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Man killed in Egypt raid on Nile island squatters

One person was killed and 50 people were injured in clashes on Sunday as security forces tried to evict squatters from a Nile island, the government and witnesses said. The incident on Warraq island in Cairo came amid a government campaign to remove encroachments from state property and...

Federer wins record eighth Wimbledon title

Ruthless Roger Federer thrashed suffering Croat Marin Cilic 6-3 6-1 6-4 to become the first man to win eight Wimbledon singles crowns on Sunday, five years after landing his seventh. The Swiss maestro, appearing in his 11th Wimbledon final, was challenged early on but once he broke a nervous...

Merkel seeks solution to new airbase dispute with Turkey

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says a dispute with Turkey over a visit by lawmakers to air crews at a NATO base is "decidedly unfortunate" and Berlin will work with NATO to defuse it. Ankara blocked a visit planned Monday to German troops serving on AWACS surveillance planes in Konya. It...

Egypt says 9 militants killed in Sinai

Security forces killed nine militants in the Sinai Peninsula and destroyed 15 vehicles transporting weapons into Egypt across its western border, the military said in statements on Sunday. The "extremists" were killed in two separate incidents in the middle Sinai, but the military did not...