EGYPT

The Talmud lists five tragedies inflicted on the Jewish people on the 9th of Av.

Courts ordered the two women be held for four days pending an investigation.

A cargo boat and a passenger ferry collided Wednesday night, killing at least 15 people, including two children.

Egypt's move to buy the Rafale jets from France is widely seen as an attempt to reduce its dependence on the U.S. for arms purchases.

The kidnapping took place in an ISIS stronghold southeast of the city of Sirte, Libya, said a resident, who asked not to be named.

Egypt has arrested more than 600 Egyptian and Sudanese people in the past month for trying to emigrate illegally.

Israel plans to build an additional fence along its border with the Gaza Strip to prevent illegal crossings.

“Few countries are willing or able to counter ISIS as a global phenomenon,” simulations found.

In a statement released Tuesday, an Egyptian spokesman was hopeful about Tuesday's nuclear deal with Iran.

The United States has sent its most senior naval official to re-establish defense ties with the strategic North African country.

Such a base near Islamic State strongholds in Libya would help the United States “fill gaps in our understanding of what’s going on.”

"This agreement will bring a step, an important step in the road of peace in Libya," U.N. Special Envoy Bernardino Leon told the ceremony attended by Arab and Western diplomats.

Pope Francis condemned the attack on the Italian consulate in Cairo Saturday that killed one person, injured eight and destroyed the consulate building.

The cause of the blast was not immediately clear but one security official said it was a car bomb. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Hezbollah's Hasan Nasrall called Iran “the only hope left for liberating Palestine and Jerusalem.”

Egyptian actor Omar Sharif, star of epic films "Doctor Zhivago" and "Lawrence of Arabia," passed away Friday at the age of 83.

The controversial Italy-based security firm Hacking Team's other clients include Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia and several U.S. agencies.

Aid agencies estimate that fighting in the country has rendered homeless at least 7.6 million people still living in the country.

The move comes after a series of attacks were launched by insurgents across the porous border between the two countries.

Analysts say the deals are part of a wider move by Egypt to increase its oil and gas supplies.

Israel's military has announced the merger of four elite units as leaders work to plan long-term.