Coptic Christians

Trump denounces Egypt attack as 'merciless slaughter,' says 'bloodletting of Christians must end'

US President Donald Trump has denounced as "merciless slaughter" the attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt that left at least 28 dead, urging the nations to defeat "terrorists engaged in a war against civilizations".

Narendra Modi condemns Islamic State bombing of Egypt's Coptic Christians

Narendra Modi on Sunday condemned the two separate bomb attacks carried out by the Islamic State on Coptic churches in Egypt which claimed lives of at least 45 people and injured over 100.

After spreading from Syria and Iraq to Libya, Islamic State lays claim to North African outpost

The images match the worst of Islamic State's atrocities: black-clad fighters and an English-speaking jihadist taunt the West before slaughtering their victims in orange jumpsuits on a Libyan beach.

Beheading Islamic State is vicious, Egypt reserves right to respond: Abdel-Fateh el-Sisi

President Abdel-Fateh el-Sisi said Egypt "reserved a right to respond" to the killing of its 21 Christian citizens in Libya by Islamic State militants, in the manner and at the time it sets.