Hamas has criticized plans rumored to be in discussion by Egyptian authorities to establish a military buffer zone in North Sinai following militant attacks that killed 31 Egyptian soldiers there Friday.

A military campaign in northern Sinai on Sunday destroyed three weapon stores, killed eight suspected terrorists, including one allegedly involved in the Karam al-Kawadis operation, and arrested seven others.

The family of former president Mohamed Morsi released a statement condemning Friday’s attacks in North Sinai, which killed 30 security personnel.

Egyptian security forces killed on Sunday evening "two of the perpetrators" in the most recent attack in Sinai's Sheikh Zuwied, a security source from the army told Aswat Masriya.

An Egyptian misdemeanor court sentenced on Sunday 17 "supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood" to five years in prison on charges of rioting and attempting to sever the constitutional referendum earlier this year. The defendants were all fined with 50 thousand Egyptian pounds each and will undergo a probation period of another five years, according to a judicial source.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has expressed its condolences for the victims of Friday's deadly Sinai attacks, holding the government responsible for their death. At least 30 security forces were killed in two attacks in North Sinai on Friday, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency in an area already stricken with a jihadist insurgency.

The Cairo Court of Appeals suspended Thursday Judge Hassan Yassin, head of the technical office and former assistant of the general prosecutor, accused of signing the "Rabaa statement" supporting Former President Mohamed Mursi.

Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab (R) and Pope Tawadros II (L) of Alexandria at the ceremony for the recent reopening of the Hanging Church, in Old Cairo.CAIRO -- Ibrahim Mahlab's government is underscoring Egypt's Christian identity in a bid to relaunch Egypt's religious tourism. The message emerging from Tuesday night's inaguration cerimony , attended by Egyptian Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou and by the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch, is the promotion of itineraries linked to the presence of the Holy Family in Egypt. The government and religious authorities agree: "We need peace and security in Egypt", both premier Mahlab and the Coptic patriarch Tawadros II said, while talking about the Coptic quarter of Cairo, "a symbol of the country's identity", Mahlab added, where next to churches you can find other places of worship for other monotheistic religions, such as the Jewish and the Muslim one. It's a place "that speaks by itself" underlined Mahlab "of dialogue, peace and security" , the essence of Egypt. A country where, according to tradition, "also Jesus found peace and safety".

An Israel Defense Forces officer and a soldier were wounded on Wednesday in a shooting incident near the border with Egypt, the Israeli military confirmed.

A review of the Muslim Brotherhood's UK activity has cleared it of links to terrorism, its lawyers have said.

The Muslim Brotherhood organization is supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to various Egyptian sources. These accusations have gained weight in recent days, after senior officials in the organization condemned a new book called Islamic State

Pope Francis has welcomed the victorious Bayern Munich team to the Vatican after its 7-1 Champions League rout of Roma, telling the players they ''played a wonderful game'' and receiving a signed jersey in return.

An Egyptian court referred on Sunday 37 "members of the Muslim Brotherhood" to the Criminal Court on charges of breaking into the Media Production City, said Medhat Mekki, head of South Giza Court.

Egypt hopes to attract 30,000 new tourists through packages that highlight sites believed to have hosted Jesus and his family on their flight to Egypt, Adel Farid, the head of the Religious Tourism Committee at the Ministry of Tourism told The Cairo Post Tuesday.

The Ministry of Endowments reopened on Tuesday Al-Fatah mosque in central Cairo after a year of closure following the security breakup of a sit-in by supporters of former president Mohamed Morsy inside it on August 2013.

Cairo Criminal Court sentenced 26 suspects on Wednesday to prison in the case known as ‘Nasr City terrorist cell.’

Unknown assailants shot a civilian dead on Tuesday in Northern Sinai's Rafah, security sources told Aswat Masriya, adding that two people were injured.

Despite assurances of increased security for Egypt's public transportation, many commuters still remain unprotected from the possibility of terrorist attacks without adequate security personnel and frequent checks needed to secure trains, metro cars and buses.

The Islamic State group in Syria (IS) released Tuesday a video in which they stoned a married woman to death over allegedly committing adultery in Hama.

An ex-police officer was reportedly killed in Iraq in May after he joined the Islamic State Group (IS) over a year ago; news surfaced Saturday from an IS-affiliated website that he committed a suicide bombing.