An explosion in Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula has killed four soldiers and injured four others as deadly violence continues unabated in the region, a report says.

At least 16 people have been killed and several others wounded in a firebomb attack at a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, security officials say.

A significantly low turnout of about 28 percent has overshadowed the first parliamentary elections in Egypt since 2013 when the military ousted former president Mohamed Morsi.

At least six people, including one election judge, have been killed in bomb explosions targeting an area outside an Egyptian hotel in North Sinai, state media reports say.

Egypt’s top Sunni cleric says terrorism is a disease, slamming the claims that Islam is to blame for terrorist attacks such as the November 13 carnage in Paris.

Egypt has disputed Russia’s account that a bomb led to the crash of a Russian passenger plane in the restive Sinai Peninsula, saying its probe has yet to find any evidence of criminal action.

Egyptian security forces say they have shot dead 24 Daesh-affiliated militants in an attack on their hideout in central Sinai Peninsula.

Russia has banned all EgyptAir flights from landing on its soil following the Sinai plane crash.

Police in Egypt have discovered the bodies of 15 African asylum seekers in the restive area of northern Sinai Peninsula near Israel, sources say.

An official with Egypt’s Tourism Ministry has expressed concern over the recent outflow of tourists from the country following the crash of a Russian airliner in the Sinai Peninsula, and its potential economic impacts.

At least twelve people, among them civilians, have lost their lives and 20 others sustained injuries in a car bomb explosion that targeted security personnel in Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula.

Twelve people have been killed and scores of others injured in two powerful car bomb blasts that ripped through the embattled Somali capital city of Mogadishu.

The voter turnout for the first round runoffs in Egypt's parliamentary election has been as low as 21.7 percent, the country's election authority says.

A Russian passenger aircraft has crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, the office of Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has confirmed.

At least ten Egyptian police officers have sustained injuries in a bomb explosion that destroyed their vehicle in the North African country’s beleaguered Sinai Peninsula.

Egypt’s Prime Minister Sherif Ismail says the turnout on the first day of long-awaited parliamentary election was very low.

Voting begins in Egypt parliamentary elections

Security and medical officials in Egypt say Takfiri militants have abducted three pro-government tribal fighters manning a checkpoint in the North African country’s troubled Sinai Peninsula.

Egypt has signed a deal with France to buy two warships that were originally ordered by Russia but whose sale was canceled by Paris due to the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Two women have been killed and three policemen injured in two separate attacks in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Press TV reports.