Saudi Arabia has begun airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen as a Saudi invasion of that country becomes more and more likely.
The Egyptian military conducted airstrikes in Libya after an Islamic State affiliate in that country released a video showing the execution of more than 20 Egyptian Christians.
Attacks in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula by Islamist militants have left more than 20 people dead.
The government of Japan has promised billions of dollars of support for countries that are currently dealing with the threat posed by the Islamic State.
An Egyptian court has dropped all the remaining charges against the former dictator Hosni Mubarak, completing the rollback of the gains made during the Egyptian revolution of 2011.
The former democratically-elected president of Egypt Mohamed Morsi, who was deposed in a military coup and subsequently arrested, has been charged with sharing state secrets with the government of Qatar.
The Islamic State, which already has a large presence of international fighters and strong allure abroad, has begun to export its tactics and techniques, teaching Islamist radicals in Egypt how to carry out terrorist attacks.
A series of mysterious airstrikes that had been claimed by a retired Libyan general have turned out to be the work of Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
Egypt has been plagued by rolling blackouts for much of the summer, leading to public discontent similar to that which led to the overthrow of Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
A new report says that the deaths of more than 1,000 protesters when the Egyptian security forces cleared away a protest at Rab'a al-Adawiya most likely constituted a crime against humanity.
Nine people were killed in a shootout between smugglers and security forces near an Egyptian coastal town on the Mediterranean Sea.
The Egyptian government has announced plans to build a second channel in the Suez Canal alongside the existing one.
