Archbishop Royce Morcos, spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, said the Clerical Board has granted second marriage permits to 30 Coptic Christians in Alexandria, adding that it has been considering issuing 18 other permits since January.

The Minya Criminal Court postponed on Sunday the retrial of Muslim Brotherhood Guide Mohamed Badie and 78 others in the case known as the “Adua” incident to August 30 in order to discuss the testimonies of the prosecution's witnesses.

The Agouza Misdemeanor Court sentenced five Brotherhood supporters in absentia to five years in prison on Sunday, with a fine of LE100,000 over charges of inciting riots, thuggery and blocking a main road in Giza several months ago.

The leader of Tunisia’s Muslim Brotherhood-inspired Ennahda Movement, Rachid al-Ghannouchi, is seeking a Saudi-sponsored political settlement between the Brotherhood and the Egyptian government, Egypt’s local media reported.

A 17-year old who left northern England to join Islamic State was reported to have become Britain's youngest suicide bomber when he blew himself up in a car in northern Iraq, British media said after the militants posted pictures on social media.

Muslim guerrillas in the Philippines will begin turning over their weapons as part of a peace deal even as lawmakers are still debating a law creating a new autonomous Muslim region in the country’s south, rebel and government peace negotiators said Thursday.

Younger generations of the Muslim Brotherhood favor violent means of protest against the government, adding to disagreements within the now-outlawed group’s leaderships who favor adherence to peaceful means, the Financial Times said Wednesday.

Security forces in North Sinai prevented on Thursday an attack on Sheikh Zuwayed police station. The attack was allegedly planned by militants belonging to the pro-Islamic State group, Sinai Province.

The militant group Islamic State said on Thursday it had blown up two warplanes at an air base that it had seized near the central Libyan city of Sirte.

Cairo criminal court resumes on Thursday the Qatar espionage trial of ex-president Mohamed Morsi and ten others.

The Council of Churches will organize a Cairo conference to “counter atheism in Egypt” June 16, Youm7 reported Tuesday.

The Conservative Party's call for a unified electoral list for the upcoming parliamentary elections, which are yet to be scheduled, has caused a division among political parties, as many liberal groups object to the inclusion of the Salafi Nour Party on the list.

Several Copts affected by the church’s refusal to grant them permission for a second marriage decided to cancel a protest scheduled to take place at the Cathedral in Abbassiya on Wednesday.

Security personnel detonated two vehicles near a camp for multinational peacekeepers in North Sinai late Tuesday, killing at least six suspected militants, a military source said.

Pope Francis on Wednesday approved an unprecedented Vatican department to judge bishops accused of covering up or not preventing sexual abuse of minors, meeting a key demand by victims' groups.

A staff member at the US embassy in Cairo has been arrested by Egyptian authorities, an embassy spokesperson confirmed to Daily News Egypt Tuesday.

The Dokki Misdemeanor Court has on Tuesday sentenced in absentia Mohamed al-Quddusi from the satellite TV channel Sharq to 10 years in prison and fined him LE500 for allegedly broadcasting false news that allegedly aimed to overthrow the regime in favor of the Muslim Brotherhood.

A Tuesday video by militant group “State of Sinai” has claimed the killing of a man by gunshot under the accusation he was an informant for the security forces.

A child was killed when a rocket hit a house in North Sinai on Tuesday, medical sources and eyewitnesses said.

Islamic State militants have seized a power plant west of the Libyan city of Sirte which supplies central and western parts of the country with electricity, the group and a military source said on Tuesday.

Egyptian security and hospital officials say two militant attacks in the restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula have killed one soldier and wounded four.