The Islamic State group has released a photo of the bomb it says was used to bring down a Russian passenger plane in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on board.

Russia says it has flown 11,000 tourists home from Egypt in the past 24 hours, and more will return on Sunday.

A Russian airliner which crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, killing all 224 people on board, broke up in mid-air, a Russian official says.

A group affiliated with Islamic State says it fired three rockets into Israel from Egypt's Sinai peninsula.

Gunmen has killed two Egyptian judges and a prosecutor in Sinai Peninsula, where security forces are battling an Islamist insurgency spearheaded by an Islamic State group affiliate.

Gunmen has killed two Egyptian judges and a prosecutor in Sinai Peninsula, where security forces are battling an Islamist insurgency spearheaded by an Islamic State group affiliate.

A suicide bomber targets a security compound in Egypt's restive Sinai peninsula, injuring at least 24 people