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Three Vietnamese Tourists, Guide Killed In Bomb Blast Near Egypt Pyramids
Three Vietnamese holidaymakers and an Egyptian tour guide were killed Friday when a roadside bomb blast hit their bus as it travelled close to the Giza pyramids outside Cairo, officials said. A statement by the public prosecutor's office said 11 other tourists from Vietnam and an Egyptian bus driver were wounded when the homemade device exploded.
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Blast At Chemical Site Near Cairo Airport Injures 12: Army
A strong explosion at a chemical tank near Cairo airport in the east of the Egyptian capital has left at least a dozen people injured, the army said on Thursday night.
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At Least 21 Dead In Bombing At Egyptian Church
A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens who had gathered for Palm Sunday mass, state media reported, in the latest apparent attack on Egypt's Coptic Christians.
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ISIS Claims Deadly Cairo Church Bombing
The ISIS group claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a Cairo church that killed 25 people, in a statement circulated on social media on Tuesday.
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Egypt Mourns Slain Churchgoers As Blast Toll Rises
Grief-stricken mourners gathered in Cairo on Monday for the funeral of 24 people killed when a blast tore through a Coptic church, in the deadliest attack on Egypt's Christian minority.
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Egypt's Top Sunni Authority Condemns Cairo Church Blast That Killed 'At Least' 25
The head of Al-Azhar, Egypt's top Sunni authority, condemned a bomb blast on Sunday that killed at least 25 worshippers inside a Cairo church as "a great crime" against all Egyptians.
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Blast Inside Cairo's Coptic Cathedral Kills At Least 20, Injures 35
An explosion inside Cairo's Coptic cathedral killed at least 20 people and injured 35, Egypt's state television said.
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Roadside Blast Kills 3 Policemen in Egypt's Sinai
Three Egyptian policemen were killed in a roadside bombing in Sinai today, the second such attack in 48 hours in the peninsula where Islamic State terrorists are waging an insurgency.
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Islamic State Claims Blast That Wounded 4 Near Egypt Pyramids
Four people were wounded on Friday by a bomb planted at a Cairo intersection near the Pyramids, the interior ministry said, and the Islamic State (IS) group claimed it had planted the device.
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Policeman, Passerby Wounded in Cairo Bomb Blast
A small bomb blast in a busy western district of the Egyptian capital wounded a policeman and a passerby on Sunday, a police official said.
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Car Bomb Wounds 6 Egyptian Policemen in Cairo
A blast rocked the Egyptian capital Cairo on Thursday, but officials could not immediately confirm if the explosion in front of a police building had caused any casualties.
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1 Dead in Blast at Italy Consulate in Cairo
One person was killed Saturday in a powerful explosion that partly damaged the Italian consulate in central Cairo, health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said.
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Sinai Blast Wounds 20 Egyptian Policemen
A roadside bomb blast wounded 20 Egyptian policemen today as they travelled in a bus in northern Sinai where militants have launched deadly attacks against security forces, officials said.
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Bomb Kills Policeman in Cairo: Security Sources
A policeman was killed and three others wounded when a bomb exploded on a bridge leading to the upscale Cairo district of Zamalek on Sunday, security sources said, the second bombing targeting police in the Egyptian capital in as many days.
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2 Bombs Explode Near Cairo Police Station, No Casualties
Two bombs exploded in Cairo's residential Imbaba district today, causing no casualties, Egypt's state-run Al Ahram newspaper said on its website.
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Three Vietnamese Tourists, Guide Killed In Bomb Blast Near Egypt Pyramids
Three Vietnamese holidaymakers and an Egyptian tour guide were killed Friday when a roadside bomb blast hit their bus as it travelled close to the Giza pyramids outside Cairo, officials said. A statement by the public prosecutor's office said 11 other tourists from Vietnam and an Egyptian bus driver were wounded when the homemade device exploded.
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Blast At Chemical Site Near Cairo Airport Injures 12: Army
A strong explosion at a chemical tank near Cairo airport in the east of the Egyptian capital has left at least a dozen people injured, the army said on Thursday night.
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At Least 21 Dead In Bombing At Egyptian Church
A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens who had gathered for Palm Sunday mass, state media reported, in the latest apparent attack on Egypt's Coptic Christians.
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ISIS Claims Deadly Cairo Church Bombing
The ISIS group claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a Cairo church that killed 25 people, in a statement circulated on social media on Tuesday.
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Egypt Mourns Slain Churchgoers As Blast Toll Rises
Grief-stricken mourners gathered in Cairo on Monday for the funeral of 24 people killed when a blast tore through a Coptic church, in the deadliest attack on Egypt's Christian minority.
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Egypt's Top Sunni Authority Condemns Cairo Church Blast That Killed 'At Least' 25
The head of Al-Azhar, Egypt's top Sunni authority, condemned a bomb blast on Sunday that killed at least 25 worshippers inside a Cairo church as "a great crime" against all Egyptians.
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Blast Inside Cairo's Coptic Cathedral Kills At Least 20, Injures 35
An explosion inside Cairo's Coptic cathedral killed at least 20 people and injured 35, Egypt's state television said.
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Roadside Blast Kills 3 Policemen in Egypt's Sinai
Three Egyptian policemen were killed in a roadside bombing in Sinai today, the second such attack in 48 hours in the peninsula where Islamic State terrorists are waging an insurgency.
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Islamic State Claims Blast That Wounded 4 Near Egypt Pyramids
Four people were wounded on Friday by a bomb planted at a Cairo intersection near the Pyramids, the interior ministry said, and the Islamic State (IS) group claimed it had planted the device.
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Policeman, Passerby Wounded in Cairo Bomb Blast
A small bomb blast in a busy western district of the Egyptian capital wounded a policeman and a passerby on Sunday, a police official said.
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Car Bomb Wounds 6 Egyptian Policemen in Cairo
A blast rocked the Egyptian capital Cairo on Thursday, but officials could not immediately confirm if the explosion in front of a police building had caused any casualties.
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1 Dead in Blast at Italy Consulate in Cairo
One person was killed Saturday in a powerful explosion that partly damaged the Italian consulate in central Cairo, health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said.
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Sinai Blast Wounds 20 Egyptian Policemen
A roadside bomb blast wounded 20 Egyptian policemen today as they travelled in a bus in northern Sinai where militants have launched deadly attacks against security forces, officials said.
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Bomb Kills Policeman in Cairo: Security Sources
A policeman was killed and three others wounded when a bomb exploded on a bridge leading to the upscale Cairo district of Zamalek on Sunday, security sources said, the second bombing targeting police in the Egyptian capital in as many days.
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2 Bombs Explode Near Cairo Police Station, No Casualties
Two bombs exploded in Cairo's residential Imbaba district today, causing no casualties, Egypt's state-run Al Ahram newspaper said on its website.
