The Egyptian army, in a major operation against Islamic militants in North Sinai on Saturday, killed at least nine of them, and it also foiled a bomb attack on the railroad between two Canal governorates.
Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim on Thursday survived an assassination attempt when a bomb exploded near his convoy in the capital Cairo, but 19 other people were injured.
There can be no retreat on the political transitional roadmap in Egypt, Egyptian interim President Adly Mansour said Tuesday in his first TV interview aired by the State TV.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit the United States on September 27 to discuss trade and security issues.
Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel Fatah al-Sisi vowed on Sunday to stand firm against violence, as supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi cancelled some of their planned marches in Cairo for "security reasons."
A total of 36 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, from which Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi hails, died in a riot as they attempted to escape when being moved to a jail on Sunday, official news agency MENA reported, quoting a security source.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki said Sunday his country supports the recent actions of the Egyptian government on protesters supporting ousted President Mohamed Morsi.
Egypt's security forces started on Thursday evening to disperse a new sit-in supporting ousted President Mohamed Morsi in Cairo, state TV reported.
UN high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, on Thursday appealed to all sides in Egypt to step back from the brink of disaster after a day of bloody violence that left hundreds dead or injured.
The Egyptian security forces started disbanding the two major sit-ins of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi's supporters early Wednesday, eyewitnesses told Xinhua.
Extremist Islamist groups assassinated early Wednesday a leader of one of the renowned tribes in Arish city of Egypt's North Sinai governorate, a security source told Xinhua.
The foreign ministers of New Zealand and Tajikistan discussed regional security issues when they met in Auckland Tuesday, according to New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully.
The United States' accusation against China on fugitive U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden's departure from Hong Kong is groundless and China will not accept it, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
A female bomber attacked a bus of a women university in the southwestern city of Quetta two days ago, killing 14 students, Pakistan Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told the parliament on Monday.
Explosions and ensuing gunfight took place early Monday morning at the northern edge of Kabul International Airport with feared casualties, a security official said.
Fragile calm in the West Bank could end if relevant parties do not get beyond managing conflict triggers to address root issues, an international report warned Wednesday.
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon condemned on Monday a rocket attack that ripped through Beirut's southern suburbs.
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