The struggle is part of a wider conflict in the north African state where former rebels use their guns to fight for power and a share of the country's oil revenues.
The Muslim Brotherhood leader said he wouldn't leave prison until all his jailed supporters were freed.
At least 30 soldiers were killed and 29 others wounded in Friday’s attacks on two military checkpoints in north Sinai.
Militants killed at least 28 in the double attack, but the death toll in Egypt is expected to rise.
Western nations are ready to crack down with sanctions on leaders they say incite the spreading chaos in Libya.
Three years to the day after dictator Moammar Gadhafi was killed, Libya takes another step into full-fledged civil war.
Claims that Libyan pilots are bombing Islamic militias using Egyptian warplanes are far-fetched, say experts.
For the first time in decades, the most populous Arab nation is intervening in a conflict outside its borders.
The big banks, traditionally the darlings of earnings season, could be showing signs of improvement with Bank of America on tap for Wednesday.
The latest exits were the result of studies to understand which markets were not profitable enough for retail banking.
At a conference attended by envoys of nearly 30 nations, Qatar committed $1 billion in aid -- the single largest donation by any country.
The latest round of U.S.-brokered peace talks foundered in April over objections to a Palestinian unity pact and Israeli settlement growth.
In a new video, the Islamic State warns it will "conquer" Turkey and calls President Erdogan "Caliph of the Muslim Brotherhood."
The seven-day holiday of Sukkot begins Oct. 8 at sundown.
The Sinai militants say the three Egyptians purportedly beheaded in the video were working for Israel.
More than 60,000 homes and 5,000 businesses in Gaza were leveled during Operation Protective Edge.
In condemning the protesters, an editorial in the People's Daily used a word with deep resonance in modern Chinese history.
Mark Zuckerberg will keynote an Internet conference in India next week, and separately meet India's social media-savvy prime minister.
Before adjourning the hearing, the judge said he had not finished reviewing all the evidence in the case, which amounted to 160,000 pages.
The beginning of fall is here, but our clocks won't be falling back just yet.
Most companies manufacturing the tools for torture are state-owned, and advertise themselves online and in trade shows, according to a report.
Airstrikes by the U.S. and several Arab allies killed at least 20 ISIS militants, but also reportedly claimed the lives of eight civilians.