List of Egypt articles
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This picture taken on May 19, 2016 shows the hall of the Roissy-Charles De Gaulle airport in Roissy-en-France near Paris. An EgyptAir flight which disappeared from radar screens en route from Paris to Cairo early on May 19, 2016, crashed into the sea off the southern Greek island of Karpathos while in Egyptian airspace, a Greece aviation source told AFP. "At around 0029 GMT (3:29 am) when it was in Egyptian airspace, the plane disappeared from Greek radars... it crashed around 130 nautical miles off the island of Karpathos," the source told AFP. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS SAMSON / AFP / THOMAS SAMSON (Photo credit should read THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images) Flight 804: Slipping Through the Cracks
Airports are supposed to be some of the most secure places on earth. If an Egyptian airliner was brought down by terrorists after leaving Paris, authorities will face the grim reality that they aren’t safe enough.
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This picture taken on May 19, 2016, shows an Egyptair Airbus A330 from Cairo taxiing at the Roissy-Charles De Gaulle airport near Paris after its landing a few hours after the MS804 Egyptair flight crashed into the Mediterranean. An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo crashed into the Mediterranean on May 19, 2016, with 66 people on board, prompting an investigation into whether it was mechanical failure or a bomb. There were no immediate reports of the discovery of any debris in the area of sea between the Greek islands and the Egyptian coast where the plane vanished from radar screens. / AFP / THOMAS SAMSON (Photo credit should read ) Live Blog: EgyptAir Flight Disappears Over Mediterranean
Follow FP's coverage throughout the day for live updates about the EgyptAir crash.
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One of King Tutankhamun's gold sarcophagi is displayed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo late 22 October 2007. This is the third and innermost coffin containing the mummy made of thick solid gold. The gold-plated second coffin appears in the background. AFP PHOTO/CRIS BOURONCLE (Photo credit should read CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP/GettyImages) Cambridge Researchers Find World’s Youngest Mummy
A CT scan on an old artifact revealed the remains of a tiny mummified fetus.
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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 19: Members of the United Nations Security Council hold a meeting on the situation concerning Iraq on September 19, 2014 at UN headquarters in New York City. Secretary Kerry attended the Council for supporting the new Iraqi government and the Iraqi people. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images) How to Defeat Extremism Without Becoming Egypt’s Microserf
As Cairo enlists Microsoft’s help in curbing terrorism, experts say the tech giant must avoid being a prop for Egypt’s crackdown on free expression.
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f847f2c53b0deeeeaa63f1bec2680e4e-d5dx65f Tom and Jerry, Terrorists of the Cartoon World
An Egyptian media official says the beloved children's show "Tom and Jerry" has given rise to violent extremism.
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UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES - 2016/03/04: Ambassador Al-Mouallimi speaks to the UN press corps. Amid speculation based upon the previous day's Security Council session on the crisis in Yemen, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United Nations Abdallah Al-Mouallimi spoke at a press briefing to reaffirm his nation's position that the existing Council Resolution 2216 provides a sufficient framework for political discussions surround Yemen and to deny that Saudi forces have been responsible in any way for the humanitarian crisis there. (Photo by Albin Lohr-Jones/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) Inside Saudi Arabia’s Push to Silence Criticism of Its Brutal War in Yemen
Behind the scenes at the U.N., Riyadh and its friends are blocking resolutions and killing human rights investigations.
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Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reviews troops upon his arrival at Houari-Boumediene International Airport on June 25, 2014 in Algiers. Sisi arrived in Algeria for his first trip abroad since being elected in May and he is expected to meet President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, notably to discuss ways of "promoting the brotherly relations and cooperation that exist between the two countries and on issues linked to the situation in the Arab world and Africa". AFP PHOTO/FAROUK BATICHE (Photo credit should read FAROUK BATICHE/AFP/Getty Images) Egypt Extends Campaign Against Dissent to Turtle Bay
From Burundi to Syria, the lone Arab member of the U.N. Security Council is sparking concerns that it’s working to weaken international human rights norms.
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CAIRO, EGYPT - JANUARY 28: A riot policeman fires tear gas at protestors in front of the l-Istiqama Mosque in Giza on January 28, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Thousands of police are on the streets of the capital and hundreds of arrests have been made in an attempt to quell anti-government demonstrations. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) Sisi Is Too Scared of His Own Police to Care That Italy Recalled Its Ambassador
Egypt lost a close ally when Italy's envoy to Cairo was recalled Friday, but Sisi is busy prioritizing internal affairs.
