EGYPT

Investigators in Egypt have said there is no proof Russian passenger jet broke up in midair as the investigation into the crash continued Tuesday.

The U.S Embassy in Cairo has directed its staff not to travel to Sinai Peninsula as a "precautionary measure" following Saturday's crash, reports said.

A Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt was not struck from outside, a source told Reuters, but a Russian official speaking to the New York Times disputed the claim.

Due to fluctuation in the value of the ruble against the euro, the government in Moscow made about $1 billion on the postponed deal.

A knife-wielding ISIS fighter stands near two masked and armed men. The narrator says the war against the Jews “will soon be launched."

A top Metrojet official pushed aside the possibility of a technical failure, but investigators are apprehensive about the "external force" theory.

A crisis center has been set up near St. Petersburg's Pulkovo airport for victims' family members, who have been giving blood samples for identification.

An official from a Moscow-based aviation agency visited the disaster site Sunday, but said it was too soon to determine what happened.

Pope Francis joined world leaders in offering his condolences to Russia, following the plane crash that killed 224 people.

The Metrojet passenger plane that crashed in the Sinai Peninsula Saturday, killing all 224 on board, broke apart in the air, according to a senior Russian aviation official.

ISIS took responsibility for bringing down the Russian passenger jet, but investigators are focusing on reported mechanical issues.

The remains of the 224 people aboard the Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt Saturday are reportedly being taken to a morgue in Cairo.

All 214 Russian and three Ukrainian passengers aboard Metrojet Flight 7K9268 perished along with seven Russian crew members, according to Egyptian authorities.

The bodies of at least 100 people already have been recovered after a Russian airliner carrying 217 passengers and 7 crew members crashed in the Sinai region Saturday.

Russia has been conducting more drills than ever before in regions that are in or close to Europe, such as the Baltic, Mediterranean, Atlantic and Black Sea.

The U.S. has evidence that leads it to believe Russia hit a hospital in Syria with an airstrike, a State Department spokesman said.

This is Egypt’s first parliamentary election since 2011, following the removal of Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke in Washington ahead of a trip to Vienna to hold talks with Mideast and Russian officials on ending the war in Syria.

 “The problem was that they tried to fix it in half an hour, and it should have taken them days."

The third India-Africa Forum Summit kicked off in New Delhi Monday, as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to highlight the nation's “strong emotional link” with Africa.

Scientists will employ cosmic-ray technology to discover what's inside Egypt's ancient pyramids.