bomb

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Dina El Wedidi: an Egyptian star born from the Arab Spring

With her unique combination of fiery contemporary sounds and Egyptian vocals, Dina El Wedidi has not only conquered Egypt’s underground music scene

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Egypt state prosecutor dies after Cairo bomb attack

Egypt’s public prosecutor Hisham Barakat has died following a bomb attack on his car in Cairo, according to the state news agency. Officials said the