John Kerry heads to Egypt as US builds coalition for war against Isis

Secretary of state moves on from Turkey as he tries to build backing from Arab world and Europe for assault on militants US secretary of state John Kerry heads to Cairo on Saturday amid a growing campaign to build a broad international coalition for a war against Islamic State extremists in Syria and Iraq. Retired US general John Allen, the hawkish former commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan who also led troops in western Iraq, was named on Friday to lead the international effort against Isla...