In easier times for Egypt’s refugees, Azza Mostafa, a pro-government TV anchor, had nothing but generous words for the many thousands of Syrians who had built new lives in Egypt after their own country imploded into civil war in 2011. “I’d like to say to our Syrian families and our brothers in Egypt,” she said…
The FBI is looking into past visits to Egypt and Canada by the suspect in the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people after a truck was rammed into a crowd of revelers, an FBI official told reporters on Sunday. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a US Army veteran aged 42 who had pledged…
Hamas leaders held talks with Egyptian security officials on Sunday in a fresh push for a ceasefire in the Gaza war, two Hamas sources said, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to hold security talks on the matter, two Israeli officials said. The Hamas visit to Cairo was the first since the US…
Sixteen people, including 12 foreign nationals, are missing after a tourist boat sank off Egypt’s Red Sea coast, the local government said on Monday. The Sea Story was carrying 44, including 31 tourists and 13 crew on a multi-day diving trip, when it went down near the town of Marsa Alam, the Red Sea Governorate…