Military spokesman said that the armed forces had succeeded in thwarting a terrorist car bomb attack on a military concentrations in the Suez- Katameya highway.

Police arrested 31 leaders of the Muslims Brotherhood who were accused in many crimes such as destruction of public and private institutions and inciting hatred.

Nader Seiarfi, founder of 38 Copts Association, revealed that the Pope Tawadros II, Pop of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, has withdrawn the lawsuit submitted against the Copts who had demonstrated in the great cathedral demanding the Church to permit second marriage and divorce.

Ashraf Anis, founder of "right to life" association, which claims divorce and second marriages for the Cops, said that Abba Sharobim, Bishop of Qena, refused to give marriage permits for those who work outside the province and do not practice confession sacraments for more than 3 months.

Alexandria prosecutor has released three young Copts after paying a bail of 10 thousand pounds for each one of them, after being accused of contempt of Islamic religion and evangelization.

A group of armed thugs had seized a piece of land owned by Copts in Nakada center, in Qena. It was strange that policemen were eyewitnesses to the crime, but they had taken no action.

Abba Takla, Bishop of Dishna, headed the holy prayers of the celebration of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite in his Church in Egyptian Al-Azab in Qena.

Minya diocese announced in a statement today that Pope Tawadros has canceled his visit to the governorate and that another visit will be prepared for later.

Unknown man stabbed a nun after she prevented him from entering into a house belongs to the church in Beni Suef.

Police announced today that 33 leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood were arrested in several governorates on charges of inciting violence and planning for terrorist attacks.

Kidnappers of the Coptic minor girl, Mariam Maher Youssef, confessed they had kidnapped the girl and moved her to Cairo, but she could escape before the force her to convert to Islam or get married to one of them.

A group of fanatics have seized a piece of land owned by Copts in Qasaba village, Samasta, Beni Suef. The aggressors tried to sell the land for 150.000 LE per carat.

Father Arminius, priest of Virgin Mary Church in Luxor, said that the Church decided to cancel the breakfast party, which is held by the church every year in the month of Ramadan, to announce a state of mourn for the attacks against Egyptian police and army in Sinai.

Egyptian Premier Ibrahim Mahlab and his Yemeni counterpart signed on Sunday a number of memorandums, including one against terrorism.

Egypt's Foreign Ministry spokesman has announced that the Egyptian government will pay for restoring and repairing the Italian Consulate after a car bombing there.

Egypt has voiced its support for the peace treaty signed on Saturday by Libyan political parties and members of civil society, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has hailed Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi as "the only leader who can save Egypt," one day after a deadly car bomb attack on Rome's consulate in Cairo.

Egypt's security authorities arrested "one of the most dangerous active cells", the armed forces spokesman said early Saturday, while a political activist said those arrested had forcibly disappeared over a month ago.