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Bomb kills three soldiers in Egypt's Sinai

A roadside bomb killed three Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai peninsula on Monday, security sources said. The blast, which also wounded a soldier, comes days ahead of an investment conference in Sharm el-Sheikh resort, which Egypt hopes will project an image of stability and secure...

Kurdish forces attack Islamic State west of Kirkuk

(Reuters) - Kurdish forces drove Islamic State militants back from the oil-rich city of Kirkuk in northern  Iraq  on Monday, in an attack which was backed by heavy air strikes from a U.S.-led coalition. Speaking to a local television channel near the frontline, Kirkuk...

Egypt carries out first execution of Mursi supporter

  Egypt  executed an Islamist on Saturday for a murder committed during riots in mid-2013, the first death sentence carried out against a supporter of the banned Muslim Brotherhood under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The interior ministry said in a statement on...