Austrian Foreign Ministry called to cancel the death penalty against the former president Mohamed Morsi, and reconsider the death sentences.

During his meeting with the Egyptian Minister of Tourism, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stressed the importance providing all means of security for tourists as guests of Egypt and said he ordered police to provide the maximum protection for them.

Abba Makarios, General bishop in Minya, told Copts United that there are several mutual visits between Bishops of Minya and other Bishops upon request of Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See.

Thousands of Copts flocked to monastery of St. Mina the miraculous in King Marriott in Alexandria, to celebrate the anniversary of St. Mina's martyrdom.

Nader Sobhi Suleiman, founder of Christian youth movement, denied what was published in Egyptian newspapers about new amendments for Personal Status Law.

Archbishop of Kirkuk in Iraq called the whole world to face the terrorist organization of ISIS that he described as similar to waging World War III.

The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, welcomed the participation of France in the opening ceremony of the New Suez canal on both the official and popular levels, stressing the importance of relations between the two countries and the importance of promoting them on political and economic levels.

National Security Police arrested 12 leaders of the terrorist group who were accused in many crimes such as destruction of public and private institutions and 2 members of specific committees of the Muslim Brotherhood that are specialized in violence acts.

Police of Giza managed to arrest a terrorist who threatened in a phone call to carry out a terrorist attack in train number (832) that is heading from Cairo to Aswan in the case of non-release of political prisoners.

Pope Francis I, Pope of the Vatican called the Italians at the beginning of his visit to the Italian city of Turin to treat the immigrants well.

Supreme Criminal Court in Minya governorate decided to postpone the trial of five accused Copts in the sectarian strife of Abu Qurqas to another session next December.

National Security Police arrested 17 leaders of the terrorist group who were accused in many crimes such as destruction of public and private institutions, and inciting hatred.

Hanan Nabil, coordinator of Copts 38 Association said that the common law marriage is not a requirement in Christianity, but some persons who complain from personal status law and the absence of moderation solutions in church used it as alternatives to pressure on Church.

Security forces carried out security crackdown in Cairo to arrest escaped prisoners and wanted men in several cases.

Police of public funds arrested a man called Essam. M., Graduated from faculty of Commerce, resident in Kafr El-Dawar, El Beheira governorate, on charges of illegal trade in foreign currencies and cash.

Security services in Assiut Governorate, arrested a man called Farag. P. A., 38 years old, resident of Bani Shkeir, who accused in managing a workshop for manufacturing weapons without a license in his farm.

Abba Raphael, secretary of the Holy Synod and Bishop of Churches in central Cairo, revealed that the new personal status law for Christians has expanded the causes of adultery that lead to divorce, including mobile messages including Whats app and other means of modern technology messages.

Fayez Habib, father of Maher, the Coptic student who was imprisoned on charges of contempt the Islamic religion, complained that police did not allow him to see his son till now, in spite of taking all the legal procedures.

The Cairo Criminal Court will issue a verdict on the Shura Council Events retrial July 13 Two defendants had been sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison for staging violent demonstrations in front of the Shura Council on November 26, 2013.

The expected signing of a deal between Iran and the West over the former's nuclear programme -- which would end four decades of Iranian diplomatic isolation -- is not the only challenge that Arab nations are currently facing, according to one of the most informed Western journalists who reports on the Middle East.

Governor of Cairo Galal Saeed announced Saturday the launch of a new campaign for the development of heritage sites in Old Cairo, reported Egyptian state TV.