International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Father Jacob Murad, a Syriac Catholic monk and Superior of the Mar Elian Monastery, was abducted by Islamic militants. Mar Elian, in the town of Qaryatayn, was preparing for an influx of people displaced by the capturing of the ancient city of Palmyra by ISIS (or Islamic State) jihadists.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi meets Saturday with Abdullah Mohamed al-Sayadi, special envoy of Yemeni President at the Ittihadiya presidential palace, according to a presidential statement.

We don’t consider the “Wafd Party Reform Current” influential simply because “our party is in no need for reform,” said Wafd Party’s board member, Tarek Sebaq.

Security services could release the four Coptic kidnapped men who were kidnapped for two days. The men were kidnapped while they were riding a taxi returning from St. Mary monaster after attending the celebrations in Samalout.

Dr. Shawki Allam, Egyptian Mufti, received today the Italian ambassador to Cairo and told him that the atonement and bombings are the language of terrorism, which Islam is innocent from.

Fatawa House said today that blood wasting fatwas contradicts with the Islamic Sharia, and defames Islam.

Beni Mazar Misdemeanour Court decided that four Coptic students, who were accused of contempt of Islamic religion, remanded in custody for 45 Days.

Abba Bemwa , Bishop of Suez, met with coordinators of Saint Mark Episcopate Festival 2015 which is entitled "Hold unto what you have".

Lawyer of Maher Fayez Habib, the Coptic boy accused of contempt of religion told Copts United that the case was fabricated by a member of the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organization.

Ezzat Ibrahim, Coptic activist, said that kidnappers of four coptic men in Minya demanded ransom from their families in order to release them.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, holds the first conference for Coptic diaspora.

General Mohammed Sadiq Helbawi, Minya security director, said that four Copts were kidnapped in Minya.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See ended his pastoral care visit in Europe and returned to Egypt today.

Security services freed Stephen Hani Zaki, the kidnapped Coptic child who was kidnapped for 17 days in Nag Hammadi from his kidnappers after police crackdown on the village of "Neama" in Nag Hammadi.

Al-Ahram electronic gate reported that an explosions occurred in Helwan while an armoured vehicle was passing in Helwan that caused some damage on it .

Elmal Egyptian newspaper highlighted several acts of racial description against the Copts in Egypt in several jobs. The newspaper published that a famous clothing shop in Egypt announced its need to hire drivers provided that they save the holy Quran by heart, which means that Copts can’t apply for them.

After two weeks have passed since the Coptic child, Stephen Hani Zaki, was kidnapped in Nag Hammadi, his family is still suffering and waiting for the child.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, put today the foundation stone of a new church in Graz city, Austria, where many Copts live.

A gang attacked a Coptic driver called Tharwat F., 25 years old, and tried to kill him and steal his car. The gang was arrested after they failed to steal the man with several weapons in his possession.

Ministry of Interior said that two accused of bombing judge's car in Cairo were killed while exchanging gunfire with police.

Father Boutros Gayed , priest of St. George monastery in Sedment mountain in Beni Suef, said that the annual celebration of St. George's feast started after the Easter.