Amro Hassan –

A relative of a passenger on an EgyptAir flight that crashed early Thursday puts her hand on the window from inside a bus at Cairo International Airport, Egypt, on May 19, 2016.

Heartbreak at Cairo airport: ‘My brother just died, and you are photographing us?’

August 21, 2019 at 6:23 p.m.

Some of them were there from the start, waiting to meet their friends or family at Cairo International Airport's Terminal 3, where EgyptAir Flight 804 was scheduled to arrive at...

Egyptians gather to denounce the fatal shooting of a street vendor by a police officer asked to pay for his cup of tea.

Prosecutors: Egyptian police officer kills vendor when asked to pay for cup of tea

June 21, 2019 at 10:57 p.m.

The latest incident highlighting complaints of police abuse in Egypt started with a cup of tea. According to witnesses interviewed by authorities, a police officer had grown accustomed to getting...

Cairo's central Tahrir Square, epicenter of an extraordinary 18-day rebellion in 2011, stands mostly empty on Jan. 25, 2016.

Five years after Tahrir Square, activists look back at Egypt’s revolution: ‘Maybe we were naive’

June 20, 2019 at 1:50 p.m.

Five years ago Thursday, Cairo's Tahrir Square erupted in euphoric celebrations as hundreds of thousands of Egyptians danced, cheered, wept and fell to their knees in prayer on the night...

Men are tied together after being detained by the Egyptian army, which said they were transporting drugs. The army took command of the city after police abandoned their positions.

Five years on, Tahrir Square activists look back at Egypt’s revolution: ‘Maybe we were naive’

June 11, 2018 at 6:36 a.m.

Five years ago Thursday, Cairo's Tahrir Square erupted in euphoric celebrations as hundreds of thousands of Egyptians danced, cheered, wept and fell to their knees in prayer on the night...

Tourists stand in line to have their belongings checked by Egyptian security forces in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Russia and Britain are increasing efforts to bring home thousands of tourists stranded there after the crash of a Russian airliner in the Sinai Peninsula disrupted flights.

U.S. officials: Russian crash likely due to ISIS bomb

June 23, 2019 at 9:05 a.m.

U.S. officials say they are growing increasingly convinced that the crash of a Russian aircraft in Egypt was the result of a bomb, as investigators collect evidence from what one...

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