The eight Egyptian men detained on accusations of "debauchery" for appearing in an online video of a gay wedding on a Nile party boat are set to be tried by a misdemeanour court, after prosecutors referred them to trial on Monday.

A poll by the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research (Baseera) said that 82 percent of Egyptians are satisfied with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's performance after 100 days in office.

An appeal filed by former Attorney General Talaat Abdullah against an early retirement ruling imposed on him by the Judges’ Disciplinary Council was rejected Monday, Youm7 reported.

Six Egyptian military personnel were killed and another was injured when an army aircraft crashed in Fayoum governorate, south of Cairo, an army spokesman announced on Sunday.

A bomb exploded near the foreign ministry in downtown Cairo on Sunday morning, killing two police personnel and injuring several others.

A bomb blast killed two Egyptian policemen and two civilians near the foreign ministry in central Cairo on Sunday, a security official said.

An Air Force helicopter crashed during training in the vicinity of the Com Oshim Security Camp in Fayoum.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hinted at the possibility of the participation of Muslim Brotherhood supporters in political life in an interview with the Associated Press on Saturday.

The media center of the Ministry of Interior denied news circulated by a number of websites on Thursday about a contract between the Ministry of the Interior and a company to monitor Internet activities and social networking websites in Egypt.

Egypt's interior ministry has denied news reports that it contracted the Egyptian sister company of a US-based online security firm to monitor Egypt's electronic communications and social media networks.

Attorney General Hisham Barakat announced Wednesday that13 jails all over the state are free of any “detainees” or prisoners without judicial orders.

The Cabinet has “no intention” to discuss the controversial 2013 Protest Law any time soon, Cabinet spokesperson Hossan Qawesh told the “Akher Al-Nahar” program Wednesday night.

Gamal and Alaa Mubarak and six other businessmen, who are officials and former members of the board of directors of the National Bank, arrived at the headquarters of the Giza Criminal Court on Thursday to attend their trial on charges of illegal gains from the sale of National Bank of Egypt, waste of public money, causing huge losses to the economy and destroying the country's banking system through manipulating the stock exchange.

The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned the trial of political activist Ahmed Douma and 268 others to Sept. 23—in the case known as the “Ministers’ Cabinet” protests of 2011—amid renewed calls to save his life after his health has deteriorated severely since he started a hunger strike 20 days ago.

Egypt’s protest law is expected to be amended within the coming few days after the government reviews changes suggested by both the National Council for Human Rights and the Ministry of Transitional Justice, a source close to the government has told Ahram Online.

Last month, Egyptian security forces cleared two of Cairo’s main and overcrowded avenues by displacing hundreds of street vendors who have been working there for years without any consistent government action to address their status.

Antiquities Minister Mahmoud al-Damaty accused media outlets of disseminating baseless allegations about a possible collapse of Egypt’s oldest pyramid in Saqqara as UNESCO-backed fears grow.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi could see protests by his opponents and supporters when he marks his first attendance at the United Nations General Assembly's 69th session during the period of 21-25 September.

The Egyptian security forces have arrested members of the "Terrorist Brotherhood Organisation" who were involved in attacks on policemen and armed forces in four governorates, said an Interior Ministry statement issued Tuesday.

Six police personnel were killed when an armoured vehicle exploded on the Rafah-Arish road in North Sinai on Tuesday.

Egypt is targeting a budget deficit of around 11 percent for the fiscal year that began in July and aims to boost economic growth to 5-6 percent within three years, Finance Minister Hani Dimian told a conference on Tuesday.