CAIRO — At least 41 people were killed and 14 others were injured Sunday when a fire engulfed a Coptic church near Egypt's capital, Cairo, officials in the north African nation said. The blaze at Abu ...

The rule of Egypt’s former leader Hosni Mubarak, who died in February at age 91, will be remembered by many for its repressive tactics and the unprecedented Arab Spring protests that led to the ...

CAIRO (AP) — After 16 years, Egypt has completed the restoration of a famous Cairo landmark — the St. Virgin Mary’s Coptic Church, also known as the Hanging Church. Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and ...

Cairo — A fire ripped through a church in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Sunday sending huge amounts of thick black smoke into the air as congregants worshipped, killing at least 41 and injuring 14, ...

CAIRO, Egypt -- Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt's Christian minority for 40 years during a time of increasing tensions with Muslims, died Saturday. He was ...

At least 41 people died from smoke inhalation and a stampede when a fire swept through a Coptic Orthodox church on Sunday. The church said a generator started the blaze. By Jane Arraf and Nada Rashwan ...

A fire ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services in Egypt’s capital on Sunday, quickly filling it with thick black smoke and killing 41 worshippers, including at least 15 ...

CAIRO — The biggest church in the Middle East opens Saturday, a landmark date in the 2,000-year-old history of Egypt’s Coptic Christians. It also could prove to be a huge target for Islamic State ...

Coptic Orthodox congregations in Houston have joined churches worldwide in canceling today’s Christmas services as a way to mourn the victims of a suicide bombing at a church in Egypt last week and to ...

CAIRO -- At least 9 people, including eight Coptic Christians, were killed in a shootout outside a church and at a nearby store owned by a Christian in a Cairo suburb, Egypt's Health Ministry said ...