Egyptian police have killed four suspected extremist militants believed to have been planning a “major attack” in a shootout near Cairo, the interior ministry said. The Takfiri cell had been meeting when police raided their hideout in Giza province, southwest of Cairo, the ministry said in a statement on Friday. ...
An Egyptian court upheld Monday death sentences against 10 people convicted over rioting that claimed 74 lives at a stadium in Port Said in 2012, judicial and security officials said. The ruling by the Court of Cassation, which is final, excluded an 11th defendant who remains at large after his ...