EgyptAir announced the return of its flight MS729 of the A220-300 heading to Moscow due to a threatening message from an unknown source. A company statement said the message was found on one of the plane’s seats. The statement confirmed that the passengers arrived safely at Cairo Airport, and the necessary measures are being taken. In January 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an executive order to resume regular flights to Cairo but charter flights to Egyptian resorts remained suspended. On July 8, Putin struck down the order signed in 2015 which banned flights to Egypt’s resorts operated by Russian airlines.

CAIRO – 27 October 2021: An EgyptAir plane bound for Moscow was forced to return to Cairo after a threatening letter that was later found to be a hoax. The flight, 729 MS, took off after security review affirmed the falsity of a threat message that was found on one of the seats of the plane. The plane had to return to Cairo International Airport 22 minutes after the take-off on Wednesday. In August, Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada resorts received their first direct flights from Moscow after a suspension - imposed since 2015 due to a Russian plane crash over Sinai - had been lifted. Russian tourists have been on top of visitors to Egypt, with the number of Russian tourists surpassing 3 million in 2014 only, representing more than 30 percent of all tourists that year.

On October 19, 2021, Tunisian journalist Imed Bahri wrote an article, titled "The War Rages Among The Muslim Brotherhood," analyzing the power struggle inside the Muslim Brotherhood movement. Bahri wrote that there are three camps inside the Muslim Brotherhood: one headed by the current Guide Ibrahim Munir, one headed by former Muslim Brotherhood Secretary General Mahmoud Hussein, and another that represents the younger generation. According to Bahri, this internal rift weakened the Muslim Brotherhood and its "dream to rule the Arab-Muslim world" has "collapsed." Muslim Brotherhood Guide Ibrahim Munir (Source: Kapitalis.com)Following is Bahri's article:[1]The MB Is "Weakened And Strongly Divided""The curse is falling on the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Never before has a MB Guide seen his authority so contested and his person challenged, especially in public.

Lieutenant General Osama Askar appointed chief of staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces on October 27, 2021. Press PhotoCAIRO – 27 October 2021: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi appointed Wednesday Lieutenant General Osama Askar chief of staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces. Askar was born in Daqahlia governorate in 1957, and graduated from the Military Academy in 1970, according to Al Ahram. In 2015, Askar was appointed commander of the forces in Sinai, assigned as main mission combating terrorism northern the peninsula, which came into existence in tandem with January 25, 2011 Revolution. Former Chief of Staff Mohamed Farid has been appointed consultant to the president for Decent Life initiative.

Egyptian Health and Population Minister Hala Zayed was admitted to hospital at the intensive care unit on Tuesday due to a hypertensive crisis resulting in a heart attack. Medical sources said that Zayed suffered a heart attack. She required a therapeutic catheterization and is undergoing treatment in intensive care at the hospital under the supervision of the hospital’s professor of cardiology Hazem Khamis. The medical team treating Zayed inside Wadi al-Nile Hospital banned all visits to the minister except for her son so that she couldMinisters and senior officials contacted the hospital and followed up closely on the developments in the minister’s health condition, including the office of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, the Presidential Advisor for Health Affairs, Mohamed Awad Taj Eddin.

CAIRO – 26 October 2021: Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aati on Tuesday said that the European Union (EU) is one of the most important development partners of Egypt. At a meeting with Oliver Varhelyi, the Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement in the EU on the sidelines of Cairo Water Week, he lauded the role of the EU in supporting the water sector in Egypt. “The EU is interested in the water file as water is a major element of sustainable development,” he added. For his part, Varhelyi expressed understanding regarding the importance of the Nile water for Egypt as the main resource of water in the country. "The state is taking into consideration all potentials regarding the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the chances of a possible collapse of the dam," he said.

CAIRO – 26 October 2021: Speaker of the Arab Parliament Adel al Assoumi praised President Abdel Fattah El Sisi decision to end the state of emergency nationwide. The decision reflects Egypt's efforts to establish security and stability, and honors the great sacrifices exerted by the Egyptian fighters to combat terrorism and extremism, Assoumi said in a press release. Revoking the state of emergency is part of efforts made by the Egyptian state to achieve development, he noted. The decision is one of the fruits of the national strategy for human rights, which was launched by President Sisi in September, Assoumi noted. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi declared on Monday the cancellation of the extension of the state of emergency throughout the country.

Egyptian Ambassador to Budapest Mohamed al-Shenawy posing with AstraZeneca vaccine doses while shipped from Hungary to Egypt on October 26, 2021. CAIRO – 26 October 2021: Hungary is granting Egypt 250,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine. Egyptian Ambassador to Budapest Mohamed al-Shenawy attended the shipping process of the doses Tuesday saying that the coming period is expected to include further bilateral cooperation between both countries. The Egyptian people welcome Hungarian investments and are keen to see the European country increase its business in Egypt, Sisi said. Hungary is keen to support Egypt in its development efforts through exchanging expertise and joint investments, he said.

