Egypt Sets Up ‘national Council’ To Combat ‘terror’
Egypt has created a "national council" to combat the rise of Islamist "terrorism" which has targeted its security forces and ...
Tag: Copts
Egypt Churches Suspend Activities For Security Reasons
Egypt's Coptic and Evangelical Churches have suspended some of their activities for security reasons after a spate of jihadist attacks, ...
Cold-Blooded Desert Massacre Leaves Egypt’s Copts In Shock
The masked gunmen first ordered the Christians travelling to the Egyptian desert monastery to get down from the buses they ...
IS Claims Deadly Attack On Egypt Christians
The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for shooting dead 29 Christians on a bus in central Egypt, an ...
Egypt Hits ‘jihadist Camps’ After Attack On Coptic Christians
The funeral of some victims killed in the attack took place later in the day (EPA) Egyptian forces have struck ...
Tears and Anger As Egyptian Copts Bury Attack Victims
Mourners sang, women sobbed and men cried out in anger in a packed Egyptian church at the funeral of some ...
‘Bloodletting of Christians Must End’
President Donald Trump on Friday decried an attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt that left at least 28 dead, calling ...
Major Attacks On Mideast Christians
Friday's attack on a bus carrying Egyptian Copts, which killed at least 28 people, was the latest in a wave ...
26 Killed In Fresh Attack On Egypt Christians
Masked gunmen attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians on a visit to a monastery south of the Egyptian capital on ...
Egypt’s Targeted Christian Copts
Egypt's Copts, targeted by gunmen Friday as they travelled in a bus to a monastery south of Cairo, are the ...
Egypt Coptic Christians Killed In Bus Attack
Gunmen have attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians in central Egypt, killing at least 23 people and wounding 25 others, ...
Attack On Egypt Christians Kills 24
Gunmen attacked a bus carrying Egyptian Christians south of the capital on Friday, killing at least 24 people, state media ...
Egypt Refers 48 To Court Over Coptic Church Bombings
Egypt’s public prosecutor says 48 suspected members of so-called Islamic State (IS) have been referred to a military court in ...
Egypt Cleric Suspended, Faces Trial For Non-Muslim Remarks
An Egyptian Muslim cleric has been barred from preaching and is set to appear before a court for saying Christians ...
Pope In Egypt Rejects Fanaticism, Urges Charity
Pope Francis rejected fanaticism and appealed for charity on Saturday as he addressed thousands of faithful during a visit to ...
Pope Lifts Spirits of Egypt’s Persecuted Christians
For a minority devastated by a series of church bombings that killed dozens of Christians, it was a chance for ...
Pope Francis Leads Mass For Thousands of Egyptian Catholics
Pope Francis led a jubilant mass for thousands of Egyptian Catholics on Saturday during a visit to support the country's ...
Pope Francis Set To Pray With Egypt’s Christians
Pope Francis is set to lead a mass for Egypt's small Catholic community on Saturday as he visits the country ...
Pope and Egypt’s Coptic Patriarch Pray At IS-Bombed Church
In a Cairo church bombed by the Islamic State group just months ago, Pope Francis and the Coptic Orthodox patriarch ...
Pope Francis Visits Egypt To Promote ‘unity and Fraternity’
Pope Francis began a visit to Egypt on Friday to promote "unity and fraternity" among Muslims and the embattled Christian ...