Abdul Fattah Al-sisi

Egypt's president has dismissed claims that a Russian passenger jet was downed by a branch of Islamic State as propaganda, after the airline said the crash which killed all 224 people on board was due to "external" factors.

India is readying for a major foray into the Arab world as part of its 'Link West' policy. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United Arab Emirates in his maiden visit to the Arab world, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will go to Egypt on August 23.

A deeply polarised Egypt braced for bloodshed today in rival mass rallies summoned by the army that ousted the state's first freely elected president and by the Islamists who back him.

Egypt's president has dismissed claims that a Russian passenger jet was downed by a branch of Islamic State as propaganda, after the airline said the crash which killed all 224 people on board was due to "external" factors.

India is readying for a major foray into the Arab world as part of its 'Link West' policy. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United Arab Emirates in his maiden visit to the Arab world, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will go to Egypt on August 23.

A deeply polarised Egypt braced for bloodshed today in rival mass rallies summoned by the army that ousted the state's first freely elected president and by the Islamists who back him.