Gunmen attacked a bus carrying Egyptian Christians south of the capital Friday, killing at least 20 people, state media and officials said. "There are more than 20 dead and more than 20 wounded," a senior health ministry official told AFP. The attack in Minya province came after church...

Egypt's government, already accused of muzzling freedom of expression and opposition to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has blocked access to a host of news websites including Qatar's Al-Jazeera. Around 20 websites based in Qatar and Egypt have been inaccessible since Wednesday night,...

Three soldiers were killed in a bombing of an armored vehicle by Islamist militants in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, security and medical sources said Thursday. The soldiers were conducting a patrol in the North Sinai town of Rafah which borders the Gaza Strip. In a separate attack, a...

Four people, including prominent businessmen, have been arrested in Tunisia on suspicion of corruption and financing a wave of protests in the North African country, a senior official said Wednesday. The official, on condition of anonymity, told AFP that businessmen Chafik Jarraya, Yassine...