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The two German women who were killed in a resort in Egypt on Friday were permanently resident there, according to DPA press office.

Certainly two tourists died at a resort in Egypt on Friday. Four other holidaymakers were injured by the attack in Hurghada resort, reported the Egyptian Interior Ministry and sources in security services.

An attack on a checkpoint south of Cairo released five Egyptian police officers on Friday. Three shooters opened the fire from a motor, reported MENA state agency, based on an anonymous source.

Foreign Ministers of the four Arab countries who are involved with Qatar in a conflict come together on Wednesday. Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Bahrain speak in the Saudi city of Jeddah on the issue, Egypt's minister said Tuesday. Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State, is also present.

The Egyptian army killed fourteen armed men near the city of Ismailia on Saturday. According to the Ministry of Interior, the men were involved in the attack of a day earlier. Then 23 Egyptian soldiers were killed by a bomb attack on a control station of the army in North Sinai. At least 26 soldiers were injured.

Ten Egyptian soldiers, including a colonel, were killed on Friday by a bomb attack on a military post in North Sinai, according to security sources.

An Egyptian court condemned twenty men to the death penalty on Sunday. They were right to kill police officers during the violent acts that followed the military captured by the Islamic president in 2013.

The Criminal Court in Cairo wants the death penalty for 31 people involved in the assassination of Attorney General Hisham Barakat in 2015. The court has asked for the highest religious authority of the country before deciding on July 22.

The Egyptian parliament agreed with the transfer of two uninhabited islands in the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has to put his signature under the decision.

Islamic State has called for an audio message during the Ramadan attacks in the United States, Europe, Russia, Australia, Syria, Iran and the Philippines. The clip was distributed monday via the IS channel on Telegram, an online messaging service with encryption. It is reportedly Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir, the spokesman for the terrorist organization.

According to Libyan media, the son of the killed Libyan dictator Muammar Kaddafi, Saif al-Islam, is released from prison. The Alwasat message portal reported on Saturday that he benefited from a parliamentary amnesty scheme based in Tobroek.

Terrorist group Islamic State has claimed the London attack on Saturday night. This is what news agency Reuters reported on Sunday on media based on IS.

Egypt has published a new law Monday, which strongly clogs the work of non-governmental organizations. NGOs may only do social or development work and must adhere to the state's 'development plan.' Donations of around 500 euros or more must be notified and approved in advance.

Egyptian fighter aircraft have launched new attacks on Islamic extremists in the Libyan city of Derna on Monday. The attacks take place in consultation with the Libyan National Army, said a spokesman for this Eastern Libyan faction, which is connected with Egypt.

The extremist Muslim brigade Ansar al-Sharia in Libya indicated on Saturday that the group is lifting itself. The reason is that they have suffered major losses, according to the statement of al-Qaeda-related militia. For example, the leaders killed and lost many fighters.

Islamic State (IS) has claimed Friday's attack on two buses with Coptic Christians in Egypt. That made the terrorist group in a statement in a statement.

The Egyptian army has conducted air attacks on terrorist camps of IS in neighboring Libya. The bombing is a reaction to a bloody assault on a bus full of Christians, with about 28 people returning, most of them children.

Egypt has blocked access to 21 websites. The sites would support terrorism, according to the Egyptian state press office MENA Wednesday. The website of Al Jazeera is no longer accessible and the Arabic version of the Huffington Post is blocked.

IS fans have celebrated the attack on the Manchester Arena on social media, although IS has not claimed the explosion at the concert.

Half a million citizens have been able to flee the Iraqi city of Mosul since Iraqi forces have begun an offensive three months ago. That number reported the United Nations in a report on Thursday. One day earlier it became known that the army had completely surrounded the terrorist group of Islamic State in Mosul.

Egyptian archaeologists have certainly discovered seventeen mummies in a centuries-old tomb near the city of Minya, 250 kilometers south of Cairo. Most bodies are completely intact. The Ministry of Antiquities announced the finding on Saturday.

In Cairo three police officers have been killed by militants. Five other agents were injured by the shooting, according to the Ministry of Interior. They were taken from a car under fire.

Under very strict security measures, a mist began in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Saturday for the visit of Pope Franciscus to the country. The pope drove to a golf cart by a stadium just outside the city and waved to the thousands of believers.

Pope Franciscus arrived on Friday for an official two day visit to Egypt. He will meet with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi among others.

The Egyptian Air Force killed nineteen supporters of the Islamic state group in northern Sinai. Among them were three headlines of the IS branch on the peninsula, reported the army on its Facebook page.

In an attack on a checkpoint near St. Catherine's Monastery in the Egyptian Sinai desert are definitely one death and four injuries. The victims were Egyptian soldiers.

Egyptian archaeologists have in a roughly 3,500 year-old tomb near Luxor several mummies found in colorful coffins. Team leader Mustafa Waziri said Tuesday that eight mummified bodies have been recovered.

Habib al-Adly, the feared interior minister under former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Saturday convicted of embezzlement of public funds to seven years imprisonment. Two officers received the same sentence and have him pay back a total of 101 million euros, plus the same amount in fines. Eight other officials received sentences imposed from three to five years.

Egyptian security forces have shot dead in a firefight seven members of Islamic State (IS). Who came together with the intention to commit an attack on Christians. That said, the Egyptian Interior Ministry.

The terrorist group Islamic State (IS) on Sunday threatened shortly after two bloody suicide attacks on churches in northern Egypt with more violence against Christians. 'The crusaders and infidels to pay with the blood of their sons,' was a statement distributed by IS-channels. The statement mentioned two names were the perpetrators.