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Egypt launches major assault on militants in North Sinai ahead of elections, aims to curb insurgency by February end

Egypt began a major assault against militants on Friday focused on the Sinai peninsula, where Islamic State attacks have killed soldiers, police and civilians.

Egypt officials say resort knife attacker tasked by Islamic State; terrorists recruited 29-year-old on social media

Cairo: Security officials today said the Egyptian man who stabbed to death three tourists and wounded three others earlier this month in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada was tasked by the Islamic State group to carry out an attack against foreigners.

Egypt retrieves 162 bodies after migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean

Egypt's state news agency says the total number of bodies pulled from the Mediterranean waters off the Egyptian coast has climbed to 148, three days after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized in the Mediterranean while attempting to head to Europe.