An online video released Tuesday purported to show the Islamic State group threatening to kill two Japanese hostages unless they receive a $200 million ransom in the next 72 hours.

Pope Francis left the Philippines on Monday, ending a week-long trip to Asia that culminated with a rain-soaked Mass for about seven million people in the capital of Asia's most populous Catholic nation, the largest-ever crowd for a papal event.

Al-Azhar, the highest seat of Sunni Islamic learning, does not accept comments by British Prime Minister David Cameron about the right to say offensive things about religion in a free society, the institution’s deputy leader has said.

Seventy-five alleged Muslim Brotherhood members were sentenced to lengthy prison terms in the Delta city of Mansoura Monday morning on charges of inciting violence, Youm7 reported.

Three "terrorists" were killed in security raids conducted by Egypt's armed forces in the Sinai Peninsula from Wednesday to Sunday, the army spokesman said.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday said the fight against "terrorism" needs a new Muslim religious discourse in addition to security and military measures.

“Nour Party is a party with a religious background. But it is a political party today; it is participating with us,” President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi told Sky News Arabia Sunday, a day after a court set Feb. 21 to pronounce a ruling on the party’s dissolution because it is “based on a religious background.”

Former President Mohamed Morsi called on Egyptians in a Sunday court session to unite in the approaching anniversary of the January 25 Revolution to “topple the coup;” his espionage trial was adjourned to Jan. 21, Youm7 reported.

Younis Makhyoun, Nour Party Chairman, said the party was surprised it was excluded from the political parties' meeting, following a meeting with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, last week, although all political parties participated.

Italy says it has expelled nine suspected jihadis since late December and is vowing more expulsions in a heightened terrorism crackdown.

A suspect in the attack on security personnel guarding a church in the Upper Egypt governorate of Minya was killed in a police shootout, a top security official said.

The Egyptian General Union of Copts for the Home slammed Friday the latest European Parliament (EP) report in which the Egyptian human rights record was criticized.

An army officer was killed on Thursday while trying to dismantle an improvised explosive device (IED) on al-Arish-Rafah International Road in North Sinai, police sources said.

A police officer was injured early Thursday in a blast outside a police station in Alexandria.

Assiut Criminal Court has sentenced Assem Abdel Maged, Jamaa al-Islamiyah leader, to 15 years in rigorous prison and five Muslim Brotherhood members to five years for each over charges of killing protesters during 30 June incidents in the province.

Pope Francis said Thursday there are limits to freedom of expression, especially when it insults or ridicules someone’s faith.

Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis, Egypt's most active militant group, has denied swearing allegiance to Islamic State (IS). "Attention. The statement

Al-Azhar denounced Boko Haram's terrorist attack on a city in northwestern Nigeria where they burned a whole village, killing many people.

A committee established to assess the funds of the banned Muslim Brotherhood ordered on Wednesday the confiscation of two medical charity associations for their alleged affiliation to the group.

Alexandria, Egypt’s second-largest city, was submerged under contaminated water on Tuesday after the effects of a flood halted operations at the local sewage plant.

The terrorism circuit at Zagazig Criminal Court sentenced on Tuesday four Muslim Brotherhood supporters to three years in maximum security prison over charges of violence, and acquitted 53 others.