The Islamist-dominated Shura Council – Egypt's upper house of parliament, currently imbued with legislative powers – rushed on Tuesday to approve, in principle, two controversial government-drafted laws regulating parliamentary elections and protests.

Freedom House has expressed its concern over the Shura Council’s draft NGO law, saying it is more restrictive than the 2002 law issued under former President Hosni Mubarak.

A top judicial official on Monday has denied any links between the arrest warrants issued against anti-Muslim Brotherhood activists and President Mohamed Morsy’s speech on Sunday threatening "necessary measures" against any politician accused of inciting violence.

Egypt's marines stopped a 'criminal operation' on Wednesday to sever a regional Mediterranean cable providing internet to Egypt, said a military source.

The appeal court has reversed President Morsi's decision to dismiss former prosecutor-general Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud from his post.

The office of Egypt's prosecutor-general ordered Monday evening the arrest of five activists accused by the Muslim Brotherhood of involvement in attacks on Friday against the Islamist group's members near its national headquarters in Cairo's Moqattam district.

In its race to come up with a constitutionally viable parliamentary elections law, the Islamist-dominated legislature is trying hard to balance its interests with possible challenges from the judiciary.

The syndicate issued a statement Monday accusing the presidency of launching a campaign of "intimidation and incitement" against journalists.

A new government headed by President Mohamed Morsi is the solution to Egypt's current political turmoil, Ahmed Omran, Morsi's advisor for development issues, asserted in a Monday interview with Kuwaiti daily Al-Jarida.

Protesters will gather at the High Court in Cairo on Tuesday in solidarity with five opposition activists summoned by the prosecutor-general for questioning over their alleged incitement of clashes at the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters on Friday. Police have stepped up their presence outside the court in preparation for the expected demonstrations.

U.S. state department has expressed concern over violence that has swept Egypt since the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, asking the Middle East's most populous country to respect human rights and the law. U.S. State Department Spokesman Patrick Ventral told a press conference on Monday that Egypt must guarantee standard rights, urging the authorities to take steps and conduct investigations through credible and independent means. He stressed on the United States' support for freedom of expression and independent press in Egypt, adding that Washington has contacted the Egyptian administration more than once in regards to this point. President Mohamed Mursi had said in a Sunday speech that the necessary steps will be taken against politicians and journalists who investigations reveal are involved in funding the violent events. "There are those who use media outlets to incite violence and those who were proven to have been involved will not escape punishment. All those who took part in the incitement are involved in the crime," the president said on Sunday. The warning speech followed two days of violent confrontations between his supporters and opponents near the Muslim Brotherhood's guidance bureau that left 200 people injured.

President Mohamed Morsy reiterated calls for interlopers to stop "meddling" in Egypt's internal affairs during his Tuesday address at the Arab League of Nations Summit in Doha, Qatar.

Prosecutors decided Sunday to release a customs broker who was accused of illegally exporting 10,000 pieces of military-style clothing Saturday to Libya after the broker provided receipts of his purchases.

TE Data, Egypt's largest internet service provider, announced on Sunday that it had repaired the damage to submarine cables that had caused a drop in internet broadband speeds since Friday.

President Mohamed Morsi has denounced Friday's attacks on Muslim Brotherhood offices and called for action against politicians found guilty of inciting the violence.

Statements by Finance Minister al-Morsy Hegazy and the Real Estate Tax Authority over negotiations with the Orascom Construction Industries to end charges of evading LE14 billion in taxes have provoked the company’s wrath have resulted in threats from the company not to pay anything.

The National Salvation Front condemned Sunday all acts of violence against citizens or against public and private proprieties.

Al-Hamam Antiquities Inspectorate has succeeded to remove encroachment on Al-Bordan archaeological site, located on Alexandria-Marsa Matrouh highway, in collaboration with Egypt’s tourism and antiquities police.

Wasat Party deputy head Essam Sultan has announced that he is petitioning the Swedish Academy to withdraw the Nobel Peace Prize from Dostour Party chief Mohamed ElBaradei.

Prosecutor General Talaat Ibrahim has ordered investigations into complaints against politicians and managers of social media pages who allegedly called for protests in front of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Moqattam headquarters Friday.

The Central Bank raised interest rates on Thursday, hoping to curb soaring inflation and slow a sliding pound currency, but the first increase in over a year is likely to hurt a very weak economy.