Egypt says Russia’s anti-terror airstrikes in Syria will restrict the spread of terrorism and deal a major blow to the Daesh terrorist group in the violence-torn Arab country.

At least two Egyptian policemen have been killed when unidentified armed men opened fire on them in the North African country’s embattled Sinai Peninsula.

At least one Egyptian police officer has been killed and another injured in an attack by armed men against their patrol vehicle in Egypt’s central province of Giza, Press TV reports.

Egyptian authorities have arrested the head of an activist group that played a key role the country’s 2011 revolution against former dictator Hosni Mubarak.

At least two people have been wounded in a bomb explosion in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

Egypt’s forensic doctors have admitted that "barbaric torture” had been behind the death of an activist while he was in police custody in the capital city of Cairo, Press TV reports.

Egyptian government forces have killed nearly a dozen militants in the Sinai Peninsula as they press ahead with clean-up operations in the restive region, Press TV reports.

Dozens of dissident have died across prisons Egypt in August alone, says an NGO.

Egyptian police and army forces have accidentally opened fire on a Mexican tourist convoy during clashes with militants, killing 12 people and injuring several others, Egypt’s Interior Ministry says.

Egypt’s army says it has killed nearly 300 militants since the start of fresh military operations in the volatile Sinai Peninsula last week.

At least 98 Daesh-linked Takfiri militants have been killed in an ongoing operation by the Egyptian army in the North African country’s violence-plagued Sinai Peninsula, Press TV reports.

The government of Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has submitted its resignation to the country’s president

A roadside bomb explosion has killed at least one army officer and a soldier in Rafah city in Egypt's northern Sinai Province, Press TV reports.

Egyptian government forces have carried out separate operations in the country’s violence-plagued Sinai Peninsula, killing more than two dozen Takfiri militants over the past 24 hours, Press TV reports.

An Egyptian military court has handed down jail terms to 19 people, including three children, for attending anti-government demonstrations and allegedly storming state buildings.

Anti-government protesters in Egypt hold rallies across the country, censuring the crackdown on opposition activists.

An Egyptian court has sentenced 9 people to life in jail for their alleged role in violence following the ouster of the country’s first democratically-elected president Mohamed Morsi, Press TV reports.

The Canadian government says it is "disappointed" after an Egyptian appeals court sentenced Mohammed Fahmy, a naturalized Canadian working for Al Jazeera news network, to prison.

An Egyptian court has sentenced two supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi to death on charges of involvement in violence during anti-government protests in 2013, Press TV reports.

An Egyptian court has sentenced two supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi to death on charges of involvement in violence during anti-government protests in 2013, Press TV reports.