Egypt Charges Nuclear Engineer as Spy for Israel

Egypt says an Irish man and a Japanese man are also wanted in connection with the case. Security officials say the Egyptian engineer and the foreign men had several meetings in Hong Kong.

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev was skeptical about the charges. He said similar stories often circulate in Cairo and always prove to be, in his words, "totally baseless."

In a separate case, Egypt detained in January an Egyptian man with Canadian citizenship on charges of spying for Israel.

Last year, Egypt announced plans to develop a nuclear energy program more than 20 years after abandoning previous plans. - VOA News