The foreign press is squarely focused on British Airways and Lufthansa’s suspension of flights to Cairo. We have the full story in this morning’s Speed Round, above.

Other headlines worth noting in brief include:

  • Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s coffin is set to be renovated for the first time its discovery in the 1920s, CNN notes.
  • The Trump administration’s Mideast ‘Peace to Prosperity’ economic plan has been “foiled” by Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, said Palestinian Information Minister Nabil Abu Rudeineh last week, according to Asharq Al Awsat.
  • Egyptian authorities intend to question eight men deported from Kuwait last week, believed to be members of the Ikhwan, who are reportedly set to stand trial in Egypt for the second time, the National reports.
  • Egypt failed to capitalize on the financial and “soft power” opportunities afforded by Afcon, argue Ruth Michaelson and Nick Ames in the Guardian.
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