(Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced 183 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death on Monday on charges of killing police officers, as authorities continued their crackdown on Islamists. The men were convicted of playing a role in the killings of 16 policemen in the...

(Reuters) - The fate of a Jordanian pilot held by Islamic State has raised public pressure on King Abdullah over his country's role in the U.S-led military campaign against the hardline group in Syria , fuelling the risk of broader discontent in the U.S. ally. After his...

(Reuters) - Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste was released from a Cairo jail on Sunday and left Egypt for his native Australia after 400 days in prison on charges that included aiding a terrorist group, security officials said. There was no official word on the fate of his two...

The Jordanian government "strongly" condemned on Sunday the execution of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant group, saying it continued to seek information proving the safety of Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasba who has also been...