Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered military deployments to protect “vital and important infrastructure” after Islamic State group bombings hit two churches on Sunday, killing dozens of people.

The Trump administration will move forward with the sale of high-tech aircraft to Nigeria for its campaign against Boko Haram Islamic extremists despite concerns over abuses committed by the African nation’s security forces, according to US officials.

Forces loyal to Libya’s eastern authorities Thursday battled to seize a southern air base, spokesmen for the forces said, as a rival unity government condemned the attack on its forces. “The fighting has not stopped since yesterday” around the Tamenhant air base, said Mohammed Ghoneim, a spokesman for the self-proclaimed …