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Egyptian security officials inspect the site following a bomb blast at the Italian Consulate in Cairo, Egypt, 11 July 2015. Photo: EPA
The explosion of a car bomb near the Italian Consulate in the Egyptian capital on Saturday claimed the life of at least one person and injured four people.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, which has left the building in central Cairo severely damaged.
At the time of the explosion, the consulate was closed and no civilian staff members have been injured, the BBC reports.
Egypt's Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat was assassinated in a car bombing in Cairo last month, while a similar attack targeting a police station left three people dead.
Egyptian security officials have been fighting Islamic militants, but this has been largely limited to the Sinai Peninsula.
The attacks of Islamic militants have increased since the military deposed Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in 2013.
Since then militants have killed at least 600 Egyptian police officers and military personnel.
A young man from Chirpan has died after spending months in a coma following a violent assault that reportedly began over a dispute involving cigarettes
A recently revised German military service framework has triggered public debate after it emerged that it places new travel-related obligations on men aged between 17 and 45
The personnel deficit in the Bulgarian Armed Forces stood at 20.5% in 2025, marking a slight improvement of 1.8 percentage points compared to the previous year, according to the Report on the State of Defence and the Armed Forces, approved by the caretake
Bulgaria has nearly doubled its defense spending over the past decade, according to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s annual report
Belgium has announced the deployment of military forces in Brussels and Antwerp starting today, with plans to extend the measures to Liege.
Earlier this month, Croatia welcomed its first group of conscripts at the Eugen Kvaternik military training center near Slunj, marking the return of compulsory military service, which had been suspended since 2007
The introduction of the euro in Bulgaria has so far produced only a limited and largely one-off effect on consumer prices, according to an analysis by the European Central Bank
Efforts to secure a lasting end to hostilities between the United States and Iran have stalled after prolonged negotiations in Islamabad failed to produce a breakthrough, casting doubt over a fragile ceasefire now entering its seventh week
Viktor Orban’s long hold on power has come to an abrupt end after a decisive electoral victory by Péter Magyar, whose Tisza party is projected to secure a commanding parliamentary majority
NEW POLL: HUNGARIANS UNITED ON NEED FOR A ‘DIFFERENT’ RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EU, BUT DIVERGENCES REMAIN ON UKRAINE
The Kremlin has announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an “Easter ceasefire” in the war in Ukraine, declaring a temporary halt in hostilities lasting around 36 hours
A group of Members of the European Parliament has raised concerns over the potential leakage of confidential EU information to Russia, urging stronger safeguards within the European Parliament
Aniventure Comic Con Returns to Bulgaria with Star Guest Christopher Judge!
Global Fuel Shock: Oil Jumps Over 40% Since Iran War Began
