Egypt sees the framework nuclear accord that Iran reached with world powers this week as a first step towards a final deal that will hopefully help bring stability to the Middle East, the state news agency reported on Friday, quoting the foreign ministry.

The first phase of Egypt’s long-awaited parliamentary elections could be completed before the month of Ramadan, Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab announced Friday.

Hundreds of Egyptian Copts departed Cairo airport Friday heading to Jerusalem ahead of Coptic Easter celebrations, Youm7 reported.

"I have never in my life witnessed Middle East Christians in such extreme danger," Amine Gemayel warned on Wednesday. Speaking at a public lecture at Boston College, the former president of Lebanon called 2014 "a year of existential crisis" for Middle East Christians. He raised "the specter of genocide," in the context of atrocities suffered by Christians and other religious minorities in the region at the hands of the Islamic State and other extremists.

Little children in Garf Sarhan village have set material intended to be used in building a new unlicensed church on fire.

Students who belong to the terrorist organization of the Muslim Brotherhood have demonstrated in Assiut to denounce the military coup and demand the return of ousted president Mohammed Morsy.

A Cairo court ordered on Saturday the release of two police officers accused of "torturing to death" a lawyer in custody on a bail worth 10,000 Egyptian pounds ($ 1,310), a prosecution official said.

Fifty-eight human rights groups have slammed accusations of rioting posed against a lawyer who witnessed the murder of a socialist activist.

Although Saturday’s Arab League summit was due to cover a range of regional topics, the ongoing crisis in Yemen took the lead spot as the summit opened with speeches from Arab leaders.

Abdul Baset Al-Haddad, Chairman of the Committee of reconciliations at house of the Egyptian family in Luxor, said that Copts and Muslims of Nag Hassan village have reached an agreement to put an end the retaliatory sectarian rivalry between them.

Trains connecting Cairo and Aswan stopped for over an hour Saturday after a suspicious object was found on the railtracks of a station in Beni Suef, the Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported.

An explosion blew up a house in Sinai's Sheikh Zwayed early Saturday, eyewitnesses told Ahram Arabic website.

At least fifteen people have been killed in Egypt when a bus veered off a bridge in Giza.

A Coptic young man has disappeared in mysterious circumstances last Thursday in Qena. Sources said that Nagy Ghalib, known as Bishoy, went out for school and never returned back.

Egyptian security officials say a bomb exploded next to a bank in the coastal city of Alexandria, wounding four people.

Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic advisor at Allianz, said Saturday that Egypt's economy had been impressively revived after a shock that he likened to having a "heart attack."

Forget the pyramids, Tahrir Square and the Nile. Egypt is ready to ditch Cairo and build a shiny new capital if the government has its way.

Hundreds of Egyptian Australians and members of the Australian public attended a rally in Martin Place, Sydney on Sunday, 22 February to honour the 21 Coptic martyrs of Libya, to share in the grief of their families; and to protest against the growing threat of ISIS.

Up to 20 Swiss companies will attend the Egypt Economic Development Conference, Swiss Ambassador to Egypt Markus Leitner told Youm7 Tuesday via email.

U.S. delegation from the House of Representatives visiting Cairo told President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi they are supporting Egypt, particular in the military field, inside the Congress to combat “terrorism” in Sinai and along its western borders with Libya, Egyptian Presidency spokesperson Alaa Youssef stated Saturday.

New York’s decision to close public schools in observance of the two most important Muslims holidays “entrenches the culture of coexistence and acceptance of others,” encouraging U.S. Muslims to “integrate into their society,” Dar al-Iftaa said Friday.