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.

The Doctors Syndicate has called on parliament and the government to expedite the review of a law stiffening penalties for attacks on medical establishments, their staff and patients.

High-profile MPs affiliated with "Support Egypt," a political bloc in support of President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, won the lion's share of the leading posts of parliament's 25 committees. At least seven "Support Egypt" MPs were even able to win the seats uncontested.

After spending about 70 years as monk in the desert, Father Fanous of St. Paul monastery died on Monday. Father Fanous is known as saint among the Coptic congregation. His hands were almost lighting for years after a visitor despised him for his dirty hands after cleaning the bathrooms.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, met with Mr. Younadam Kanna, member of the Iraqi parliament and head of the Rafidain bloc in parliament, at the papal residence in the Great Cathedral of St. Mark in Abbassiya.

Italy recalled its ambassador to Egypt for consultations on Friday after Egyptian investigators in Rome failed to provide evidence needed to solve the mystery of the murder of an Italian student in Cairo.

Almost two years of dispute between China and Egypt has finally ended with China’s agreement to dismantle a duplicate of the ancient Egyptian statue of the Sphinx.

A bridge over the Red Sea that separates Egypt and Saudi Arabia is to be established, Saudi's King Salman said in Cairo on Friday in a press conference with President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi.

Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany said on Friday no clear outcome was reached after the radar scans of King Tutankhamun's tomb.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has issued a decree to increase land plot, allocated for establishing King Salman University in South Sinai’a Al-Tur city, from 150 to 250 acres, said South Sinai governor Khaled Fouda in a statement Friday.

South Cairo Court has sentenced policeman Mostafa Mahmoud abdel Haseeb to life for killing the driver Mohamed Sayyed Ali.