The Associated Press

An Egyptian border policeman shouts at the closed Rafah, Sinai
border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip to protest the
abduction of his colleagues last Thursday in northern Sinai, in
Rafah, Egypt, Sunday, May 19, 2013

CAIRO — Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt’s security forces kidnapped by suspected militants last week appeared in a video posted online Sunday and urged the government to secure their release by meeting their captors’ demands.

Tahrir Squared

In Egypt, brutality, intimidation and legal harassment have long been the blunt tools wielded by the state in its futile effort to quell citizens into submission.

Catholic Online

Pope Francis to Pope Tawadros II: united by one Baptism

Al Arabiya News

Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart attack.

AINA

(AINA) -- The escalation of Muslim attacks on Christian churches in Egypt continues unabated. This week two attacks were carried out, one in Alexandria and one in Menbal in Upper Egypt -- both allegedly prompted by harassment of Muslim women.

The Wall Street Journal

Security in Egypt has deteriorated significantly since the fall of the Mubarak regime.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. is seeing a spike in al Qaeda-related terror plots and threats against its embassies in Libya, Yemen and Egypt, say current and former U.S. officials citing domestic and foreign intelligence reports.

The Wall Street Journal

Qatar Seeks Influence on Longtime Regional Power, Critics Says, With Loans to Muslim Brotherhood-Led Government

A protester rips a Qatari flag during early April protests in Cairo.

CAIRO—Qatar, the tiny but petroleum-rich state that has wielded oversize influence in revolutions across the Middle East, is now at the center of a battle for clout in the region’s traditional military and political juggernaut, Egypt.