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.

The internal bylaws of Egypt's parliament – the House of Representatives – were finally passed in a plenary session 30 March. They are expected to be ratified by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and then issued into a law this week.

A number of workers in the Islamic institute of Suhag filed a complaint to Dr. Ahmed Al Hammadi, Director of Suhag Azhar area, against deputy of the institute accusing him of insulting Prophet Mohamed.

An Alexandria administrative court stopped on Monday an order to demolish a Church in Beheira governorate and banned the demolition of churches in Egypt.

Photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, known as Shawkan, will remain in jail until his next court session on April 23 in a case that includes 738 other defendants tried collectively.

Italy wants the unvarnished truth about the murder of an Italian student in Cairo, the Italian prime minister's office said on Friday, after Egyptian authorities said they had found the young man's possessions in the hideout of a criminal gang.

After a minor cabinet reshuffle that saw 10 ministers replaced on 23 March, Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail is scheduled to deliver his government's first policy statement before the House of Representatives Sunday.

Cairo Criminal Court acquitted all leaders of Jihad and Alliance to support legitimacy of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, congratulated women on mother’s day. Pope used twitter to wish all mothers joy and peace.

A Coptic woman called Sanaa Hafez was honored as Ideal Mother in Luxor. She won the first place in the contest after she raised her children after her husband died.

The United Nations has held a session in Geneva to discuss the human rights situation in various countries, including Egypt. Issues relating to the Egyptian judiciary and the holding of detainees in Egypt were given particular attention. A number of international lawyers, NGOs and political activists addressed these topics during the session. Egypt rejected accusations of human rights violations.

The past months in Egypt have seen fluctuating moments of protest, and despite the varying backgrounds of those who dissent, all seem to have a common enemy: the police.

The deputy speaker of Egypt's parliament told reporters on Saturday that a statement issued by the US secretary of state on human rights in Egypt represented another "American intervention in Egypt's internal affairs."

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria stated Friday that the controversial monastery of Wadi al-Raian and its monks are not acknowledged by the Coptic Orthodox Church, Youm7 reported.