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(Original Caption) American MFO are seen here. (Multi-National Force and Observers); They are peacekeepers on observation duty on this strategic island off the coast of Sinai in the Golf of Aqaba. Obama is Shaking the Foundations of the Camp David Accords
President Obama's unwillingness to truly take on the Islamic State in conjunction with its decision to redeploy the MFO may be the beginning of the end of the Camp David Accords.
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Cypriot security forces take a sniffer dog into an EgyptAir Airbus A-320 parked at the tarmac of Larnaca airport after the six-hour hijacking of the plane came to an end on March 29, 2016. Searches by Cyprus police found no explosives on the hijacker of an EgyptAir plane diverted to the island or inside the aircraft, a police source told AFP. The hijacker, who is in custody after surrendering to police following a six-hour standoff at Larnaca airport, had claimed to be wearing an explosives belt, Egyptian officials said. / AFP / BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images) Sometimes a Hijacking Means a Free Stopover in Beautiful Cyprus
Egyptians are joking on social media that a hijacked flight with a happy ending isn't anything to complain about.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - MARCH 21: United Nations (UN) soldiers from Sri Lanka patrol the slum "City of God" March 21, 2005 in the downtown area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. At least two members of the Haitian former military and two UN soldiers died in a gun battle March 20, marking the first lost of life to the UN peace force since it arrived in Haiti. (Photo by Shaul Schwarz/Getty Images) World Powers Bolster Punishments Against U.N. Sex Abusers
The U.N. Security Council gives the world body chief authority to repatriate foreign peacekeeping contingents over sex crimes.
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SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT - OCTOBER 27: A pair of SCUBA divers swim over coral during a guided dive on October 27, 2013 in the Red Sea near the resort town of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Sharm el-Sheikh, lying on the Red Sea coast in Egypt's South Sinai governorate, is one of Egypt's most popular destinations for tourists. Egypt's tourist industry has struggled since a popular uprising overthrew President Hosni Mubarak in early 2011, and tourist numbers have taken a further dive since the Egyptian Military's overthrow of the country's first democratically elected President, Mohammed Morsi in July 2013. Sharm el-Sheikh, popular for its beachfront resorts and water sports including SCUBA diving, has faired better than some other tourist spots in the Egypt, with major hotels reporting roughly 20% occupancy during the resort's busy summer season. (Photo by ). Months After ISIS Attack, Egypt’s Tourism Industry Still Paying the Price
More than 70 percent of Egypt's diving centers in the Red Sea have had to close down as tourists avoid vacationing in Egypt.
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Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reviews troops upon his arrival at Houari-Boumediene International Airport on June 25, 2014 in Algiers. Sisi arrived in Algeria for his first trip abroad since being elected in May and he is expected to meet President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, notably to discuss ways of "promoting the brotherly relations and cooperation that exist between the two countries and on issues linked to the situation in the Arab world and Africa". AFP PHOTO/FAROUK BATICHE (Photo credit should read FAROUK BATICHE/AFP/Getty Images) Going Once, Going Twice: Egypt’s Sisi Was for Sale on eBay
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi suggested he would sell himself to fix the country's debt. So someone put him up for sale on eBay.
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![[UNVERIFIED CONTENT] CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 8: An Egyptian protester waves the Egyptian flag during protests in Tahrir Square on February 8, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. The eighteen-day uprising led to the resignation of Hosni Mubarak on February 11, 2011. (Photo by Jonathan Rashad)](https://develop.foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/gettyimages-176470256.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
[UNVERIFIED CONTENT] CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 8: An Egyptian protester waves the Egyptian flag during protests in Tahrir Square on February 8, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. The eighteen-day uprising led to the resignation of Hosni Mubarak on February 11, 2011. (Photo by Jonathan Rashad) One Reason Egyptian Mass Trials Are a Bad Idea: Four-Year-Olds Get Life in Prison
A four-year-old's sentencing in Egypt has shed light on the country's controversial mass trials.
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la-et-ct-john-kerry-hollywood-isis-20160216 The Problem With John Kerry’s Trip to Hollywood
Wrong movie, wrong focus group, wrong century.
