Coptic voters select three out of five papal nominees
Monday's election will determine which three papal candidates out of the remaining five will be part of the Church's ballot next Sunday, and potentially be selected as the 118th Pope…
Fears of extremist Islam at Catholic synod
Peaceful coexistence with Muslims is being threatened by Salafists receiving funds from abroad
Court considers Mubarak acquittal
Lawyers demand the release of former President Hosni Mubarak due to his deteriorating health
Ultras Ahlawy announce boycott of Champions League match
The Ultras accuse the Egyptian Football Federation of corruption
Heavy raids, car bomb hit Damascus region
A car bomb attack killed at least 10 people in the predominantly Christian and Druze area of Jaramana, near Damascus
Thousands of Turks defy ban to mark Republic Day
Republic Day is a national holiday in Turkey but it has in recent years become a platform for opposition groups worried that the current regime is expunging the country's secular…
Ethiopia charges 29 Muslims under anti-terror law
Among the accused was Habiba Mohammed, the wife of the former minister of civil service, charged with smuggling funds to support religious extremism
Saudis to build major Islamic centre in Afghanistan
The mosque, similar to the Faisal Mosque in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad that was also built by oil-rich Saudi Arabia in 1980s, will hold 15,000 worshippers at a time