The Islamic State's Egypt affiliate, Sinai Province, has claimed responsibility for Thursday's missile attack on a naval boat off the Mediterranean coast of Egypt.

The death toll on the Egyptian army's side rose to seven by the end of fighting on Saturday, while the total number of militants killed remained at 59, armed forces spokesman said on Sunday.

The Islamic State group (IS) announced Sunday on social media that it has kidnapped three Christian Africans in Libya; an Egyptian, Ghanaian and Nigerian, posting their passport pictures.

Saudi Arabia has arrested 431 people suspected of belonging to Islamic State cells and thwarted attacks on mosques, security forces and a diplomatic mission, the interior ministry said on Saturday.

Islamic State has kidnapped three African Christians in eastern Libya, the group said, publishing their passport pictures.

Qasr al-Nil prosecutor Samir Hassan has ordered the detention of Yaqeen News Network’s (YNN) director Yehia Khalaf for four days pending an investigation into charges of publishing videos which incite against state and government institutions, in addition to impersonating a lawyer.

Islamic State militants have punished at least 94 people including five teenagers, accusing them of violations during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, a rights group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Thursday.

The Islamic State's Egypt affiliate, Sinai Province, has claimed responsibility for Thursday's missile attack on a naval boat off the Mediterranean coast of Egypt.

A low-ranking policeman was injured after an improvised explosive device went off next to a residential building in Cairo’s upscale district of Heliopolis Thursday, Youm7 reported.

Egyptian security raided the headquarters of Yqeen News Network on Tuesday, accusing it of spreading false news and "inciting against the current regime," the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

Egypt's airport authorities prevented prominent Koran reader Mohamed Gebreel from traveling to London on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the ministry of religious endowments banned him from reciting the Islamic holy book in mosques in Egypt.

Six people were injured, including three policemen, in an IED explosion planted by an unidentified attacker on the al-Central Bridge in Fayoum City Wednesday.

Boko Haram insurgents raided a border town and attacked another in Nigeria’s Borno state, killing at least 12 people, military and vigilante sources said on Wednesday.

The reported conflicts between the Muslim Brotherhood’s old guard and the younger generation, who took over in February 2014, lies in issues deeper than the split over the options of violence and peacefulness in protesting against the government which ousted the group’s rule in 2013, according to a political expert.

The Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis militant group claimed responsibility for a bomb attack which targeted a security checkpoint on the Suez road on Wednesday.

A case involving a bomb attack targeting a tourist site in Egypt's Upper Egyptian city of Luxor was referred to the State Security prosecutors on Tuesday for investigation, the prosecution said in a statement.

Suspected militants from the Somali-led Shebab Islamist group killed at least five people in a roadside bomb attack, police said Tuesday.

Sport Utility Vehicles have been banned in certain areas in Sinai per a Sunday decision by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab amid efforts to prevent militant attacks in the restive peninsula.

At least 13 people, among them a child, were killed in Syrian government raids on the Islamic State group-held town of Al-Bab on Monday, a monitor said.

A string of coordinated attacks on military checkpoints and a police station in North Sinai's Sheikh Zuweid is "moving in the same direction" as that of Islamic State fighters, an analyst said.

Giza prosecutors referred on Monday the editor-in-chief of an alleged pro-Muslim Brotherhood website to criminal trial for charges of “disseminating false news” and “instigating against the government”.