A Muslim woman divorcee whose romance to a Christian man prompted her to convert
to Christianity was killed by members of her family in Tamia, Egypt in yet another case
of honour killing.
As well as assisting people who have been victims of torture, the centre also serves women who have been victims of domestic violence and advocates for human rights.
Churches in Egypt are finally being repaired three years after they were damaged by Islamist groups in the aftermath of former-President Morsi's eviction.
Egyptian authorities have returned equipment confiscated from the SAT-7 Christian broadcaster three months after it was first taken by the country's Censorship Police.
The new parliament, which will be dominated by an alliance loyal to now President Sisi, has 568 elected members plus another 28 appointed directly by him.
The Security Information Center of Egypt's Ministry of Interior said in a statement that two Austrians and a Swede had been injured while the attackers were trying to escape.
The president of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has pledged to rebuild every single one of the dozens of churches, Christian institutions and homes destroyed during the last two years of anti-Christian violence in his troubled nation.
A controversial review into the Muslim Brotherhood was published today and ruled the secretive organisation had "highly ambiguous relationship with violent extremism."
The leader of Britain's Coptic Christians has called for refugees and other displaced people to be helped to return to their homelands if that is what they wish.