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Osama Bin Laden's son denied entry to Egypt
No reason was given why his name was on a list of those banned from entering the country.
Explosives traces found on bodies of EgyptAir flight MS804 victims
Commercial flight crashed into the Mediterranean in May, killing all 66 on board.
'A volcano of jihad' threats follow prominent Islamist fighter Adel Habara's execution in Egypt
Habara belonged to the 'Sinai State', an Islamist group that is affiliated to the Islamic State.
Theresa May presses EU on 'sustainable' migration crisis plan and Egypt involvement
UK prime minister is also expected to announce extra immigration officials for Greece.
Cairo bombing: Isis attacks all Egyptians and Islam when it strikes Coptic Christians
Sectarianism is a scourge and all must reject tolerating or using it for political ends.
Isis says it was behind Cairo Coptic Christian church suicide bombing that killed 25
The militants made the claim on social media.
Yearly ranking of global media crackdown reveals Turkey as worst country for journalists
The CPJ notes there are more journalists in jail today than in nearly three decades.
Egyptian Coptic church Islamist suicide bomber 'became radicalised after police torture'
A lawyer claimed the terrorist suffered abuse by the police after being arrested two years ago.
500kg woman prepares to fly to India for life-saving surgery
Dr Muffazal Lakdawala, who will operate on Eman Ahmed, described her as a 'a living bombshell'.
Giza Pyramids bomb attack kills police officers
The bomb was reportedly placed in a bin at a security checkpoint near the tourist site.
Deposed Egyptian president's son Osama Morsi arrested on violence-related charges
Osama Morsi taken from his home by police in the Nile Delta region, a government official said.
Prominent women's rights activist detained in Egypt as human rights crackdown escalates
The arrest follows a travel ban and a freezing of Azza Soliman's assets in November.
World's 'heaviest woman' to get help from India over medical visa
Iman Ahmad Abdulati from Egypt is suffering from a disruption of the glands.
What is the Vintage Air Rally? The craziest cross-Africa race in restored 1920s aircraft
The Air Rally aims to follow in the footsteps of the pioneering flights of the Twenties.
In The Field Podcast: How strongman politics sparked a love affair between leaders in US and Egypt
General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was one of the first world leaders to congratulate Donald Trump
Egyptian court overturns life sentence against deposed president Morsi
Morsi was overthrown and arrested in 2013 and faces various charges of espionage.
Egypt to put on trial 292 islamists over high-profile assassination plots - including the president
A group affiliated to the Islamic State has been conducting attacks in the Sinai peninsula since 2013.
The Muslim Brotherhood is a broad church - we shouldn't be naive about it, nor demonise it
Libya, Egypt and Tunisia have all seen very different Islamic political groups emerge.
Egyptian court overturns ex-president Mohamed Morsi death sentence
Morsi was ousted by a military coup after serving only a year in office.
IMF approves $12bn loan for Egypt to help fight economic crisis
The crisis arose due to political and regional disturbances in the country since 2011.
Protests erupt in Morocco after fish vendor is crushed to death in garbage truck
Mouhcine Fikri, 31, was trying to retrieve confiscated swordfish.
Isis militants gun down Egyptian soldiers in attack on Sinai checkpoint
More soldiers were also injured in the attack.
Ethiopia should allow protests says German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Merkel says Ethiopia should listen to people's grievances as right groups claim at least 500 have been killed.
EU calls for dialogue with Ethiopia as state of emergency declared
Ethiopia declares state of emergency as violence intensifies in Oromia state.
Tanzanian teachers 'filmed beating student': Is corporal punishment still common in Africa?
In some African countries, teachers still use physical violence as disciplinary measure.
Child refugees forced to use separate toilets in 'apartheid-style system' at Italian school
Parents expressed concern over 'health issues' when the two orphaned boys started at the Catholic primary.
Outlawed Muslim Brotherhood leader shot dead at his apartment by Egyptian security forces
Mohamed Kamal was sentenced in absentia to life in prison for terror attack and was wanted for murder.
London man jailed 16 years after sex attack on girl who later committed suicide
Frank Dent, 73, admitted indecently assaulting Kayley Howson in 2000 in Egypt.
Egyptian MP says women should prove they're virgins before attending university
Elhamy Agina previously said women should have FGM because men were too weak to resist them.
Hundreds of migrants feared dead as more bodies remain trapped in sunken boat's freezer
170 bodies recovered after a boat carrying 600 capsized 11 miles off the Egyptian coast.