EGYPT: COURT RATIFIES 'ISIS' DEATH SENTENCES

A court in Egypt ratified death sentences for 12 people convicted of planning attacks on behalf of ISIS.
Six of those whose sentences were confirmed are in custody, while six were tried in absentia.
All were convicted of having joined ISIS - which has declared a "caliphate" in parts of Iraq and Syria under its control - and of plotting to attack Egypt's police force and military.
The court in the Nile Delta province of Sharqiya had recommended the death sentence for the men last month, and was awaiting the mufti's approval to ratify the ruling.
Those convicted can appeal a ruling before the Court of Cassation, which may either uphold the verdict or order a retrial.