EGYPT

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.

Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, who has been criticized for his hard-handed tactics against domestic opposition, has vowed to stamp out terror in Egypt.

Jordanian security forces have allegedly foiled a plot to carry out attacks on Saudi targets in the country. The suspect was detained with 100 pounds of explosives.

Egyptian officials described as “false news” the publication of death tolls associated with terrorist attacks that don’t jibe with government accounts.

Sinai Province, an ISIS-affiliated militant group in the Sinai peninsula, claims it fired three rockets into Israel, though Israeli police said the remains of two rockets had been found. No one was injured.

The Russian Progress cargo spacecraft, carrying over 6,100 pounds of supplies, was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on Friday.

Egypt's army said on Wednesday more than 100 militants and 17 soldiers were killed after simultaneous assaults on military checkpoints in North Sinai, in the deadliest fighting in years in the restive province.

A raid on a Cairo home by Egyptian police on Wednesday killed nine men suspected of plotting a terrorist attack. The same day, an ISIS-affiliated group launched an assault on a city in the Sinai Peninsula.

A series of clashes have left 50 people dead in the biggest attack in Egypt's Sinai region in decades.

The restive region, which borders Israel and the Gaza Strip, has witnessed a series of violent attacks in recent months.

The Islamic State group accused Hamas of being a weak enforcer of religious diktats in the Gaza Strip.

Unemployment in Gaza stands at 40 percent, while an Israeli assault on Gaza last summer destroyed thousands of homes, but an Israeli official offered a statement to the contrary.

A senior police officer reportedly said that Hisham Barakat, who was wounded in the attack, was "in good condition."

The Ministry of Religious Endowments will reportedly search mosque libraries to find literature it feels doesn't promote a moderate version of Islam.