News & Reports

By Carlotta Gall – The New York Times – ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sealed his long-stated desire to restore the historic Hagia Sophia as a working mosque on Friday, [...]

By Al-Monitor – In a July 15 press release, Google announced the launch of a new tool that uses artificial intelligence to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs and translate them into Arabic and [...]

By Foreign Police – Exclusive – The Trump administration is weighing withholding some aid to Ethiopia over a Nile dam project that has severely strained its relationship with [...]

By AINA (barnabasfund.org)​▼ At least 13 Christians, mainly converts from Islam, were arrested by intelligence agents from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in coordinated operation across three [...]

Hagia Sophia: UNESCO deeply regrets the decision of the Turkish authorities, made without prior discussion, and calls for the universal value of World Heritage to be preserved  By UNESCO [...]

By FT – Decision by Turkish president risks anger from Christian communities around the world. Turkey’ president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, one of the world’s [...]

By Carlotta Gall – The New York Times – The decision to revoke its 80-year-old status as a museum would allow it to become a place of worship but is likely to provoke an international [...]

By DW – A man suspected of spying for Egypt was working in the German government press office until December 2019. Authorities believe Egypt recruits individuals to spy on opposition groups [...]

By Carlotta Gall – The New York Times – The World Heritage site was once a potent symbol of Christian-Muslim rivalry, and it could become one once more. ISTANBUL — Since it was built in the [...]

By Egypt Independent – Egypt’s House of Representatives on Monday approved a draft law submitted by the Prime Minister to amend some provisions to Law #55 of 1968 regarding public defense [...]