The Egyptian military has killed at least 63 militants in an effort to regain control of a Sinai town that was overrun by insurgents just days after the successful assassination of the country's highest ranking legal official.
The Egyptian insurgency against the dictator Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has taken a dramatic turn with the assassination of the country's attorney general, Hisham Barakat.
Attacks in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula by Islamist militants have left more than 20 people dead.
A new report says that the deaths of more than 1,000 protesters when the Egyptian security forces cleared away a protest at Rab'a al-Adawiya most likely constituted a crime against humanity.
The Egyptian government has announced plans to build a second channel in the Suez Canal alongside the existing one.
09 Aug '24 16:35PM