The Information Technology Advisor to the Health and Population Minister Aysam Salah announced Monday that the ministry will launch an application to register all recipients of the coronavirus vaccine. There will soon be two ways to prove who received the vaccine, he said, which are paper certificates and the application. The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population announced earlier this month that it is launching a health passport to detect vaccine evaders, in cooperation with the Ministry of Communications. The ministry said in a statement that this electronic health passport will be used at airports to determine a person’s position on the COVID-19 vaccine. Another way of confirmation will be insured certificates for those who have received the vaccine, it added.

Esteemed Committee2016 witnessed the re-formation of the National Council for Women, to include for the first-time representation of women with disabilities, rural, and young women. This was embodied in a historical precedent by declaring 2017 a “year of Egyptian Women, and the “National Strategy for the Empowerment of Egyptian Women 2030” was launched, within the framework of the sustainable development goals, in line with Egypt’s Vision 2030, and in a participatory approach with all concerned parties and civil society. In parallel, the "Egyptian Women's Observatory" was established as an independent observatory to ensure the follow-up of the implementation of the strategy through the accurate and continuous application of monitoring and evaluation mechanisms. The esteemed committeeEgypt is the first Arab country to launch a survey "The Economic Cost of Violence against Women in Egypt. Esteemed committeeThe percentage of women graduates of public and private universities reached 57.8%, 56% of women obtained master's and PHD degrees.

Egyptian Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed announced Monday that the third shipment of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines has arrived, a total of 1,058,400 doses. The latest shipment of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be distributed to 1,100 vaccination centers throughout the governorates of the Egypt. The statement pointed out that the shipment will be subject to analyzes in the laboratories of the Egyptian Drug Authority. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine has proven effective in preventing infection with the coronavirus, it added, and is a single dose vaccine. It obtained emergency use approval from the World Health Organization and the Egyptian Drug Authority.

The Arab Human Rights Committee of the Arab League (AHRC) convened its 17th session at the headquarters of the Arab League General Secretariat on Monday. A delegation from the Arab Charter on Human Rights visited Doha end of September to learn about the efforts made by Qatar in this regard. Also, Head of the Arab Parliament Human Rights Committee Elwi el Basha urged the Arab countries to accelerate their measures to join the Arab human rights court's statute in order to start its operation soon, noting that it will be a vital and key mechanism to enhance the Arab system of human rights. El Basha said the Arab parliamentarians have been working on enhancing the Arab human rights system and the current strategy of the Arab parliament addresses much attention to this issue. He also noted that the Arab Observatory for Human Rights has been created by the Arab parliament as an independent body to detect and document human rights conditions in the Arab countries.

REUTERS/StYCAIRO - 25 October 2021: Egypt has called on its citizens in Sudan to stay away from areas of conflicts or gatherings in the coming period for their safety. In an earlier statement by the ministry on Thursday, it said that joint armed forces placed Hamdok under house arrest. The ministry said Hamdok called on Sudanese people in a statement to adhere to peacefulness and rush to the streets to defend their revolution. Joint armed forces also stormed the Sudanese Radio and Television headquarters in Omdurman and detained a number of workers, according to the ministry. The ministry also noted that the forces closed bridges and blocked the internet from mobile phones.

Minister of International Cooperation Rania al-Mashat revealed that the ongoing portfolio of her ministry includes 143 projects to finance various sectors in the field of infrastructure, valued at a total of US$18 billion in development finance. She explained that these projects represent more than 70 percent of the total portfolio and will implement projects in renewable energy, water and sanitation sectors, transportation, roads and industry in order to improve the sustainability of local communities. This came during Mashat’s participation in a round table held by the Federation of French Companies (MEDEF) and the Egyptian-French Business Council, discussion major projects in the field of infrastructure implemented in Egypt. Egypt’s government and the political leadership have tirelessly worked during the past five years to develop the country’s infrastructure, she said. Mashat noted that the Ministry of International Cooperation manages the development finance portfolio of Egypt, which amounts to about US$25 billion, and includes 377 projects distributed in all development areas in the country.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Egypt is closely following the latest developments in Sudan. He explained that the army will continue the democratic transition until the handover of power to an elected civilian government. Burhan declared a state of emergency in Sudan, in addition to dissolving the Transitional Sovereignty Council, the Sudanese government, the Sovereignty Council and the ministers. Sudan’s capital on Monday was gripped by an intense security presence, amid interruptions to Internet and telephone services. Al-Arabiya channel reported that a series of arrests affected a number of ministers in the government of Abdullah Hamdok and a civilian member of the Sovereignty Council.