The Giza Criminal Court sentenced Ahmed Hassan al-Kharrat, the man who burned the Kafr Hakim church in Kerdasa, to life in prison on Saturday.

Muslim Brotherhood lawyer Montasser al-Zayat said in an interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm that he is running in the Journalists' Syndicate elections to replace current chairman, Sameh Ashour.

Friday after midnight in Naama Bay, Sharm El-Sheikh's most vibrant and crowded area, the density of tourists was obviously lower than average during this time of the year. But many of those who are in the Egyptian Red Sea resort awaiting their overseas flights are still making the most of the dying days of their vacations.

Diocese of Qena started on Thursday the celebration of the feast of St. George at his monastery in Mahrousa village. HE Abba Charopim, Bishop of Qena, perfumed the remains of the saint at the beginning of the celebrations. The celebrations last till November 17th, which is the date of the feast.

Luxor Security Directorate is taking extra security measures before the Copts celebrate the feast of St. George on November 10th.

Russia's top Investigative Committee has launched a criminal case against airline Kogalymavia after one of its planes with 224 people aboard crashed in Egypt on Saturday, Russian news agencies said, quoting the committee's spokesman.

The black box that was aboard the Russian aircraft crashed Saturday over Sinai was found at the crash site, Egypt’s state-run T.V announced, citing a statement of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Ministry.

A Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers and crew crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Saturday after losing radar contact and plummeting from its cruising altitude, killing all aboard.

Villages of Dishna Diocese celebrated the 24th enthronement anniversary of Abba Takla, Bishop of Dishna. The celebration included spiritual songs by the choruses of the churches of the diocese.

Coptic Orthodox Church demanded a permit to build a new church at New Tiba, Luxor. The new city has more than 625 families while there is no church for them to pray.

The leader of the Strong Egypt Party criticised the social and political situation in the country on Thursday, stressing his belief that the government’s intention is to bring an end to what it is left of the 25 January Revolution. According to a report in Almesryoon.com, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh is hoping that the Egyptians will start a new “intifada”.

The Egyptian-Sudanese dispute over the sovereignty of the Halayeb Triangle will be solved “amicably,” undersecretary at the Sudanese Foreign Ministry Abdel Ghani Naeem said Friday.

Damietta border guards arrested 232 unregistered migrants of different nationalities before illegally leaving the country in a fishing boat, Youm7 reported Saturday.

THE first Coptic Church in Australia would cost $2.3 million to refurbish and instead will be demolished by Marrickville Council.

The second day of parliamentary elections in Qena witnessed more violation for the law by al-Nour ultra conservative party.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has called on the Egyptians to flock to polling stations and vote in large numbers in the 2015 parliamentary elections that will kick off in Egypt Sunday.

Several streets and schools in the Cairo were renamed after victims of policemen and military personnel who were killed in bombings and deadly attacks during Egypt’s political turmoil, Youm7 reported.

The Saudi Foreign Ministry has warned its citizens against any financial dealings with Egyptian nationals without coordinating with the saudi diplomatic staff in Cairo, following the recent murder of a Saudi woman and her daughter, Kuwaiti newspaper AlRai reported Saturday.

The Ministry of Antiquities lost 90 percent of its financial resources and is running a “huge deficit”, said Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh al-Damati at a press conference in Kafr El-Sheikh.

Father Boulos Halim, spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said the Coptic Orthodox Church in Britain was separated from the Patriarchate of Alexandria.

A new treatment regimen for hepatitis C is expected to hit the Egyptian market in November, in what the Ministry of Health has dubbed the “second generation of treatment,” Youm7 reported Saturday.