The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Brighton, England, celebrated on Thursday evening, Christmas according to the Western church.

National Security Police in Beni Suef prevented a group of terrorist attacks by the Muslim Brotherhood against Police officers, Coptic figures and churches.

Archbishop Samir Nassar, Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites, announced the opening of a new Maronite Church in Damascus, in January of 2016.

Political experts at the Study of War Institute confirmed that the next battlefield for ISIS will be Rome and London, followed by America, France and Germany then Australia.

The Criminal Court in western Tanta sentenced a police officer and lower ranking officer at Tanta police station to life in prison for “torturing a prisoner to death”.

Negotiations between Cairo, Addis Ababa and Khartoum have entered a decisive stage in which the parties must express their final stance concerning the controversy and disagreement caused by Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam, which threatens Egypt’s annual share of the Nile waters. Meetings involving the parties’ foreign affairs and water ministers have intensified, as Ethiopia and Egypt are preparing by finding alternatives that speed up the implementation of the studies should the feud deepen and the negotiations fall through.

A total of 28 convicts, allegedly belong to the banned Muslim Brotherhood group, were sentenced Saturday to 5 years in prison over charges of inciting violence and burning electricity transformers in Delta’s Sharqia governorate , Youm7 reported.

Franciscan Nuns’ School in Ismailia held a ceremony on the occasion of Prophet's Birthday. The celebration was attended by governor of Ismailia and several officials in the governorate.

Masked men kidnapped a Coptic student called Kyrolos Reda in front of his school in Assiut today. Eyewitnesses said that the child was hit on the head first before he was forced into their car. Police were reported and the matter is currently under investigation.

Nabil Anwar, lawyer of the church in Nazlet Hanna village, said that members of the Parliament in the village didn’t communicate with the church to find out about the crisis including the Coptic MP.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, attended the annual celebration of Bible House in Egypt.

Copts for Egypt front denounced the policies of the Ministries of Education and Higher Education for insisting on scheduling elections on holidays of Christians.

A delegation headed by Abba Athanasius, Bishop of Beni Mazar, congratulated the governor of Minya and head of Minya security on the feast of Prophet Mohamed’s birthday.

Eyewitnesses said that terrorist have exploded an elementary school and nearby house in Sheikh Zewaid, Sinai.

Abba Abram, bishop of Fayoum, Abba Isaac, General Bishop, and Abba Salib, Bishop of Mit Ghamr, consecrated the church of Prince Tadros at Nazla village, Fayoum.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, said that the completion of personal status law regulation will be very soon.

In 2015, Copts United online newspaper contributed to the solution of several sectarian problems in Beni Suef governorate.