An EgyptAir plane flying from Paris to Cairo with 59 passengers and 10 crew on board has disappeared from radars, the airline has tweeted.
Top diplomats from 17 nations have resumed Vienna talks on the Syria conflict, hoping to reinvigorate a peace effort that has effectively collapsed.
Unidentified gunmen have attacked a police vehicle near the Egyptian, capital, Cairo, killing eight policemen.
Riot police dispersed a protest in Al-Mesaha Squsre in Dokki using teargas, just minutes after hundreds gathered in the square to chant anti-army and anti-regime slogans.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has warned that security forces will respond firmly to planned anti-government demonstrations over his decision to hand over two islands to Saudi Arabia.
An Egyptian opposition politician has launched legal proceedings against President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi over his decision to hand the control of two strategic Egyptian Red Sea islands over to Saudi Arabia.
So-called Islamic State terrorist group beheads a man in Sinai Desert on charges of spying for government, “Terror Monitor” Group quoted from ISIS Sinai branch sponsored social media. 12
The Egyptian police used tear gas on Friday to disperse rallies against the country's decision to give two islands in the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia.On Saturday, Cairo announced the decision to transfer the islands of Tiran and Sanafir at the southern entrance to the Gulf of Aqaba to the Saudi Arabia.
Israel’s defense minister says Saudi Arabia has given Israel written assurances the kingdom will guarantee Israel freedom of passage in the Tiran Straits.
An Israeli military source close to the leftist disclosed that the Saudi and Israeli military cooperation agreement signed with the centrality of Tiran Island, Al-Alam News Network reports.