Cairo

The service to Egypt will resume on Tuesday after a Sunday flight was cancelled. Flights to India were resuming on Sunday.

Travel news: EgyptAir introduces free 96-hour transit visa; Spain restricts alcoholic drinks to six a day; no strolley bags in Croatian town

Also, Eurostar ends direct trains from London to Disneyland Paris and tired of 'Game of Thrones' tourists, San Juan introduces online ticketing system.

Egypt's highest honour 'Order of the Nile' conferred on PM Modi

Instituted in 1915, the ’Order of the Nile’ is conferred upon heads of states, crown princes, and vice presidents who offer Egypt or humanity invaluable services.

7 things to see in Egypt, which gives Indians a 30-day visa on arrival

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two-day state visit to Egypt, the land of pharaohs, pyramids, deserts and ancient temples that is stunning and overwhelming at the same time.

Jaishankar discusses Ukraine conflict, Indo-Pacific with his Egyptian counterpart

Jaishankar is in Egypt on a two-day visit at the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry.

At least 40 killed in Egyptian church fire, security sources say

An electrical fire broke out during Mass as 5,000 people gathered at the Coptic Abu Sifin church in the Imbaba neighbourhood

Tales of bookshops in two cities

A memoir of bookselling in Cairo and a novel on the life of a bookseller in Algiers show the importance of bookshops and how they reflect changes in the outside world.

Egypt sends robot submarine to help plane crash search

Ships and planes scouring the sea north of Alexandria have found body parts, personal belongings and debris from the Airbus 320, but are still trying to locate the black box recorders that could shed light on the cause of Thursday's crash.

EgyptAir plane from Paris to Cairo with 69 on board crashed

The officials say the search is now underway for the debris. They say the "possibility that the plane crashed has been confirmed," as the plane hasn't landed in any of the nearby airports.

'No theory can be ruled out' on missing EgyptAir flight: France

French President Francois Hollande and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi have "agreed to cooperate closely" to establish the circumstances of the disappearance as soon as possible, Paris said.

EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo disappears from radar

In an Arabic-language Facebook post, EgyptAir cited an "official source" as saying the flight, which took off from Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport at 11.09 p.m. Paris time had "disappeared from radar in the early hours of day today."

Egyptian plane hijacked, taken to Cyprus; passengers released

The Airbus flight number MS181 had 55 passengers on board and was flying on a regular route when the hijacking took place, the Egyptians said. Egyptian state television said there was a lone hijacker and identified him as Ibrahim Samaha. It gave no further details.

Air India to shut offices in Cairo, Tehran

Last November, Air India had shuttered its booking offices in Chittagong and Vienna while the office in Zurich was closed down in October 2014. In 2013-14, it had offices at nine foreign locations where it has no flights.

Gaza war resumes with deadly strikes, rocket fire

The Israeli military would not specify any of the targets of some 30 attacks across Gaza it said was in response to rocket fire aimed at Israel.

France to close embassy in Yemen temporarily

France-Embassy-Yemen:France to close embassy in Yemen temporarily on security fears

Egypt left leader backs military role,sees short transition

Hamdeen Sabahi, leader of the Popular Current movement, who came third in last year's presidential election, said the army had implemented the will of the people and was not seeking power for itself.

Egypt: Army ousts Mohammed Morsi; millions celebrate

Democratically elected president Mohammed Morsi was ousted by the military on Wednesday. A call for new elections has also been issued. Millions of anti-Morsi protesters around the country erupted in celebrations after the televised announcement by the army chief.

Hope, excitement and uncertainty in downtown Cairo

When military helicopters monitoring Egypt's protests whirr over downtown Cairo, storekeepers and shoppers stop talking and crane their heads to catch a glimpse.

In Egypt, many complain, but don't protest

For the common man, political squabbling since the revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak two years ago was making things worse

Envoy wants Syria solution in 2013

The international peace envoy for Syria said the situation in the country was deteriorating sharply but a solution was still possible under the terms of a peace plan agreed in Geneva in June.

In post-Mubarak Egypt, it's one 'giant conversation'

Scrambling down the tunnel of a 3,000-year-old tomb decorated with exquisite reliefs and hieroglyphics, watchman Abdel Rahman Sherif accosted a group of Cairo youths to berate them.

Syria under attack, social media floods

In this information age, with all the social media we have available on our fingertips, the impact of any natural disaster, war or movement is naturally

Factbox: Arab Spring momentum in Middle East, North Africa

The latest details of the revolts in the Middle East and North Africa and their aftermath

Egyptian cabinet to meet over violence that kills 24

Christians clashed with military police, leaving at least 24 people dead in Cairo, and the cabinet called an emergency meeting for Monday, vowing the violence would not derail Egypt's first election since Hosni Mubarak was toppled.

Egypt uprising art brightens Cairo, tempts buyers

A flowering of Egyptian art since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak is adding colour to the capital Cairo and an upswing in business at the city's galleries, as the pride, anger and optimism of a long-frustrated generation plays out on canvas.