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A country deeply divided by five years of political and economic turmoil appeared united in grief for the fathers, mothers, children and young crew who perished in the EgyptAir crash.

Automated communication systems on board the missing EgyptAir plane sent a series of warning messages, including an apparent flight control system fault and alarms detecting smoke in the nose of the aircraft.

Four-month-old Jouhaina Bettiche was perhaps the youngest passenger aboard the EgyptAir flight, joined by her 4-year-old brother and her parents on their way to Cairo.

Oil prices edged lower Friday but posted a second straight weekly gain, as traders continued to focus on supply disruptions.

Flight MS804 carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo went down in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday; search operations continued Friday.

The hunt for wreckage of the EgyptAir jetliner is likely to revive debate over measures airlines could take to ensure investigators obtain essential data more quickly in future accidents.

Tunisia, the West’s hoped-for model of Arab democracy in a region riven by political strife, has secured nearly $8 billion in financing to help nurture the fragile North African economy back to health.

After a 31-year career at United Airlines, Regina Fraser teamed up with a friend to travel the world and produce the “Grannies on Safari” television series. She died May 6 at age 73.

A second “Chibok girl” rescued by Nigeria’s military in a forest battle with Islamic extremists was kidnapped from her home village and isn’t among 218 students missing from the 2014 mass abduction by Boko Haram.

Libyan oil exports will flow again from a terminal that had been a subject of dispute between the groups vying for control of the country, raising new hope for the nation’s petroleum production.

The investigation into the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804 is shaping up as another complex, multinational effort.

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Authorities continued their search for a second day for the EgyptAir plane that disappeared from radar, battling a lack of concrete evidence and conflicting reports to puzzle out what downed the plane.

Los Angeles International Airport boosted security measures Thursday, including stepped up police presence in the central terminal area, as a precautionary effort in the wake of EgyptAir Flight 804’s disappearance en route to Cairo from Paris.

The victims of EgyptAir Flight 804 included the Egyptian manager of a French Procter & Gamble plant as well as a young Chadian who attended one of France’s most prestigious military and engineering schools.

Obama is right to transfer 12 attack planes to the country.

Investigators could face slow progress in determining what happened to the EgyptAir flight that went down in the Mediterranean Sea amid indications debris could be strewn over a large area that is difficult to access.

The downing of EgyptAir Flight 804 elicited starkly different reactions from Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, illustrating what supporters and critics will see as strengths and weaknesses heading into the general election.

Egyptian officials moved quickly on Thursday to release information on the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804, apparently eager to avoid the criticisms they faced after an October terrorist attack brought down a Russian jet.