The chief prosecutor of west Cairo ordered the arrest of officer Karim Magdy and 9 policemen in charge of torturing the Coptic old man Magdy McCain to death. This came after receiving the forensic report, which proved that the victim was tortured to death.

Abbas Schuman, Undersecretary of Al-Azhar, said to the delegation of the European parliament which is currently visiting Egypt, said that Al-Azhar is trying to communicate with the world in order to explain what is Islam.

Evangelical churches sent a delegation to the United States of America to support President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi during his visit to America.

Pope Francis received today the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, and discussed with him the problems facing Christians in Iraq.