File Photo of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (Agence France-Presse)
Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is cutting short a visit to Ethiopia for an African Union summit, returning home to deal with a wave of deadly militant attacks, his office said Friday.
At least 26 people, mostly soldiers, were killed on Thursday when militants fired rockets and set off a car bomb in North Sinai province in simultaneous assaults claimed by an affiliate of the Islamic State group.