Naeem Aziz, Coptic man from al-Bayda village, said that police have prevented him from entering his apartment at the so called church.

A Coptic man called Herfy Fawzi heard that Copts are under attack in Baida village. Thus, he decided to visit his daughter to reassure about her. However, he was arrested on charges of inciting sedition. He told Copts United that police have not arrested any of the actual defendants who destroyed and burned several houses in the village.

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Dr. Sameh Saad Sadiq, reported police that his father received death threat from his neighbors since he refused to sell them his land.

Church of Alexandria called for prayer meeting for the oppressed in the incidents in Karm village, Minya governorate.

Senior EgyptAir officials met with the French relatives of some of those killed in an EgyptAir plane crash on Thursday, Egypt's civil aviation said on Saturday.

Farmers in Daqahlia have complained of the loss of rice crops on more 10,000 feddans of farmland due to shortages of water in irrigation canals.

A police officer and a conscript were killed Saturday after their armored vehicle struck a roadside bomb in North Sinai town of Arish, security source told Youm7.

An EgyptAir flight carrying 66 passengers and crew on a flight from Paris to Cairo has disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt's national airline said on Thursday.

A number of residents of the Luxor district of Tiba have set two police cars on fire and hurled stones at the officers, apparently in response to the arrest of two men riding a motorbike without license plates, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

Hundreds of migrants were brought to Italy on Friday having been rescued from the sea over the past day, however the majority were not Syrian, as previously reported, but came from a variety of countries, officials said.

Member of Parliament Fouad Badrawy has called on Prime Minister Sherif Ismail to supply the missing information on the “multiple fires” seen in Cairo in recent days, adding fuel to speculation that arsonists have been at work in Cairo and elsewhere, perhaps with a view to destabilizing the nation.

More than 150 people were sentenced to between two and five years in prison on Saturday over their participation in protests against an Egyptian-Saudi Red Sea maritime border demarcation deal last month.

The Seminar of priests of Australia and New Zealand started on Monday in Sydney with the participation of Abba Suriel, Bishop of Melbourne, Abba Daniel, Bishop of Sydney, and Bishop Daniel, head of the monastery of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite in Sydney.

Daniel Williams is a former correspondent for the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg News and a former senior researcher at Human Rights Watch.

Mohammed Badr, governor of Luxor, headed a delegation of officials to congratulate Copts on Easter. They visited Abba Youssab, bishop of Luxor, at the cathedral of St. Mary in Luxor.

Mohamed Abdul Zahir, Governor of Alexandria, headed a delegation of officials to congratulate Evangelical Copts on Easter.

It is of a great blessing to present the 2016 Papal Encyclical of our beloved Shepherd, His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark for the Glorious Resurrection Feast of 2016. This Papal Message has been translated into 20 languages for video subtitles and presented below to serve our Coptic Orthodox Church globally. May the Lord reward every person contributed to the production of this great teaching of our Pope and Patriarch. Through the intercession of St. Mary, and the prayers of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II. And glory be to God forever, Amen.

Pope Tawadros II celebrated the Holy Mass of Maundy Thursday. He also delivered a sermon about the importance of this day and said that Christ celebrated the first mass on that day. He also offered a new sacrifice on new alter. He explained that Maundy Thursday is time of renewal of life and covenants

The occasion of the feast of the Resurrection and celebrated by Copts in Egypt next Sunday I hope that you will listen to the mouths and voices of all organizations and human rights bodies as well as individuals to meet the repeated demands on several occasions exemption Presidential some imprisoned Christians private Girgis Baromy accused falsely of raping a child Farshout where proven medical reports that he was suffering the address of the men, which means his lack of ability and sexual Ms. Demiana Obaid Abdel Nour Luxor teacher and cancel the sentence was in the right kids Bani Mazar who were accused of contempt of religion, according to the principle of equality and justice between the citizens of one nation have also been exempt from some Muslim prisoners in all their festivals and rituals or that there is nothing to prevent giving the President the right to exemption presidential Christians in their festivals recognized by the state.

The Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday adjourned the trial of former president Mohamed Morsi and 10 other Muslim Brotherhood defendants in the case publicly known as the “Espionage with Qatar,” to May 7, Youm7 reported.