Investigations by the Public Funds Prosecution have revealed that Nahed Ashry, the former manpower minister and head of the Workers' Benefits Fund, has been implicated, along with 20 members of the Workers Benefits Fund Board of Directors and representatives of the trade unions, in seizing LE40 million from the fund in the form of bonuses from 2007 to 2014.

Cairo Criminal Court has released Photojournalist Esraa el-Taweel, who has been in remand for more than 160 days over charges of belonging to unlawful organization, Youm7 reported Saturday.

Egyptian Minister of Defence Seqdi Sobhi met Saturday with his Canadian counterpart Harjit Sajjan, the army spokesperson said in a statement on his Facebook page.

Peter Ramsis, Coptic lawyer, said that Egyptian law doesn’t criminalize adultery in homes of Christians and only criminalize it in homes of Muslims!

Monk Sarabamoun of St. Bishoy denied rumors of closing monasteries of Wadi Natrun because of terrorist threats.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, visited Behira to celebrate the ordination anniversary of Anba Pachomius, former acting Patriarch and bishop of Behira.

Security forces in Assiut released a kidnapped Coptic man called Issac Mosad, 55 years old without paying 143.000 $ ransom.

Father Cyril Farouk, the priest of the Church of the Martyr St. George in Awamia village, Suhag, denied rumors of attempt burned of the church.

Dr. Tarif Shawki, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research of Beni Suef University, said that extremism threatens the Egyptian national security.

Maher al-Gohary, first Muslim Catechumen in Egypt to demand changing his religion to Christianity in the national ID number, demanded a meeting with President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.

Police arrested the killer of Tahany Aziz, 70 years old Coptic lady, who was found dead in her house in Minya. The old lady was killed by 10 stab wounds in the chest.

Several Syrian Christian women decided to carry weapons and fight ISIS after their husbands and fathers were killed and their churches were demolished in the name of Islam.

An old Coptic lady was found dead in her house in Minya. The 70 years old lady was killed by 10 stab wounds in the chest. Police were reported and the matter is currently under investigation.

Catholic Copts in Giza, Fayoum and Beni Suef, will celebrate the Jubilee of mercy in the Cathedral of St. George in Giza.

Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of the "Human Rights Watch" mocked Egyptian report about Russian plane in which it was announced that investigation committee found no proof that a terrorist attack was behind the Russian plane crash in Sharm el-Sheikh.

Police is taking extra security measures to secure churches at Christmas celebrations. Security cameras were installed and safe campus surroundings churches was ensured.

Dr. Ahmed Saeed, Member of the House of Representatives, said that the new parliament is characterized by higher percentage of Copts and women than previous parliaments.

Majdi Ajati, Minister of State for Legal Affairs and the House of Representatives, said he met with Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, to talk about the laws relating to the Copts.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East of the Maronites, and congratulated him on their new church in Heliopolis.

In a statement today, Diocese of Dishna thanked police for releasing the kidnapped Coptic child Antonious Fam, 11 years old.

A Coptic family in the village of Sheikh Youssef in Sohag, accused a Muslim young man of kidnapping their daughter days before her wedding.