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EgyptAir jet missing after mid-air plunge, Greeks find floating objects
An EgyptAir jet carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean south of Greece on Thursday, with Athens saying the plane swerved in mid-air before plunging from cruising height and vanishing.
Tense airplane drama dissolves into bedroom farce
Passengers on EgyptAir flight MS181 from Alexandria to Cairo took off into bright skies at 6:30 am, then, rather quickly, noticed the flight veer towards the sea.
EgyptAir hijack ends with passengers freed
An EgyptAir plane flying from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus on Tuesday by a man with what authorities said was a fake suicide belt, who was arrested after giving himself up.
Egypt sees Israel’s (non-existent) hand behind troubling dam
A vote by Egypt’s parliament to oust a maverick media mogul because he hosted the Israeli ambassador at his home in late February laid bare the limitations of the Cairo-Jerusalem…
BREAKING: Gunmen open fire at Egyptian hotel, wounding foreign tourists
Gunmen opened fire at the entrance of a hotel in the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Hurghada on Friday, wounding two foreign tourists, security sources said.
Islamic State says Cairo attack was response to leader’s call to target Jews
Islamic State said on Friday its members had carried out an attack on Israeli tourists in Cairo in response to a call by the group\’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, to target Jews \”everywhere.\”
Gunmen fire at Israeli tourists in Cairo, no casualties
Egypt declared it would step up security at major tourist attractions last year after Islamist militants carried out several attacks, causing its struggling tourism industry to slump further.
France’s Orange plans to end brand licensing deal in Israel
Israel protested to France on Thursday after the head of partly state-owned French telecom giant Orange said it intended to end a brand licensing deal with an Israeli firm, drawing accusations it was bending to a pro-Palestinian boycott movement.
Divers discover huge hoard of gold coins off Israeli coast
Scuba divers have discovered a rare haul of gleaming 1,000-year-old gold coins inscribed in Arabic on the sea bed off Israel, a find archaeologists say may shed light on Muslim rule in that age.