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.

Hijab Selfie, a counter-movement to a call by presenter Sherif Choubachy for women who wear the Islamic head covering to remove it in Tahrir Square, has mobilized men and women.

Egyptian authorities have uncovered a Muslim Brotherhood plot to assassinate the imprisoned former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in order to spark an Islamist revolution in the country which would overthrow the current regime, Jordanian daily Alarab Alyawm quoted an Egyptian security source as saying Sunday.

A Nile Delta prosecutor says he has charged 40 people with belonging to the Islamic State militant group and planning to carry out terrorist attacks in Egypt.

In an exclusive extended interview with Spanish daily El-Mundo del Siglo Veintiuno published on Wedne, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has said former rulers and now-outlawed Islamist group the Muslim Brotherhood have the right to defend their ideas, but are not allowed to impose them on Egyptians.

Some 73 tribes are uniting to assist the military and police in Sinai to fight “terrorist” groups located in Sinai, a leader within the Bedouin Tarabin tribe said Wednesday.