Militants claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they were behind Sunday's twin bomb attacks on the residence of the Iranian ambassador in the Libyan capital and a rocket strike on the eastern Labraq airport, a group statement.

Attorney General Hisham Barakat referred 215 members of the Helwan Brigades to criminal trials according to Youm7.

The British newspaper Telegraph has quoted Turkish intelligence sources as saying that Shaima Begum, 15, Khadija Sultana, 16, and Amira Abbasi, 15, are three British girls who fled from London last week and crossed the Turkish-Syrian border to join the Islamic State, and that their families pleaded for them to return home.

Egypt's prosecution launched an "extensive investigation" on the Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria and the "crimes" the group "commits against Egyptians," on Sunday.

It is not clear who launched the hashtag since the users who appeared to be using it varied between Egyptians and Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) militants. The group has rebranded itself “Islamic State”, but in the Arab world the acronym ISIS remains the most commonly used one.

Around 200 Palestinian Christians have marched in Jerusalem calling for stronger action by the international community against Islamic State.

Assistant Foreign Minister Amro Mowad denied Thursday the kidnapping of 10 Egyptians in Libya, and told Youm7 that the crisis center has added additional phone numbers.

A soldier was killed Wednesday night and officer injured after being targeted by anonymous “terrorists” in Suez, military sources told Youm7 Wednesday night.

America’s first Muslim congressman has publicly rebuked the Obama administration’s terrorism strategy, arguing that a failure to prosecute hate crimes fuelled the narrative that America was at war with Islam.

The U.N. Security Council is holding an emergency session on Libya today amidst Egyptian airstrikes targeting the Islamic State. Egyptian warplanes bombed northeastern Libyan areas after Cairo vowed to avenge the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians, shown in an ISIS video. On Tuesday, Egypt called for a global military campaign in Libya to remove the Islamic State.

Dozens of students loyal to former president Mohamed Morsy and his Muslim Brotherhood protested Wednesday inside Cairo University demanding the reinstatement of sacked colleagues and the release of others detained over protest-related charges.

Egypt pushed for action against jihadists in Libya ahead of a UN Security Council meeting Wednesday but faced reluctance from Western powers who stressed the need for a political solution.

A civilian was killed in an explosion in the vicinity of the October 6 Police Station in Giza on Wednesday, said an official from the civil protection administration.

“If there’s real will to defeat terrorism before it arrives to Egyptian territory in a clear and intensified fashion, there should be preemptive strikes against those who aid the terrorists……I specifically mean the Qatari airplanes that aid them through Sudan.”

As fears grow that the Islamic State group is building a new stronghold in violence-wracked Libya, analysts warn that international military intervention would risk plunging the country deeper into turmoil.

A young Egyptian Coptic man told Al-Hayat satellite channel on Tuesday that he avoided the Islamic State's massacre of 21 Egyptians in Libya by returning alone to Egypt.

Students supporting ousted president Mohamed Morsy and the Muslim Brotherhood whipped up fresh protests on Tuesday at a number of universities, resuming a year-and-a-half-old wave of campus activism against the government that ousted the former leader.

The UN Security Council (UNSC) is holding an emergency meeting Wednesday regarding the situation in Libya.

The Suez public prosecutors referred on Tuesday 199 people, including Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie, to military trial over violence which occurred in August 2013, reported state news agency MENA.

Al-Azhar University banned any food or drink containers on its headquarters over fears students could use them to make explosives during demonstrations, Youm7 reported Tuesday

Hundreds of grieving mourners in Al-Our village in Minya on Monday bade farewell to the 21 Egyptian victims killed by Islamic State militants in Libya.