Clashes broke out between security forces and hundreds of Al-Azhar students on Sunday after the students tried to march on Rabaa al-Adaweya Square.

The Egyptian railway will partially resume its services on Tuesday, restarting the lines connecting Cairo to the Nile Delta cities, North-East to Cairo, Transportation Minister Ibrahim al-Demeri said in a cabinet statement.

A car bomb exploded near the Military Intelligence building in Ismailia, at noon Saturday with no group claiming responsibility yet.

Cairo Criminal Court adjourned the case against former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq as well as, amongst others, his daughters, until 11 December.

Egyptian police fired tear gas at participants of a pro-Morsi student demonstration as they rallied and tried to march to a protest camp at Cairo’s Rabaa Square, which security forces cleared in mid-August.

Mohamed Abdel Aziz, the Tamarod campaign official in charge of political communication, said that any law that suppresses the right to peaceful protest which Egyptians acquired when they launched the 25 January and 30 June revolutions would be “oppressive.”

Amnesty International on Thursday accused Egypt of deporting hundreds of Syrian refugees who have fled to Egypt since the outbreak of the civil war.

Egypt's general prosecution released on bail Thursday 19 members of the die-hard football fan group Ultras Ahlawy, arrested days earlier on charges of blocking roads. The 19 convicted will have to pay a LE2,000 bail (around $290) each.

Four conscripts were injured with birdshot while cleaning their weapons in a security camp in Benha, according to internal investigations.

Al-Azhar University has warned students not to engage in political activity when the new term begins on Saturday or they risk classes being suspended indefinitely.

An Egyptian human rights group has said the country does not need more laws restricting rights and freedoms, with a number of political forces echoing similar sentiments.

Fifty-four members of Egypt’s liberal Constitution Party office in Alexandria submitted their resignations in protest at the troubled party's internal policies, the state-owned daily Al-Ahram reported Wednesday.

The current strain in US-Egyptian relations is more critical than ever because it comes at a crucial time for the entire Middle East, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said on Wednesday.

Amr Moussa, chairman of the Committee of 50 amending the constitution, said the attitude of the US administration and the West towards Egypt has suffered after the 30 June revolution.

A group of Tamarod campaign leaders announced Tuesday their endorsement for Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for president through a statement published on their Facebook page, calling on Sisi to run the presidential race.

Cairo security forces arrested 19 members of the die-hard football fan group Ultras Ahlawy Monday night on charges of blocking the roads and attacking civilians and police, State News Agency MENA reported.

AFP - Egyptian authorities freed Monday a Briton who was arrested in the restive north Sinai town of El-Arish for possessing clothes similar to police uniforms, state media reported.

Security forces have closed off a number of major squares in Cairo to preempt protests by supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi, state news agency MENA reported.

Former Endowments Minister al-Ahmady Aboul Nour has praised the role the army is playing in Egypt, part of a speech he delivered Tuesday morning during Eid prayers.

Nobel peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei has sent his good wishes to Egyptians on the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid Al-Adha.

A U.S. citizen was found dead in an Egyptian prison on Sunday in an apparent suicide six weeks after he was arrested for breaking a curfew, security sources said.