Egypt's aviation minister on Sunday expressed his dismay over British Airways' decision to suspend flights to the Egyptian capital to the UK's ambassador to Cairo.

Travellers say Cairo flights being rebooked on Egypt Air 'strange' in light of security concern raised by suspension.

Air France , Emirates and Etihad Airways are continuing to operate flights to Cairo after British Airways and Lufthansa suspended services to Egypt's capital.

The indictment says 20-year-old Adal Abu Hadayb from southern Israel wanted to 'harm Jews' but his attempts to make a bomb using fertilizer, sugar and water proved unsuccessful; police also seized hand grenades and rifles from the suspect

Air France is maintaining its flights to Cairo, a spokesman for the airline said on Sunday, following the decision by rivals British Airways and Lufthansa to suspend flights to Egypt's capital over security concerns.

But British Airways says flights from Heathrow to the Egyptian capital remain cancelled.

Two airlines cite unspecified security concerns but give no details about what may have prompted the move.

British Airways suspends flights to Egyptian capital for one week as a 'precaution.' Lufthansa flights to Cairo are also canceled.

British Airways abruptly suspended all flights to Cairo for a week from Saturday over security concerns, giving no details about what prompted the move.

The airlines would not say what prompted the abrupt moves

British Airways abruptly suspended flights to Cairo for a week from Saturday over security concerns, giving no details about what had prompted the move.

The seven-day suspension came a day after the British government warned of “a heightened risk of terrorism against aviation.”

The long-awaited museum commemorating Egypt’s Nobel laureate for literature Naguib Mahfouz has now been inaugurated

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The airline halts all flights to the Egyptian capital for a week as a security "precaution".

Egyptian-born Farouk El-Baz was part of NASA's Apollo 11 ground crew at just 31 years old.

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Suicide bomber targets military checkpoint in northern Sinai one day after ISIS claims responsibility for 4 headless bodies.

One army serviceman was killed in the incident

Suicide attack follows discovery of four headless bodies in the conflict-wracked peninsula a day earlier.

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A suicide bombing killed at least two people in Egypt's North Sinai region on Thursday, a day after four headless bodies were found there, security and medical sources said.

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Egyptian pharaoh's coffin and tomb's treasured collection to be displayed at the new Grand Egyptian Museum next year.

Kuwait’s arrest of an eight-member terrorist cell linked to the Muslim Brotherhood suggests the Gulf state could follow its neighbours in designating the group a terrorist organisation, writes Gamal Essam El-Din

A recent Bloomberg analysis compared how Egypt and Nigeria, two of Africa's largest economies, dealt with similar economic hurdles, and found Egypt fared better

Israeli security forces discover Egyptians smuggling drugs into Israel.

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France, Britain, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, United States and Italy on Tuesday called for an immediate end of hostilities around Tripoli and warned of attempts by "terrorist groups" to take advantage of the political void in Libya.

Hebrew scholar working in Saudi Arabia spreads blood libel on Egyptian radio.

Kuwait forcibly returned the eight men claiming they were a 'terrorist' cell linked to the Muslim Brotherhood.

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Ken Abramowitz, well-known activist and philanthropist, outlines the ten challenges Israel faces, fight between democracies and dictators.

Kuwait has handed over to Egypt eight Egyptians who it said had admitted to carrying out terrorist operations in their home country, and had fled to Kuwait after being convicted in Egypt, the state news agency KUNA reported.

The museum was inaugurated on Sunday, 13 years after the death of Mahfouz

7 Egyptian children led players onto the pitch at Total AFCON 2019 quarter-final match in Cairo

Kuwait has handed over to Egyptian authorities eight members of a militant cell arrested on its territory and who it said were linked to the Muslim Brotherhood group, state news agency KUNA reported.

The program launched by Social Finance Israel intends to increase the number of students matriculating in higher levels of maths in the Bedouin town of Rahat in southern Israel from the current level of only 15%

Social Finance Israel (SFI) has launched a social impact bond to improve maths performance for high school students in the country's Bedouin community.

Jeremy Johnson, Beautiful Destinations founder, is one of the most prominent bloggers and influencers on social media specialised in tourism and travel

Egyptian delegation meets with Hamas and PA leaders in bid to prevent new escalation between Israel and Gaza.

The minister explores enhancing cooperation with international financial institutions, with a focus on green tourism

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At a joint workshop with the investment ministry, African Development Bank officials said that the Bank’s portfolio in Egypt is one of their best performing portfolios in the continent

The Ministry of Antiquities has ambitious plans to establish and renovate a number of museums in different governorates this year in order to promote tourism in Egypt, writes Nevine El-Aref.

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The angular shape of the construction contrasts with the straight sides of Egypt's "true" pyramids.