In Egypt, Emergency Rule After Sinai Blasts

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi said militant attacks on army checkpoints in the Sinai Peninsula that killed 30 troops Friday were a "foreign-funded operation" and those who commit such attacks "must be hanged." The president vowed Saturday to take drastic measures against the militants, saying there are foreign powers that want to "break the back of Egypt." Egypt declared a three-month state of emergency in the northern and...

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