Egyptian police have killed four suspected extremist militants believed to have been planning a “major attack” in a shootout near Cairo, the interior ministry said. The Takfiri cell had been meeting when police raided their hideout in Giza province, southwest of Cairo, the ministry said in a statement on Friday. ...
An Iraqi minister on Saturday sharply criticized UN efforts to aid civilians fleeing fighting in west Mosul, even as the United Nations insisted that providing such assistance was the “top priority”. Tens of thousands of people have fled west Mosul since Iraqi forces launched an operation to retake it from ...
