Iraqi forces said they thwarted a third attempt by Islamic State militants to break through their defensive lines east of the city of Ramadi overnight on Thursday.

The calls for murdering judges that have emerged “on the lips of some members of terrorist organizations are associated with the ideology of these organizations, and are not related the science of fatwa and its conditions and objectives,” Dar al-Iftaa said in a Thursday statement.

Clashes broke out between suspected militants and security forces in North Sinai's al-Arish City late Wednesday, leaving eight suspected militants killed and three more injured, a military source said.

Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met Thursday afternoon with Austrian foreign minister Sebastian Kurz, who is currently on a multiple-day visit to the Egyptian capital to boost mutual ties, Egypt's presidency said.

The U.S.-led coalition staged 25 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq since early on Tuesday, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operation said on Wednesday.

Security forces killed on Wednesday one of two suspects in a shooting incident which left two policemen killed last month, reported the state news agency MENA.

The Cairo Criminal Court postponed Wednesday the trial session against former president Mohamed Morsi and 10 other defendants, accused of espionage with Qatar, to 24 May.

The latest death sentences against Hamas members show that Egypt is not ready to restore ties with Hamas or the Palestinian people, senior member of Hamas Mushir al-Masri told Arab 48 website Tuesday.

Security forces killed on Wednesday one of two suspects in a shooting incident which left two policemen killed last month, reported the state news agency MENA.

Former President Mohamed Morsi’s aide for political affairs Pakinam El-Sharkawy has been investigated over charges of profiteering, Youm7 reported Tuesday.

Al-Azhar University expelled 12 students on Tuesday, who are being interrogated over charges of instigating protests.

Egypt’s popular footballer Mohamed Abou-Treika filed an appeal on Tuesday against a government committee decision to freeze his assets for allegedly having Muslim Brotherhood-links.

A university professor sentenced to death along with ex-president Mohamed Morsi has dismissed Egypt’s judicial system as a tool to settle political rivalries.

An Egyptian civilian court on Tuesday resumed the trial of 213 alleged members of the Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis (ABM) militant group, in the absence of six of the defendants, executed two days earlier in a different case.

The Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR) in the UK denounced in a statement Monday the execution of six defendants on Sunday in Egypt, in the case known in the media as "Arab Sharkas."

China on Monday said the preliminary death sentence handed out to Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi by a court this week is a domestic affair, declining to join other states which have criticised the ruling.

A Muslim Brotherhood member was sentenced to death and 33 others were sentenced to life in separate cases Monday in Mansoura, Dakahlia governorate, Youm7 reported.

A bomb-disposal expert had a part of his leg amputated Monday after he was injured attempting to diffuse an explosive device near a police club in Sharqia governorate, Youm7 reported.

Islamic State militants advanced east on Monday from the Iraqi city of Ramadi towards an army base where Shi’ite paramilitaries were massing for a counter-offensive, witnesses and a military officer said.

Ethiopian Orthodox Tawahedo Church has granted Egyptian and Ethiopian Christians beheaded by the Islamic State branch in Libya the title of “Martyrs of the 21st Century,” Ethiopian newspaper Sendek reported Sunday.

Two members of Hamas sentenced to death along with former President Mohamed Morsi were already killed in 2008 and 2014, respectively, the Gaza-based organization claimed in a Saturday statement.