The top Islamic authority in Egypt, revered by many Muslims worldwide, has launched a campaign against an extremist group in Syria and Iraq, saying it is not an "Islamic State."

Police have released Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) leading figure Helmi al-Gazzar. FJP said he has arrived at his house on Saturday.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said that Egypt will not give up on supporting the Palestinian cause, adding that his stance is clear in establishing a Palestinian state on lands that were occupied in 1948 with Eastern Jerusalem as its capital.

Security arrested 35 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood on Friday during weekly protests the group organizes to condemn the incumbent authorities which ousted former Egyptian president and group leader Mohamed Morsy, the Interior Ministry said.

Four extremists were killed and two others were arrested in an extended crackdown in Sheikh Zuwaid and Rafah in North Sinai, security sources said Thursday.

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas held talks with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on Thursday as renewed offensive raged in Gaza following the collapse of Egyptian-brokered truce efforts.

Seventeen supporters of former President Mohamed Morsi were sentenced to life imprisonment by a Cairo Court Wednesday, reported state-owned Ahram Online.

Cairo criminal court sentenced on Wednesday, 17 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in absentia to life in prison on charges of rioting in Cairo’s El-Manial district.

Egyptian troops in the border Sinai Peninsula killed three militant fighters and arrested tens of suspects on Tuesday, army sources told Aswat Masriya, as the military presses on with its campaign to quell an insurgency in the region.

ALEPPO, Syria — Walking through the largely Christian neighborhoods of Aleppo city — Azizieh, Siryan, Sulaimaniyah and Midan — you can still see the posters of the two bishops kidnapped by Islamist militants last year hanging on shop windows, walls and even cars. The people here haven’t forgotten them; the event is still as painful and fresh as if it had happened just yesterday. The bishops’ kidnapping was a symbolic event, indicative of the larger collapse of interfaith communal relations in a country under the strain of a sectarian civil war, and marked the end of a long era of relative peace and safety for the Christians of Syria.

Jihadist group the Islamic State posted a video Tuesday showing the apparent execution of American journalist James Foley and threatened to kill a second reporter unless the United States halts air strikes in Iraq.

After four years of restoration work, the Hanging Church is set to officially reopen to the public in mid-October. Antiquities Minister Mamdouh El-Damati announced the reopening on Tuesday during his inspection tour around the different monuments of Mogamaa Al-Adian (religious compound), which includes the Amr Ibn Al-Ass Mosque, Ben Ezra Synagogue and a collection of churches.

Giza police said 22 members of Utras White Nights were allegedly involved in trying to assassinate Zamalek Club president Mortada Mansour on Sunday, wounding three of his companions

The armed forces killed on Monday two extremists and arrested seven more as part of its security crackdown on militants in the Sinai Peninsula.

Israel said Palestinian militants fired rockets from Gaza on Tuesday in violation of a truce, attacks that swiftly drew air strikes and the recall of Israeli negotiators from talks in Cairo on a long-term ceasefire.

Terror group ISIS has issued a chilling warning to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood - Repent or else.

A Cairo criminal court on Sunday adjourned to 23 August the trial of Mohamed Morsi and a number of other Muslim Brotherhood leaders on charges of breaking out of prison in 2011.

The British government denied on Monday a media report that it had delayed publication of an investigation into Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood because of disagreements among ministers over its findings.

Released in May of this year, Copts Island (Jazeerat Al-Akbat), is a documentary directed by Ahmed Rashwan in which the filmmaker traces the journey of today's Coptic Christians. The film also speaks to several developments in the way the Coptic community has been portrayed throughout the history of Egyptian cinema.

“God meant for our January 25 Revolution to face difficulties, but he also created real revolutionists, of which Egypt is proud,” Omar Morsi, son of Former President Mohamed Morsi, quoted his father saying in a message published on his Facebook account Monday.