Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered military troops be deployed across the country on Sunday, his office said in a statement, after 43 people were killed in bomb attacks on two churches. "President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces has ordered units...

Pope Francis condemned a deadly blast at a church in Egypt and said at a Palm Sunday Mass that the world was suffering from wars, terrorism and "interests that are armed and ready to strike". Francis, who has not made any direct public comment on the current Middle East crisis, said the Mass...

 ISIS was responsible for two church bombings in Egypt on Sunday that killed at least 36 and injured over 100, the group's news agency Amaq said. "A group that belongs to Islamic State carried out the two attacks on the churches in the cities of Tanta and Alexandria," Amaq said....

The chemical weapons attack in Syria that triggered retaliatory American airstrikes hasn't shifted U.S. priorities toward ousting Syrian President Bashar Assad, top Trump administration officials said. After last Tuesday's chemical attack, President Donald Trump said his attitude toward...