A few days after the mysterious death of Bishop Epiphanius, head of the Saint Macarius Monastery at Wadi al-Natroun, the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church has stripped monk Ash’eyaa al-Makary of his sacerdotal rank and expelled him. The church said in...اقرأ المزيد
Endowments Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Sunday announced the launch of the “Endowments Investment Fund” with a capital of LE3 billion, targeting LE10 billion within two years. This increase of the ministry’s income will reflect positively on...اقرأ المزيد
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday stressed Egypt’s interest in uncovering the truth behind Italian university student Giulio Regeni’s murder. During a meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi, Sisi said that the...اقرأ المزيد
Egyptian authorities on Monday arrested a foreign passenger, 22, who was attempting trying to smuggle 2.2 kg of cocaine into Egypt through the Cairo International Airport. The Interior Ministry said that the General Directorate of Narcotics Control in...اقرأ المزيد
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will be heading to Washington on Monday for a two-day visit to build further relations with the US, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid announced on Sunday. During the visit, Shoukry will hold talks with...اقرأ المزيد
Police detectives in al-Beheira governorate have interrogated over 400 monks and workers at the Saint Macarius Monastery in Wadi al-Natrun, northwestern Cairo on the death of Bishop Epiphanius. The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria announced the Bishop’s...اقرأ المزيد
Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi will arrive in Cairo on Saturday for his first visit to Egypt, where he will meet with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to discuss regional issues, developments in the Middle East and the Libyan crisis. Milanesi...اقرأ المزيد
The Vatican has announced that it will pursue the worldwide abolition of the death penalty. Pope Francis has argued that capital punishment denies the dignity inherent in all humans. The Vatican on Thursday announced changes to the Catholic Church’s...اقرأ المزيد
BAGHDAD (AP) — Qassim Sabaan Ali has spent the past 15 years tending to orchards in southern Iraq, only to see them wither or die as saltwater has seeped into the once-lush soil. The southern city of Basra was once known as the “Venice of the East”...اقرأ المزيد
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — About 3,000 Yemeni children are fleeing every day from the port city of Hodeida as fighting between a Saudi-led coalition and Yemen’s Shiite rebels continues to rage along the country’s west coast, an international aid group...اقرأ المزيد
