Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas held talks with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on Thursday as renewed offensive raged in Gaza following the collapse of Egyptian-brokered truce efforts.

Seventeen supporters of former President Mohamed Morsi were sentenced to life imprisonment by a Cairo Court Wednesday, reported state-owned Ahram Online.

Cairo criminal court sentenced on Wednesday, 17 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in absentia to life in prison on charges of rioting in Cairo’s El-Manial district.

Egyptian troops in the border Sinai Peninsula killed three militant fighters and arrested tens of suspects on Tuesday, army sources told Aswat Masriya, as the military presses on with its campaign to quell an insurgency in the region.

ALEPPO, Syria — Walking through the largely Christian neighborhoods of Aleppo city — Azizieh, Siryan, Sulaimaniyah and Midan — you can still see the posters of the two bishops kidnapped by Islamist militants last year hanging on shop windows, walls and even cars. The people here haven’t forgotten them; the event is still as painful and fresh as if it had happened just yesterday. The bishops’ kidnapping was a symbolic event, indicative of the larger collapse of interfaith communal relations in a country under the strain of a sectarian civil war, and marked the end of a long era of relative peace and safety for the Christians of Syria.

Jihadist group the Islamic State posted a video Tuesday showing the apparent execution of American journalist James Foley and threatened to kill a second reporter unless the United States halts air strikes in Iraq.

After four years of restoration work, the Hanging Church is set to officially reopen to the public in mid-October. Antiquities Minister Mamdouh El-Damati announced the reopening on Tuesday during his inspection tour around the different monuments of Mogamaa Al-Adian (religious compound), which includes the Amr Ibn Al-Ass Mosque, Ben Ezra Synagogue and a collection of churches.

Giza police said 22 members of Utras White Nights were allegedly involved in trying to assassinate Zamalek Club president Mortada Mansour on Sunday, wounding three of his companions

The armed forces killed on Monday two extremists and arrested seven more as part of its security crackdown on militants in the Sinai Peninsula.

Israel said Palestinian militants fired rockets from Gaza on Tuesday in violation of a truce, attacks that swiftly drew air strikes and the recall of Israeli negotiators from talks in Cairo on a long-term ceasefire.

Terror group ISIS has issued a chilling warning to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood - Repent or else.

A Cairo criminal court on Sunday adjourned to 23 August the trial of Mohamed Morsi and a number of other Muslim Brotherhood leaders on charges of breaking out of prison in 2011.

The British government denied on Monday a media report that it had delayed publication of an investigation into Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood because of disagreements among ministers over its findings.

Released in May of this year, Copts Island (Jazeerat Al-Akbat), is a documentary directed by Ahmed Rashwan in which the filmmaker traces the journey of today's Coptic Christians. The film also speaks to several developments in the way the Coptic community has been portrayed throughout the history of Egyptian cinema.

“God meant for our January 25 Revolution to face difficulties, but he also created real revolutionists, of which Egypt is proud,” Omar Morsi, son of Former President Mohamed Morsi, quoted his father saying in a message published on his Facebook account Monday.

The Misdemeanour Court in Minya issued a verdict Sunday to acquit 11 Muslim Brotherhood members accused of rioting and violence in Minya, Upper Egypt, said Brotherhood spokeswoman Wafaa El-Banna.

The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL), an alliance formed to support toppled President Mohamed Morsy in 2013, announced Saturday it had no links to armed groups that commit violence in the country.

The forcible dispersal of two pro-Mohamed Mursi protest camps on August 14, 2013 will remain "the eternal anniversary of martyred policemen," state-run news agency MENA quoted Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim as saying.

Salafist preacher and godfather of the Nour party Yasser Borhamy has been summoned by the prosecution over accusations he insulted Christianity.

The Muslim Brotherhood has denied all accusations of violence by the army and rejects “the violence by the military junta”, the group said in an official statement released on Saturday.