The removal of Mohamed Morsi could split Egyptian Islamist groups, and convince extremists that the democratic route doesn’t work, writes Alexander Dziadosz

A leader of an Egyptian militant group denied yesterday that it had joined al-Qaida, saying the majority of its members are sticking by a truce they declared almost a decade ago.

An Islamic group says a close associate of Osama bin Laden has been killed by a United States air strike in Afghanistan.