Egypt

Karrem Nasr, who moved from Lawrenceville to Egypt in July, was inspired by the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7 to follow through on his plan of jihad against the U.S.

Persistent violence in Syria and Egypt has sharply divided senior White House advisers over a moral dilemma: How far should the U.S. go to stop the killing when its actions could lead to war with Syria or damage relations with Egypt?

Another domino has fallen as Egypt's military-backed rulers continue a crackdown against the Muslim Brotherhood.

Senior diplomats from the European Union's member states are discussing how the 28-nation bloc will respond to a week of bloody violence in Egypt that has left nearly 900 people dead.

Egyptian officials say security forces fired tear gas at a prison truck Sunday in an attempt to free a badly beaten police officer from rioting detainees, killing at least 36 suspects.

Egypt's military leader says the army will not allow further violence after days of unrest claimed hundreds of lives.

Egypt is bracing for more violence after the Muslim Brotherhood called for nationwide marches after Friday prayers and a "day of rage" to denounce this week's unprecedented bloodshed in the security forces' assault on the supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president that left more than 600 dead.

President Barack Obama on Thursday canceled joint U.S.-Egypt military exercises, saying America's traditional cooperation with Egypt "cannot continue as usual" while violence and instability deepen in the strategically important nation.

Egypt's Health Ministry is raising the death toll in Wednesday's violence in the streets of Cairo.

Egypt's interior minister says 43 policemen have been killed in clashes with supporters of the ousted Islamist president. That raises the overall death toll for today to nearly 200.