RUSSIA AIRLINER CRASHES IN CENTRAL SINAI EGYPT SAYS

CAIRO -- A Russian passenger airplane carrying 224 people crashed early Saturday in the central Sinai Peninsula, according to officials in Cairo and Moscow... READ MORE›

PARIS ATTACKS WHAT DOES DAESH MEAN AND WHY DOES ISIS HATE IT

It is a term that most Arab states and many European governments use to refer to the Islamic State or ISIS... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH MYSTERY DEEPENS AS OFFICIALS DIFFER

Metrojet officials also dismissed claims by the Islamic State that its operatives felled the plane... READ MORE›

RUSSIA MOURNS AS OFFICIALS SEEK CAUSE OF JET CRASH IN EGYPT

In Egypt, search crews had transferred 163 bodies from the site to Cairo hospitals and morgues by Sunday... READ MORE›

FOR EGYPT TV SHOWS SHOCKING TWIST IS ITS SYMPATHETIC JEWS

You gave birth to him as an Egyptian Jew not an Israeli Jew which he never will be!... READ MORE›

'NO SOS CALL' FROM RUSSIAN AIRBUS, SAY EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES

Rescuers claim they have heard voices in the wreckage of the Russian plane that has crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, according to Sky News... READ MORE›

IS AFFILIATE IN EGYPT CLAIMS ROCKET ATTACK ON ISRAEL

Sinai Province, a group affiliated with Islamic State, says it fired three rockets into Israel from Egypt's Sinai peninsula... READ MORE›

NO SURVIVORS AS RUSSIAN AIRLINER COMES DOWN WITH 224 PEOPLE ON BOARD

A commercial plane with 17 children and 207 adults on board travelling from Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg crashes in northern Sinai... READ MORE›

U.S. TO TIGHTEN AIRLINE SECURITY AFTER CRASH OF RUSSIAN PLANE

Johnson, secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement... READ MORE›

EGYPT PLANE CRASH: RUSSIA SAYS JET WAS BOMBED IN TERROR ATTACK

Egypt denied reports that two employees at Sharm el-Sheikh airport had been arrested in connection with the bombing... READ MORE›

ISRAELS CHILLY RECEPTION FOR AFRICAN ASYLUM SEEKERS

As the continuing refugee crisis in Europe demonstrates, Israel is not alone in trying to deter refugees... READ MORE›

AVIATION OFFICIAL: RUSSIAN JET DISINTEGRATED IN MID-AIR

The communications were captured by Israeli intelligence focused on the Sinai, and passed along to the United States and Britain, the sources said... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE ATTACK IN EGYPT'S NORTH SINAI KILLS MORE THAN 100

Islamic State's Egyptian affiliate Sinai Province claimed responsibility and said that it had attacked more than 15 security sites and carried out three suicide bombings... READ MORE›

EGYPT DEMOLISHES SINAI HOMES FOR GAZA BORDER BUFFER

Egyptian media accuses Gaza's Hamas administration of aiding militants in Sinai... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH: FLIGHT RECORDER CAPTURED 'SOUND OF EXPLOSION'

Egypt has rejected claims that Isis carried out the attack and maintains there is nothing wrong with security at Sharm el-Sheikh airport... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE THREATENS TO TOPPLE HAMAS IN GAZA STRIP IN VIDEO STATEMENT

Video issued from Isis stronghold in Syria is rare public challenge to Hamas, which has been cracking down on jihadis who oppose its truces with Israel... READ MORE›

PLANE 'BROKE UP IN THE AIR,' OFFICIAL SAYS

The Russian plane that crashed over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula broke up in the air, a Russian aviation official said Sunday... READ MORE›

KERRY IN EGYPT DISCUSSES BALANCING HUMAN RIGHTS AND TERROR FIGHT

Last week a bipartisan group of six senators released a public letter urging Mr. Kerry to make human rights a centerpiece of his visit to Egypt... READ MORE›

Egypt's Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip was also closed, state TV said... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE SHOWS IMAGES OF ANCIENT SYRIAN TEMPLE DESTRUCTION

Islamic State has proclaimed a caliphate to rule over all Muslims from territory it holds in both Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH: AIRLINE CLAIMS DISASTER COULD ONLY BE CAUSED BY "IMPACT ON PLANE" - LATEST NEWS

He complained before the flight that the technical condition of the aircraft left much to be desired, his wife, Natalya Trukhacheva told Russian state television... READ MORE›

COULD A BOMB HAVE CAUSED THE RUSSIAN PLANE TO CRASH IN SINAI?

Summary What we know so far A Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed in a mountainous area of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, killing everyone on board... READ MORE›

US DELIVERS 10 HELICOPTERS TO EGYPT IN SIGN OF IMPROVING RELATIONS

Egypt is fighting an Islamist insurgency that mostly targets security personnel and is based mainly in the lawless Sinai peninsula bordering Israel and the Gaza Strip... READ MORE›

BRITISH OFFICIAL FINGERS SHARM EL-SHEIKH SECURITY FOR PLANE CRASH

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said security must improve if British tourists are to return to Egypt... READ MORE›

REPORTS CLAIM HAMAS HAS NABBED AN ISRAELI SPY DOLPHIN

The reports cite the Palestinian daily al-Quds which quotes individuals in the Gaza Strip claiming that Hamas commandos had noticed and later captured a suspicious dolphin... READ MORE›

A STUNNED EGYPT VOWS TO ERASE TERRORIST DENS

Though there was little proof to substantiate government claims that the militants had been routed, Egyptian officials asserted that they had regained dominance in Sinai... READ MORE›

ISIS ALLY IN EGYPT EMERGES AS KEY SUSPECT IN RUSSIAN JET CRASH

And the Sinai Province released online an Islamic State-like video of its militants beheading a kidnapped Croatian employee of a French energy company... READ MORE›

HIDDEN ROOMS AT TOMB OF TUTANKHAMUN RAISE HOPES OF NEW TREASURES

Tutankhamun's tomb is in Luxor, in southern Egypt, the pharaonic capital in ancient times... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN AVIATION OFFICIAL SAYS PLANE BROKE UP IN MIDAIR OVER SINAI

The Egyptian government said Sunday that 163 bodies had been recovered and transferred to three facilities outside Sinai... READ MORE›

BOMB MAY HAVE BROUGHT DOWN RUSSIAN JET

Irish airlines were also directed Wednesday not to operate in the Sinai peninsula until further notice, said Eamonn Brennan, chief executive of the Irish Aviation Authority... READ MORE›