Egypt's new cabinet led by former Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismail saw 16 replacements and includes 33 portfolios. The ministers were sworn in on Saturday before President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Security bodies in Beheira governorate arrested two scrap workers for slaughtering a number of donkeys and selling the meat, Youm7 reported Thursday.

Pope Tawadros II, phoned Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar, to congratulate him on Eid al-Adha. The Pope is currently in a pastoral care visit to Denmark and Sweden that takes about two weeks.

Family of the famous Zero student, Mariam Malak, is going to hold a press conference today in respond to the five-members committee that stated that the answer sheets that got zero marks belong to Mariam.

Father Poulos Halim, spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that the Queen of Denmark received Pope Tawadros II on Wednesday.

Nader Sairafi, the Coptic candidate of the Islamic party, al-Nour, said that the Copts inside the party are committed to the Islamic law according to Article II of the constitution. He explained that he joined the party after he defended it against several attacks of other parties.

Thousands of people attended the Friday funeral of Atiqa Gaddafi, sister of late Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi, in Fayoum, southwest of Cairo, Youm7 reported.

Pope Francis warned of IS elements among the Syrian refugees, pointing out that Rome may be a potential target for terrorists.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, met with representatives of the churches of Sweden in the Church of St. John the beloved and Pope Cyril in Anchoring, Sweden.

Mohammed Attia, general coordinator of the campaign "No religious parties" said they won’t allow al-Nour ultra conservative party to establish the Islamic caliphate in Egypt.

Colonel General Sedki Sobhi, the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, said that the Egyptian Armed Forces will always guard the Egyptian national security. He added that terrorism will not stop us from building our homeland.

The Italian Agency ANSA said that IS has kidnapped 12 Egyptian workers on their way home. The kidnapped workers were forced to build prisons and administrative buildings for the Islamic State.

A number of activists shared video on Facebook of Saudi sheikhs cursing Christians and Jews from inside the Kaaba during the Hajj pilgrimage.

Dr. Mohammed Mokhtar Juma, minister of religious endowments, received a delegation from the Coptic Church to congratulate him on Eid al-Adha.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, gave Copts in Sweden about martyrdom and love of the martyrs.

Father Salib Nazir, Coptic priest form Suhag, died yesterday in bus accident while he was heading to the monastery of St. Anthony in the Red Sea.

Council of Churches of Egypt mourned the departure of Rev. Manis Abdel Nour, pastor of the Evangelical Church in Doubbara Palace.

Mother of a priest was killed in Fekria city in Minya. Investigations showed that her jewelry was stolen before she was killed.

Egyptian consulate in Sydney held a celebration on Sunday to honor Dr. Laila Iskandar, Minister of Development, artist Mohamed Sobhi, and Judge Amir Ramzy.

Abba Raphael, General Bishop of the Churches of downtown Cairo and secretary of the Holy Synod, opened on Sunday the first Coptic book fair in Cairo at St. Mark church in Azbakia.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, met with the members of the Egyptian community in Denmark, during his visit to the headquarters of the Egyptian embassy in Copenhagen.