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Egypt's Coptic and Evangelical Churches have suspended some of their activities for security reasons after a spate of jihadist attacks, ...

The masked gunmen first ordered the Christians travelling to the Egyptian desert monastery to get down from the buses they ...

The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for shooting dead 29 Christians on a bus in central Egypt, an ...

Mourners sang, women sobbed and men cried out in anger in a packed Egyptian church at the funeral of some ...

Friday's attack on a bus carrying Egyptian Copts, which killed at least 28 people, was the latest in a wave ...

Masked gunmen attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians on a visit to a monastery south of the Egyptian capital on ...

Egypt's Copts, targeted by gunmen Friday as they travelled in a bus to a monastery south of Cairo, are the ...

Gunmen attacked a bus carrying Egyptian Christians south of the capital on Friday, killing at least 24 people, state media ...

Egypt’s public prosecutor says 48 suspected members of so-called Islamic State (IS) have been referred to a military court in ...

Pope Francis is set to lead a mass for Egypt's small Catholic community on Saturday as he visits the country ...

In a Cairo church bombed by the Islamic State group just months ago, Pope Francis and the Coptic Orthodox patriarch ...

Pope Francis began a visit to Egypt on Friday to promote "unity and fraternity" among Muslims and the embattled Christian ...

Pope Francis flies to Egypt Friday for a visit aimed at fostering reconciliation with the Muslim world against the backdrop ...

Egypt's Christians are still mourning fellow members of the Coptic Orthodox community murdered this month by jihadists, but there is ...

Pope Francis heads to Egypt Friday to bolster relations with Muslims and show solidarity with the largest Christian community in ...

The two church bombings that killed dozens in Egypt this month targeted unity among Muslims and Christians in the most ...

The Egypt bomb blasts occurred on Palm Sunday; a Christian feast commemorating the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem… Two bomb ...

Egyptian Coptic Christians observed Easter Mass under tight security on Saturday with the ancient minority still reeling from twin church ...

Egyptian Copts will celebrate Easter mass on Saturday, marking one of Christianity's most joyous occasions just days after the deadliest ...

Egypt's interior ministry said on Wednesday it had identified the suicide bomber behind a deadly attack at the weekend outside ...