Major General Abdel Fattah Othman, Assistant Minister of Interior for the media sector and public relations, affirmed that a tight plan is in place to secure all churches nationwide on New Year’s Eve

CAIRO: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is preparing a request that will be sent to all Arab countries which signed the 1988 Counter-Terrorism Convention asking that they freeze all assets of the Muslim Brotherhood and deport all people connected to the group after labeling the organization a “terrorist” group on Dec. 25.

CAIRO: The Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies released a report Monday which stipulates the Muslim Brotherhood targeted government facilities in 65 different cases, killed 124 people, and injured 1,740 others since June 30

AMSTERDAM: On Sunday the Union of Coptic European Organizations for Human Rights strongly condemned Tuesday’s bombing of Dakahlia security directorate which claimed 16 lives.

Muslim Brotherhood students at Cairo University stormed the Faculty of Dar Al-Olum on Sunday in an attempt to stop final exams.

The interim-cabinet came to a consensus on designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi revealed on Sunday

The Muslim Brotherhood issued a statement on Monday slamming the Egyptian government for designating it as "terrorist organization" because of the bombing of the Mansoura security directorate.

CAIRO: Former President Mohamed Morsi‘s defense team submitted a request to the prosecution Sunday requesting to visit the ousted president in Borg al-Arab prison 10 days prior to the second session of his trail, said defense team member Ashraf Omran.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticised Saturday the interim Egyptian government’s decision to label the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation, arguing the decision is politically driven.

CAIRO (Reuters) - A student was killed on Saturday and scores were arrested when supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood clashed with Egyptian police at the Cairo campus of Al-Azhar University, state media reported.

Security forces have detained 27 Al-Azhar University students belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood involved in unrest during the exams that started on Saturday.

CAIRO: Mohamed Beshr and Amr Drag, leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood did not represent themselves during negotiations with the government after the dispersal of the Rabaa al-Adaweya sit-ins because they were instructed by detained prominent leaders in the Brotherhood, Ahmed Rabie al-Ghazaly, a dissident of the Muslim Brotherhood, told Youm7 Sunday.

CAIRO: Former presidential candidate and founder of the Al-Raya Party Hazem Salah Abu Ismail is asking his supporters in the Hazemoun and Ahrar movements to participate in Muslim Brotherhood protests rather than demonstrating in front of the courts during his trial, sources told Youm7.

Aida is elegantly clad in a dark blue dress. She walks slowly, keeping pace with her elderly mother Madeline, while her husband Hani and her two sons, Rami and Karim, march towards the St Fatima Church for Christmas mass.

Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, an Al-Qaeda-inspired Islamist militant group, claimed responsibility Wednesday for the deadly bombings that rocked the Daqahliya Security Directorate in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura early Tuesday, according to an online statement.

Waily Appeal Misdemeanor Court adjourned the appeal filed by preacher Ahmed Abdallah, also known as Abu Islam, against a three-year prison sentence to 1 January, so that the defendant can attend the court session.

Thousands of Christians are killed every year because of their faith and the persecution is becoming more widespread, Catholic observers said as Christmas celebrations are increasingly marred by attacks in at-risk countries.

Egypt's interim government officially declared the Muslim Brotherhood, from which ousted president Mohamed Morsi hails, a terrorist group.

CAIRO: Strong Egypt Party’s headquarters on the Nile Corniche in Damietta was set on fire by masked assailants on Tuesday.

Hamas has denied involvement in Tuesday's terrorist attack in Mansoura that killed 15 and injured 134. We have no link to this attack or any other attack in Egypt and we condemn such accusations, the Palestinian Islamist movement's spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement.

Egypt’s political forces blamed the Muslim Brotherhood for the deadly attack on the Daqahliya security directorate in the city of Mansoura which left 13 dead and 134 injured in the early hours of Tuesday.