Nine individuals identified by the Ministry of Interior as armed Muslim Brotherhood members were killed by Egyptian security forces Friday.

Egypt’s Dar al-Iftaa will present its experience in promoting dialogue of civilizations and countering extremism, at the Global Youth Summit Against Violent Extremism Monday, Adviser of Grand Mufti Ibrahim Negm stated.

When world leaders convene for the U.N. General Assembly this week, it will be a year since the U.S. president declared the formation of an international coalition to “degrade and ultimately destroy” the Islamic State group.

The Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility for a mosque bombing targeting Shias in Yemen's capital on Thursday that killed at least 25 people.

Three weapons caches, including 30 tons of explosives, were seized in the cities of Giza and Arish, said a statement by the Armed Forces.

A total of 27 people allegedly affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood were arrested in Alexandria Security Thursday over trying to establish “irregular” open areas to perform Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice,) reported Youm7.

The Awqaf (Religious Endowment) Ministry announced Tuesday it has allocated 4,000 open air public areas nationwide to perform Eid al-Adha prayer scheduled for Thursday morning, Al-Ahram reported.

Pope Francis on Thursday urged the US Congress to help those fleeing war and poverty, and work to combat climate change, in a historic address to lawmakers that touched on many hot-button issues in US and global politics.

After months of imprisonment and uncertainty, two Al Jazeera journalists held in Egypt appear to have secured their freedom.

The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Tawadros II, will visit Ethiopia on 27 September on the occasion of the Feast of the Holy Cross, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported on Monday.

Lawyer Mostafa Nagy will submit a request to pardon Australian Journalist Peter Greste, who was deported to his home country in February after he was sentenced to prison in the case locally known as “Mariott Cell Case,” he told The Cairo Post Wednesday.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced Israel on Wednesday for what he called its “insult” to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque in connection with Israeli actions at one of Islam’s holiest places.

A number of security personnel from the various forces, including Shi’ite militias and Kurdish Peshmerga, have joined the throngs of refugees heading towards Europe. Meanwhile, a number of former ISIS/DAASH militants are speaking out about their disillusionment with the movement.

Egyptian security forces have reportedly detained the youngest son of detained Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed al-Beltagi

More than 2 million Muslims on Tuesday started the first rites of the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s largest religious pilgrimages that draws people from different countries to the holy city of Mecca to perform a series of rituals and prayers aimed at erasing past sins.

The Egyptian military announced the killing of 10 insurgents, which it says belonged to “an extremely dangerous, armed terrorist cell” near Bahareya Oasis in the Western Desert, according to a press release on their official Facebook page.

The Egyptian army killed ten members of a “terrorist cell" in the Bahariya Oasis on Monday, a statement by the army spokesman read.

ISIS have announced that an affiliated group is responsible for the bomb which went off near a foreign ministry building in the Greater Cairo district of Agouza on Sunday.

The Salafi Call has lambasted a columnist who said people, including Muslims, acquire their faith by coincidence.

The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Tawadros II, will visit Ethiopia on 27 September on the occasion of the Feast of the Holy Cross, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported on Monday.

ISIS have announced that an affiliated group is responsible for the bomb which went off near a foreign ministry building in the Greater Cairo district of Agouza on Sunday.