#BBB NEWS| Russia Suspends Flights To Egypt

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that air traffic from Russia to Egypt is suspended until the cause of the Metrojet Flight 9268 crash is determined.

US President Barack Obama and high-ranking US officials have said that they have received intelligence suggesting a bomb may have caused the crash.

President Obama told the media “I think there is a possibility that there was a bomb on board and were taking that very seriously.“

The plane, carrying numerous Russian nationals, crashed over the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt while en route from Sharm el-Sheikh to Moscow. According to a statement from Moscow, President “Putin has accepted the recommendations of the National Anti-Terrorist Committee to suspend flights with Egypt…the President has also instructed to provide assistance to Russian citizens to return from Egypt.“

#BBB NEWS| Al-Jazeera Journalists Sentenced To Prison In Egypt [PHOTOS]

Three Al-Jazeera English journalists were sentenced to three years in prison today in Egypt in a trial widely condemned by the international human rights community. (pictured above) Mohamed Fahmy (left), Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed were freed before their retrial Photo Credit: BBC

Judge Hassan Farid sentenced Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fahmy, Egyptian Baher Mohamed, and Australian Peter Greste after they were found guilty of “spreading false news” and accused of aiding the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

Mr. Greste was deported in February and was sentenced in absentia, while Mr. Fahmy and Mr. Mohamed were immediately taken into custody. The three were given longer prison terms during their original sentencing in July 2014, but a retrial was called for based on the lack of evidence.