Human Rights Watch urged French President Emmanuel Macron to end France's "disgraceful policies of indulgence" towards Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday ahead of a meeting between the two leaders in Paris.
Air France and Lufthansa said on Saturday that they will stop flying over Egypt's Sinai peninsula after a Russian passenger plane went down in the area with the loss of all 224 people on board.
The US said Friday that France's multibillion-dollar sale of Rafale fighter jets to Egypt was no cause for worry, despite Cairo's close defence-sales relationship with America.
Egypt's tourism industry was facing meltdown on Friday as France, Britain, Italy and a slew of other governments advised visitors to stay in their hotels and tour operators began cancelling trips to the crisis-hit country.
French President François Hollande will discuss the crisis in Egypt with British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday afternoon, after warning on Thursday that "everything must be done to avoid civil war."
French President François Hollande said on Thursday that "everything must be done to avoid a civil war" in Egypt, after a crackdown by security forces on supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi left over 460 people dead.
French President Francois Hollande has summoned the Egyptian ambassador to France for a meeting on Thursday, sources at the presidency said, a day after a bloody crackdown on supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president.
French auctioneers Osenat have opted against selling off a Quranic manuscript removed from a famous mosque in Cairo at the time of Napoleon's foray into Egypt, two centuries ago, it emerged on Thursday.
A hot air balloon exploded and plunged to earth at Egypt's ancient temple city of Luxor during a sunrise flight on Tuesday, killing up to 19 tourists. France has confirmed two of its citizens were among the dead.
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A French tourist killed during a hold-up at a money exchange bureau in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh was killed by "random" gunfire, the tourism minister said on Sunday.</span></p>
<p>Two female foreign journalists, including one working for French TV channel France 3, described harrowing sexual assaults carried out by crowds or police as they tried to cover demonstrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square.</p>
<p>French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, who has been on a whirlwind tour touting her credentials to head the International Monetary Fund, has won the backing of Egypt, Indonesia and the UAE.</p>
