Militant Attack Kills 12 Egyptian Soldiers in Sinai

Suspected Islamic militants in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula attacked an army checkpoint on Friday, killing 12 soldiers and wounding eight, according to security and medical officials.

The officials said the attack took place about 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of the Suez Canal, near the town of Bir el-Abd, where the wounded were taken for treatment before they were ferried to the city of el-Arish to the east.

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Lawyer Says 3 Egyptian Journalists Arrested Were Tortured

The lawyer for three Egyptian journalists who were arrested while conducting street interviews said on Sunday that they were beaten and tasered by security officers during questioning at a central Cairo station.

Fatma Serag told The Associated Press the three — Hamdy Mokhtar, 38, Mohammed Hassan 18, and Osama el-Bishbishi, 35 — were accused of supplying Turkey-based television networks linked to the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood group with "negative" videos of life under the rule of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.

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Egypt’s Al Sisi promises more jobs to deter perilous migration to Europe

Cairo: President Abdul Fattah Al Sissi on Monday pledged more jobs for Egyptians to help dissuade them from making dangerous voyages to Europe after more than 160 migrants died when a boat capsized off the country’s Mediterranean coast.

Rescue workers and fisherman recovered five more bodies on Sunday, taking the death toll in the Sept. 21 shipwreck to 169, with another 169 migrants having been rescued.

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