An unknown person with a knife attacked tourists in an Egyptian resort in Hurghada, as a result of which 4 people were injured and 2 people, presumably a citizen of Ukraine, were killed. This is reported by Reuters, citing sources in the Egyptian Interior Ministry. The Egyptian authorities noted that all 6 victims ...

An EgyptAir mechanic whose cousin joined Islamic State in Syria is suspected of carrying a bomb on board the Russian passenger jet that exploded over Egypt in late October, people familiar with the matter said. According to Russia, the cause of the incident...

Russian citizens may have different attitudes towards the annexation of Crimea, support for the separatists of Donbass, or the participation of Russian aerospace forces in the campaign against Islamists in the Middle East, but some of the consequences of the Kremlin's "extremely tough" foreign policy and the cooling of relations with the West, Russians, accustomed from ...

The reason for the crash of the Russian A321 plane over Sinai was a terrorist attack with an improvised explosive device with a capacity of up to one kilogram of TNT. This was announced by the head of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the transcript of which was published ...

On board the Russian A321 plane that crashed in Egypt, there was a timer set for two hours. This is reported by the American television channel Fox News, citing sources in the intelligence services. According to one of the working versions considered by the American special services, the timer was installed near the fuel line, the power of the explosive device attached to it was calculated in this way ...

State Duma deputy Vadim Soloviev prepared an appeal to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a request to include Charlie Hebdo magazine employees in the sanctions lists, which published two cartoons on the crash of the Russian A321 passenger plane in Egypt. According to Solovyov, “this ...

Israeli intelligence has contributed to the investigation into the causes of the crash of a Russian plane in the Sinai Peninsula. CNN reported this with reference to an American diplomatic source. According to him, Israeli intelligence intercepted messages exchanged between Islamic State militants last week.…

Responsibility for the crash of the A-321 plane in Egypt may be borne by Abu Osama al-Masri, the leader of the Islamic State unit in the Sinai Peninsula. According to The Sunday Times, British intelligence suggests that it was this group that planted the bomb on board the plane. There is no official confirmation of the information from The Sunday Times. Moreover,…

Participants in the investigation into the death of a Russian plane over Sinai are 90 percent sure that the extraneous noise recorded on board the plane was the sound of a bomb explosion. An Egyptian expert told Reuters in Cairo, who asked not to be named. He will discuss the details ...

The Russian government is considering a "British scheme" for the evacuation of Russian citizens from Egypt. A source close to the Cabinet of Ministers told RBC about this. According to this scheme, tourists are first evacuated and only then luggage is transported. “Yes, they are going to export them according to the British scheme. Rosaviatsia broadcasts this to airlines, ”RBC confirmed ...