The militant group ‘State of Sinai', formerly known as Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, claimed on Sunday the August killing of US oil expert William Henderson in the Western Desert region.
Henderson, 58, worked for Apache Corporation as a petroleum expert in (...)
Israeli officials accused Palestinian leaders of inciting a religious conflict between Jews and Muslims following a brutal attack on worshipers in a Jerusalem synagogue early on Tuesday morning.
The attack resulted in four deaths and eight (...)
Militant group Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis (ABM) claimed responsibility for the deadly truck bomb attack on Egypt's armed forces on 24 October, which killed at least 27 soldiers.
The group made the claim in a video posted online late on Friday.
The (...)
Up to a million people could be left "without proper help" this winter, according to the spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday.
The shortfall in aid to the refugees comes as a result of a lack of (...)
Sinai based militant group Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis (ABM) have pledged allegiance to the extremist ‘Islamic State' group.
In an audio recording released in the early hours of Monday morning via the group's Twitter account, which it uses to publish (...)
Egypt's constitution, voted into effect in January by a landslide vote, received praise in Geneva during the 20th session of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UN UPR), however much concern was raised over the application of the (...)
The Egyptian government and the Muslim Brotherhood will present assessments of Egypt's human rights record over the last four years at the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UN UPR) in Geneva on Wednesday.
Egypt's foreign ministry confirmed (...)
Residents living within 500 metres of the Egypt-Gaza border have been told to leave their homes as the armed forces begin to establish what it describes as a "secure zone" in order to eliminate the use of smuggling tunnels that cross the Egypt-Gaza (...)
Libya's internationally recognised government ordered Tuesday for the Libyan armed forces to retake Tripoli, which has been overrun by militia groups.
Egypt's foreign ministry said Tuesday it is "keen" on the "unity and integrity of Libyan lands". (...)
The Cairo Centre for Conflict Resolution and Peace Building in Africa has hosted Libyan tribal elders and leaders in Cairo as an opportunity to "reunite and overcome the current crisis".
The tribal officials from across Libya participated in three (...)
Defence chiefs from around the world gathered at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Tuesday to meet with US President Barack Obama to discuss the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) threat.
The meeting will discuss a strategy to "degrade and (...)
Egypt has responded to Recep Tayyip Erdogan's latest swipe at the Egyptian government, saying that the Turkish president has continued a "series of exaggeration and lies" about Egypt.
In his keynote address to the World Economic Forum in Istanbul on (...)
Thirteen countries along with the United Nations and the European Union have called for an end to the "ongoing violence, terrorism, and extremism hijacking Libya's development and democratic process".
The call came in a joint communiqué published by (...)
Militant group Ajnad Misr claimed responsibility Sunday for a deadly blast near the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in central Cairo, killing two officers and one conscript on Sunday morning.
According to a statement posted on their (...)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to discuss efforts for achieving a two-state solution during a three-day visit to Cairo.
Abbas will meet with President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and attend the Arab League's Council of Ministers (...)
Human Rights Watch warned Egyptian police that "the further they go down the road of repression, the louder calls for accountability will grow", in response to the arrest of one of the witnesses used in the group's report on violence in Egypt last (...)
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Egypt is "looking for European countries to adopt clear and decisive stances against terrorism" at the start of a three-stop tour of the continent.
Shoukry's comment came during a meeting with Norbert Röttgen, (...)
Sinai based militant group Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis (ABM) claims to have beheaded four men they claim worked with Israeli intelligence in a video posted on the Internet.
The video, posted early on Thursday morning, shows nine masked men, eight of which (...)
The Egyptian foreign ministry confirmed Tuesday that an indefinite ceasefire has been reached between Palestinian factions and Israel, with both sides claiming to have forced the other into the agreement.
Hamas, the main belligerent in the Gaza (...)
Egypt remained in contact with all parties involved in the Gaza conflict on Sunday following its call for an indefinite ceasefire, with both sides yet to respond to the call, as rockets and air strikes continued in to be exchanged.
Spokesman for the (...)
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi shared an "intimate" discussion on the situation in Gaza with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday morning.
Abbas arrived in Cairo on Friday for an official visit following meetings in Doha with (...)
Egypt urged the Palestinians and Israelis to agree to an indefinite ceasefire and resume indirect talks following the collapse of a 24-hour ceasefire extension last Tuesday.
In contrast to previous calls for a ceasefire, the Egyptian foreign (...)
Israel and Hamas have both announced that they are prepared for whatever outcome there is from the indirect talks occuring in Cairo in the wake of a 24-hour ceasefire extension at Egypt's request.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri blamed Israel for the (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recalled the Israeli delegation from Cairo following the collapse of the 24-hour ceasefire agreement just hours before its set expiration, according to an Israeli official.
The official, who requested (...)
The people of Gaza are suffering and need immediate help from the international community, Norway's foreign minister Børge Brende said in a statement Monday.
Brende's statement came upon the announcement that Norway and Egypt intend to co-host a (...)