Egypt arrests more Islamists as EU official visits

Egyptian police detained two leaders of a Muslim Brotherhood-allied party in the latest in a wave of arrests of prominent Islamists, while the European Union's top diplomat held talks Monday with officials in Cairo in an attempt to mediate an end to the country's crisis, officials said.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton's visit to the Egyptian capital is her second since the army ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi on July 3. (Photo: AP)