Dentistry student Asmaa Hamdy’s appeal to halt a five-year prison sentence against her was rejected on Wednesday, said ‘Freedom for the Brave’, which is an initiative that provides support for detainees.

Egypt's border security forces chased and killed early Thursday three suspected militants in a crossfire in North Sinai's Rafah, the armed forces spokesman said.

Security services have seized five tons of explosives in a house in a desert area in Beheira on Thursday morning.

Two conscripts were killed in a missile attack on their security camp in Rafah, North Sinai, early Thursday, Youm7 reported.

Salafi leader Hazem Salah Abu Ismail’s sentence of one year in prison for insulting the police was canceled Wednesday by the same judges who handed down the initial ruling.

Al Shebaab Islamist militants shot dead a government official in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police and a spokesman for the group said.

The Egyptian military Wednesday shot dead three Palestinian gunmen who infiltrated through a smuggling tunnel in the Sinai town of Rafah on the border with Gaza, security officials said.

Egypt on Tuesday called for blocking TV channels and websites that incite extremism at a Cairo meeting on combating the ideology of the Islamic State (IS), a militant group that controls large swathes of Iraq and Syria.

Egypt’s Evangelical Synod decided to postpone ordination of women to the priesthood until the 126th session of the Synod next year, Youm7 reported Tuesday

Security forces in Northern Sinai arrested 17 suspects and destroyed 24 “terrorist” hotbeds in different parts of Sheikh Zuwayed, Rafah and Eastern Arish, Youm 7 reported Tuesday, quoting a statement issued by a security source.

“Islamic State”claimed Tuesday a shooting during an anti-Muslim event in Texas showcasing cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad.

The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for its first attack on US soil in which two gunmen were killed after opening fire at an event in Texas showcasing cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammed.

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

An improvised explosive device (IED) went off in an apartment in the Nasr City neighbourhood, injuring two. The IED exploded in the apartment, rented by three Al-Azhar University students, Tuesday in the east Cairo neighbourhood. Two of the students were injured in the incident, and were transported to hospital, while police detained the third pending investigations, a Ministry of Interior statement read.

Egyptian officials say suspected Islamic militants have attacked a security forces' base in northern Sinai, near the border with Gaza. There was no immediate word on casualties.

An Egyptian court on Monday condemned five supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi to death for storming a police station and killing 11 police officers.

When Al-Qaeda overran the Yemeni port city of Mukalla last month, the group's commanders immediately struck a deal to share power with the area's tribesmen. No jihadi banners were raised. Al-Qaeda even issued a statement denying rumors that it had banned music at parties or men wearing shorts.

The Cairo Criminal Court postponed to 6 June the “Tanta Jihadist cell” trial, in which 13 alleged “Islamic State” (IS) affiliates are being tried for committing crimes targeting high-profile security personnel.

An army conscript who was injured in a North Sinai blast early Sunday succumbed to wounds sustained by the explosion, medical sources at Arish Public Hospital said.

Prosecutors referred 40 people to criminal court on Sunday after an investigation revealed that they communicated with Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria, judicial sources said.

Egypt's armed forces has killed 29 suspected militants in raids on North Sinai from April 20 to 30, the army spokesman announced on Saturday.