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Terrorist base uncovered in Qena, perpetrators of major church attacks killed
Egypt

Terrorist base uncovered in Qena, perpetrators of major church attacks killed

The Interior Ministry Thursday launched a security operation to arrest elements of a terrorist hotbed in the Qena governorate, resulting…
12 sentenced to death, 140 to life in prison over 2013 Minya riots
Egypt

12 sentenced to death, 140 to life in prison over 2013 Minya riots

Minya Criminal Court sentenced 12 defendants to death, 140 others to life imprisonment, including 9 in absentia, and two to…
Egypt’s Coptic churches prepare for Virgin’s Fast amid tightened security
Egypt

Egypt’s Coptic churches prepare for Virgin’s Fast amid tightened security

Coptic churches and monasteries in Egypt began preparations for The Virgin’s Fast, expecting to receive thousands of visitors, amid tightened…
160 Egyptian villages to be free of FGM by 2022: NPC
Health & Fitness

160 Egyptian villages to be free of FGM by 2022: NPC

The National Population Council’s (NPC) Anti-Circumcision National Program announced on Tuesday that over the next five years 160 villages will…
Security forces continue to chase Minya terrorist attack perpetrators in desert
Egypt

Security forces continue to chase Minya terrorist attack perpetrators in desert

The security forces in Minya, headed by Major General Mamdouh Abdel Monsef, the new security director, continued to chase the…
Egypt’s Interior Minister replaces Minya security director
Egypt

Egypt’s Interior Minister replaces Minya security director

Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar appointed Major General Mamdouh Abdel Monsef, the governor of Ismailia, as head of Minya Security…
Survivors of Egypt Christian bus attack recount their horror
Egypt

Survivors of Egypt Christian bus attack recount their horror

Video interviews with survivors of a deadly attack by Islamic militants on a bus taking Egyptian Christians to a remote…
King Abdullah offers his condolences to Egypt after Minya attack
Egypt

King Abdullah offers his condolences to Egypt after Minya attack

Jordanian King Abdullah II offered his condolences in a phone call to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi following the recent attack in…
IS claims deadly shooting of Coptic Christians in Egypt
Egypt

IS claims deadly shooting of Coptic Christians in Egypt

The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for shooting dead 29 Christians on a bus in central Egypt, an…
Egypt says Christian massacre attackers trained in Libya
Egypt

Egypt says Christian massacre attackers trained in Libya

Relatives of killed Coptic Christians grieve during a funeral at Abu Garnous Cathedral in the north Minya town of Maghagha,…
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