Mansoura University Brotherhood students on Wednesday set fire to an armored security vehicle with Molotov cocktails to protest prison sentences against 155 Brotherhood members that ranged between one year to life imprisonment.

Mansoura governorate's criminal court sentenced Wednesday 54 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to life imprisonment on conviction of incitement to violence and murder, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

Osama, son of former President Mohamed Morsy, said his father 'lauds' the revolutionary movement of the street and is absolutely certain that victory is inevitably near.

As the Egyptian state hammers away with its clampdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, another key Islamist player is betting on its stark choice of a former army chief who toppled its sometime ally to be the next head of state.

Muslim Brotherhood members set fire to the administrative security room located next to Cairo University’s main gate on Tuesday during clashes.

Shaimaa, daughter of deposed President Mohamed Morsy, on Monday wrote on Facebook that her father rejected an offer from Former Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and other leaders of the army for him to travel anywhere abroad and receive money and privileges in exchange of his resignation.

The Alexandria Criminal Court ratified on Monday the death sentence of the Islamist accused of throwing a child off a roof in Alexandria during the fatal clashes that occurred in July last year. The court order is in line with the Grand Mufti Shawqy Allam’s advice.

When Pope Francis meets the spiritual head of the world's Orthodox Christians next week, the speeches and symbolism will focus on how these ancient western and eastern wings of Christianity want to come closer together.

Shubra's Criminal Court, held at Cairo's Police Academy, has sentenced 38 supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi to 15 years in prison for storming a Giza metro station.

Shubra al-Kheima Criminal Court said on Sunday that it will issue a verdict in the case of 48 Brotherhood defendants who are accused of blocking Qalyub road back in 2012.

The Shubra al-Kheima Criminal Court on Sunday sentenced 37 Brotherhood supporters to 15 years in prison and fined each LE20,000 for attempting to bomb the College of Agriculture Metro Station during celebrations of the October victory in 2013, smashing the entrance gates of the station and shooting at police forces and residents of the area.

Egypt's largest Islamist coalition has urged Egyptian expats to boycott the presidential vote, which started overseas on Thursday, and called for a week of peaceful protests against the elections slated for 26-27 May inside the country.

Cairo Criminal Court adjourned Thursday to 22 May the trial of Al-Jazeera journalists, including four foreigners, accused of joining a terrorist organisation and airing false news. The defendants will remain in detention during that time after bail was denied.

The Cairo Criminal Court acquitted on Wednesday former Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mahdi Akef on the charge of insulting the judiciary.

Coptic Solidarity will host its Fifth Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., June 26 – 27 focusing on the theme: After Arab Spring, Middle East Christians Between Local Violence and International Indifference

Omraniya prosecutors on Wednesday remanded 28 Brotherhood members into custody on charges of bullying and burning an empty public transport bus in Haram last January.

The Vatican and the Coptic Church are more united than divided, Pope Francis told Coptic Patriarch Pope Tawadros II in a Tuesday message to commemorate the Coptic pope’s last year visit to the Vatican.

Cairo Urgent Matters Court on Wednesday set 21 May to issue a verdict in a lawsuit demanding the ban of the National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL), which supports deposed President Mohamed Morsy and rejects the military coup.

The leader of Egypt's main Christian sect has said the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi reflected the “pulse of the street.”

Ayman Nour, member of the National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL), said on Tuesday that the alliance is negotiating with former Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei, former presidential candidate Khaled Ali and Strong Egypt Party founder Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh to join it and topple what it called military rule.

Cairo Criminal court adjourned on Tuesday the trial of ousted President Mohamed Morsi over the violence that broke out in front of Ithadeya Presidential Palace to May 14 to continue hearing the witnesses.