Egyptian authorities have detained three leading opposition figures, including a former senior diplomat, as part of an ongoing crackdown in the country. Egyptian security sources said on Thursday that the dissidents were arrested on the orders of Egypt’s public prosecutor. The detainees included ex-diplomat and former ambassador Masoum Marzouk who ...
An Egyptian man accused of hijacking a plane and diverting it to Cyprus has been sent back from the Mediterranean island to his homeland after a two-year extradition battle, officials said Sunday. Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa, 61, allegedly used a fake suicide belt to seize an EgyptAir airliner from Alexandria ...
