Three car bombs exploded in quick succession in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh early today, ripping through a hotel and a coffee shop packed with European and Egyptian tourists.

A nail bomb exploded among a group of tourists in a historic Cairo bazaar yesterday, killing at least two people and wounding 18.

AT least nine people mostly firefighters and police were killed when a 12-storey building that had attracted police attention for alleged illegal renovations collapsed in the Cairo late on Monday night.

At least eight people – mostly firefighters and police – were killed when a 12-storey building collapsed in Cairo today.

A 12-storey building collapsed in a Cairo suburb on Monday night after a fire broke out on a ground floor store, killing at least four people, including three firefighters. Eleven people remained trapped in the rubble.