EGYPT WESTERN DESERT ATTACK EXPOSES FRONT OUTSIDE SINAI

He has strong ties in the Libyan city of Derna, where he operates an al Qaeda cell with other former Egyptian officers... READ MORE›

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HOSNI MUBARAK WALKS FREE AFTER SIX YEARS IN JAIL

Six years after his ouster, Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak has been released from detention after being cleared of inciting the killings of hundreds of protesters in 2011... READ MORE›

HOSNI MUBARAK ACQUITTED OVER 2011 PROTESTER KILLINGS

In January 2016, the appeals court had upheld a three-year prison sentence for Mubarak and his two sons on corruption charges... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH MYSTERY DEEPENS AS OFFICIALS DIFFER

Metrojet officials also dismissed claims by the Islamic State that its operatives felled the plane... READ MORE›

EGYPT COURT DROPS MUBARAK MURDER CASE

Profile of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for almost 30 years... READ MORE›

EGYPTIAN MILITARY QUESTIONS INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST

Mr. Bahgat was summoned to military intelligence on Sunday and interrogated for hours before he was allowed to meet with lawyers... READ MORE›

ISIS OR AL QAEDA AMERICAN OFFICIALS SPLIT OVER TOP TERROR THREAT

Senior leaders of the Islamic State -- unlike those of Al Qaeda -- have not made a priority of organizing strikes on the West... READ MORE›

HOSNI MUBARAK VERDICT POSTPONED

Hosni mubarak verdict delayed in protester killing retrial... READ MORE›

EGYPT'S TOPPLED DICTATOR FREED AFTER SIX YEARS IN CUSTODY

Hosni Mubarak Egypt's toppled dictator freed after six years in custody... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE THREATENS TO TOPPLE HAMAS IN GAZA STRIP IN VIDEO STATEMENT

Video issued from Isis stronghold in Syria is rare public challenge to Hamas, which has been cracking down on jihadis who oppose its truces with Israel... READ MORE›

PARIS AND MALI ATTACKS EXPOSE QAEDA-ISIS RIVALRY

And especially for the Islamic State, with its territorial ambitions, they are a way to ensure compliance from the conquered... READ MORE›

Egypt's Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip was also closed, state TV said... READ MORE›

APATHY AMONG YOUNG AS ELECTIONS BEGIN IN EGYPT

But the Brotherhood is not competing in the current elections, nor is any other organized political force that seriously opposes Mr. Sisi's agenda... READ MORE›

GAPS IN EGYPTIAN AIRPORT SECURITY FACE SCRUTINY AFTER CRASH

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt -- The airport is surrounded by a wall topped with barbed wire... READ MORE›

PREMIER QUITS WITH CABINET ROILING EGYPT

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb offered the resignations in a meeting with Mr. Sisi on Saturday the Egyptian president's office said in a statement... READ MORE›

EGYPT COURT DROPS CHARGES AGAINST OUSTED PRESIDENT OF ORDERING KILLING OF 240 PROTESTERS

Please read our An Egyptian court has dropped all charges against overthrown President Hosni Mubarak in connection with the killing of 240 protesters during the 2011 Arab Spring... READ MORE›

ISIS ALLY IN EGYPT EMERGES AS KEY SUSPECT IN RUSSIAN JET CRASH

And the Sinai Province released online an Islamic State-like video of its militants beheading a kidnapped Croatian employee of a French energy company... READ MORE›

EGYPTAIR MECHANIC SUSPECTED IN RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH

The official said state security traced the family connections of all the employees and they were cleared... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH IN EGYPT

Egyptian security sources earlier on Saturday said early investigations suggested the plane crashed due to a technical fault... READ MORE›

THE STRANGE UNENDING LIMBO OF EGYPTS HOSNI MUBARAK

CAIRO -- In many ways, life is not so bad for Egypt's deposed ruler, Hosni Mubarak... READ MORE›

IN LIBYA, THE ISLAMIC STATES BLACK BANNER RISES BY THE MEDITERRANEAN

Libyans say that a wide range of foreign fighters, including Tunisians, Yemenis, Sudanese and Egyptians, have arrived in Sirte... READ MORE›

PROSPECT THAT BOMB DESTROYED PLANE RAISES SPECTER OF EXPANDING ISIS THREAT

On Saturday, the Islamic State's affiliate in Sinai, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, claimed responsibility for downing the jet... READ MORE›

IS-BACKED WILAYAT SINAI NAMED AS PRIME SUSPECTS OF DOWNING RUSSIAN JET

He has strong ties to Al Qaeda and was a member of al-Gama's al-Islamiya, an active Egyptian extremist group in the 1990s... READ MORE›

EGYPT SUMMONS UK AMBASSADOR IN ROW OVER AL-JAZEERA CONVICTIONS

These sentences will undermine confidence in Egypt's progress towards strong long-term stability based on implementing the rights granted by the Egyptian constitution... READ MORE›

EGYPT COURT DISMISSES MURDER CHARGES AGAINST MUBARAK

Egypt court dismisses murder charges against Mubarak AP 8 05 a... READ MORE›

PHOTO RELEASED BY ISLAMIC STATE PURPORTS TO SHOW BOMB THAT DOWNED RUSSIAN JET

The Islamic State took responsibility soon after the crash, but the claim was widely disregarded... READ MORE›

IN YEMEN CHAOS, ISLAMIC STATE GROWS TO RIVAL AL QAEDA

In yemen chaos islamic state grows to rival al qaeda... READ MORE›

EGYPT ROLLS OUT RED CARPET TO OPEN HOUSING COMPLEX FOR POOR

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's motorcade rolled along a 2.5 mile-long red carpet Saturday as he traveled to open a housing complex for the poor... READ MORE›

EGYPT'S MOST FEARED TERRORIST FORMER SPECIAL FORCES OFFICER

One Egyptian security official tracking Ashmawy said Ashmawy is highly effective because he knows how the security and military officers who are after him think... READ MORE›

AL JAZEERA FILES CLAIM FOR DAMAGES AGAINST EGYPT

Egyptian authorities have not formally responded to the case, and no deadline has been set for the country to file its defence against the claim... READ MORE›

NEW U.S. INTELLIGENCE REPORT SAYS ISLAMIC STATE WEAKER

So too has a U.S.-led air campaign that has launched more than 10,000 strikes against the Islamist extremists, Earnest said... READ MORE›