Top Headlines 

• Bomb kills 25 at Egypt’s main Coptic Christian Cathedral
• Three days of mourning after the Cathedral attack
• World governments condemn church bombing in Egypt
• Bomb blast kills 6 policemen in Giza’s Haram district
• Militant group Hassm claims responsibility for Giza bombing

 (Photo from today attack on Coptic Cathedral by Tarek Wajeh)

 Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt’s foreign reserves rise by $4 billion in November
• Egyptian PM Sherif Ismail revokes decision to exempt imported poultry from customs duties
• High administrative court adjourns appeal against annulment of island deal to December 19
• Egypt’s Sisi and Slovenia’s Pahor discuss stronger bilateral ties in Cairo
• Foreign Ministry working to release Egyptian citizens detained in Yemen
• Security forces disperse fertilizer company protests

 Tuesday

• American military aid to Egypt should increase: FM Shoukry to congressman
• Police forces killed 3 militants in Upper Egypt’s Assiut
• FM: Egypt favored more consultations on ‘vetoed’ Aleppo’s resolution
• Authorities interrogate Alexandrian rights lawyer Mohamed Ramadan
• Egypt’s Grand Mufti condemns Sinai’s Al-Azhar institute bombing
• Prosecutor-general in Rome for Regeni’s case updates
• Egyptian authorities arrests organ trafficking ring
• Egypt and China sign currency swap deal

 Wednesday

• Arrest of leading Egyptian feminist Azza Soliman sparks anger
• Egyptian rights activist Azza Soliman is released on bail in NGO case
• Egyptian cabinet formulates amendment of unconstitutional article 10 in protest law
• Egypt’s Sisi meets with European parliament MPs in Cairo
• Egyptian army chief of staff heads to Greece for joint military drills
• Top prosecutor assures Regeni’s parents of Cairo’s commitment to justice
• MP’s proposal to revoke child custody for mothers who remarry triggers backlash

Thursday

• President Sisi says his economic reforms are no “picnic”
• Egypt’s Sisi says pound will strengthen over the coming months
• Militant is killed in shootout during a security raid in Cairo
• Central Bank governor says intervention in currency market “is history”
• Egyptian authorities arrest the son of ousted President Morsi
• Core inflation jumps to 20.73 percent in Nov from 15.72 percent in October

Friday

• Bomb blast kills 6 policemen in Giza’s Haram district
• Militant group Hassm claims responsibility for Giza bombing
• Bomb targeting policemen kills a civilian motorist in Egypt’s Kafr El-Sheikh
• Egypt and Greece conclude ‘Medusa 2016’ joint military drills

 Saturday 

• Egyptian court rejects appeal by Islamist militant Adel Habara over his death sentence
• IMF: Egypt’s new import tariffs not a condition for $12 billion loan
• Egypt recovers 7 artifacts from the US, Switzerland and UAE
• Sisi attends first follow-up meeting to annual National Youth Conference

 Sunday

• Bomb kills 25 at Egypt’s main Coptic Christian Cathedral
• Sisi declares three days of mourning after the Cathedral attack
• World governments condemn church bombing in Egypt
• Pope Tawadros to lead funeral for victims of Coptic Church bombing
• IED with 12kg of TNT caused explosion in the Coptic Cathedral
• Court of Cassation grants Mubarak era figure retrial over illicit gain
• Trial of 22 police officers in Ismailia prison break case is postponed to December 24

Good report

• The troubled lives of Egypt’s Coptic Christians. The Economist
• The migration machine. Stephen Grey and Amina Ismail
• Who better to achieve Palestinian reconciliation than Egypt? Rasha Abou Jalal
• How media legislation in Egypt is staging state control. Mostafa Mohie

Good read

• An Egyptian court just struck down part of a repressive new law. Here’s what that means. Nathan Brown and Amr Hamzaway

From Twitter

Photo Gallery

• Church explosion kills at least 25 in Cairo
• Images of destruction and despair from St. Peter and St. Paul Church

Plus

• HRC Global released a Global Spotlight on Egypt highlighting the persecution and harassment of LGBTQ people in Egypt by both the state and society.
• Statues of lioness goddess Sekhmet unearthed in Luxor

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt