Sinai Crash

At least 14 people were killed and 17 injured Saturday when a coach and a minibus smashed into each other at high speed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, security officials said.

A helicopter crash in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula involving a multi-national observer force killed seven people on Thursday -- five Americans, a French national and a Czech citizen, the force said.

Relatives of some of the 224 people killed in the bombing of a Russian airliner over Egypt attended ceremonies on Monday in Saint Petersburg to mark a year since the disaster.

Investigators have pieced together the remains of a Russian plane that crashed in October over Sinai and established the point at which its disintegration likely began, the Egyptian-led investigative committee said on Thursday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi acknowledged for the first time today that "terrorism" caused a Russian plane crash in the Sinai Peninsula in October that killed 224 people.

Egypt's interior ministry denied on Saturday making any arrests in connection with the crash of a Russian passenger plane in Sinai last October that killed all 224 people on board.

Egypt said today it had found no evidence so far of terrorism or other illegal action linked to the crash of a Russian passenger plane in Sinai that killed all 224 people on board on October 31.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Russia and the United States on Sunday to cooperate in rooting out terrorism and said he would unveil a comprehensive plan to fight extremism and violence early next year.

Islamic State's official magazine carried a photo on Wednesday of a Schweppes drink it said was used to make an improvised bomb that brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on board.

Egypt's government said Tuesday it is bolstering security at airports over the possibility that a Russian plane departing a Sinai resort was brought down by a bomb late last month.

Egypt said today it would take into account Russia's conclusion that a bomb brought down a passenger plane over the Sinai Peninsula last month but its investigation had so far found no evidence of criminal action.

Russia's federal security service (FSB) today said it would pay $50 million for information about "terrorists" who brought down the plane in Sinai last month with 224 people on board.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin vowed to find and punish the attackers who brought down a plane with 224 people on board in Sinai last month, in remarks released by the Kremlin Tuesday.

Russian communications intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies showed Russia believed the plane that crashed in Sinai, Egypt, on Oct. 31 was brought down by a bomb, U.S. sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Saint Petersburg today remembered the victims of the Sinai plane crash, with the bell of the iconic St. Isaac's Cathedral tolling 224 times in memory of each person killed.

At least 14 people were killed and 17 injured Saturday when a coach and a minibus smashed into each other at high speed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, security officials said.

A helicopter crash in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula involving a multi-national observer force killed seven people on Thursday -- five Americans, a French national and a Czech citizen, the force said.

Relatives of some of the 224 people killed in the bombing of a Russian airliner over Egypt attended ceremonies on Monday in Saint Petersburg to mark a year since the disaster.

Investigators have pieced together the remains of a Russian plane that crashed in October over Sinai and established the point at which its disintegration likely began, the Egyptian-led investigative committee said on Thursday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi acknowledged for the first time today that "terrorism" caused a Russian plane crash in the Sinai Peninsula in October that killed 224 people.

Egypt's interior ministry denied on Saturday making any arrests in connection with the crash of a Russian passenger plane in Sinai last October that killed all 224 people on board.

Egypt said today it had found no evidence so far of terrorism or other illegal action linked to the crash of a Russian passenger plane in Sinai that killed all 224 people on board on October 31.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Russia and the United States on Sunday to cooperate in rooting out terrorism and said he would unveil a comprehensive plan to fight extremism and violence early next year.

Islamic State's official magazine carried a photo on Wednesday of a Schweppes drink it said was used to make an improvised bomb that brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on board.

Egypt's government said Tuesday it is bolstering security at airports over the possibility that a Russian plane departing a Sinai resort was brought down by a bomb late last month.

Egypt said today it would take into account Russia's conclusion that a bomb brought down a passenger plane over the Sinai Peninsula last month but its investigation had so far found no evidence of criminal action.

Russia's federal security service (FSB) today said it would pay $50 million for information about "terrorists" who brought down the plane in Sinai last month with 224 people on board.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin vowed to find and punish the attackers who brought down a plane with 224 people on board in Sinai last month, in remarks released by the Kremlin Tuesday.

Russian communications intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies showed Russia believed the plane that crashed in Sinai, Egypt, on Oct. 31 was brought down by a bomb, U.S. sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Saint Petersburg today remembered the victims of the Sinai plane crash, with the bell of the iconic St. Isaac's Cathedral tolling 224 times in memory of each person killed.