The Egyptian armed forces announced that they killed 11 militants during the period from 3 to 5 January. Two of them were killed in Al-Arish, eight in Sheikh Zuweid, and one in Rafah, according to a Tuesday statement by the military spokesman.

A suicide female bomber blew up hereself at the tourist police station in the historic Sultanahmet district, downtown Istanbul, on Tuesday. The blast killed a police officer, beside the assailant, and injured two policemen, including one seriously.

Libya’s internationally recognised government on Monday appealed for weapons to combat militias which have seized parts of the oil-rich nation, at an emergency meeting of the Arab League. “We call on the international community to assume its legal and moral responsibilities and to arm, without further delay, the Libyan army,” …