If planned 30 June anti-government protests are successful in forcing early presidential elections, Egypt's political opposition will have only one candidate to represent it this time around "unlike the last elections" one year ago, reform campaigner Mohamed ElBaradei said Sunday.

Syrian opposition groups have welcomed President Mohamed Morsi’s support for their uprising against Bashar Al-Assad’s regime voiced in a speech on Saturday. Meanwhile Egyptian opposition leaders have criticised the timing of his announcement ahead of planned anti-Morsi protests on 30 June.

Ethiopia failed to submit to Egypt all the required studies on its Grand Renaissance Dam project, according to Magdy Amer, deputy Egyptian foreign minister for irrigation matters.

As Egyptians disillusioned with the ruling Islamist regime gear up for mass anti-government demos 30 June, senior opposition politicians are mulling possible scenarios for developments on the decisive day.

EgyptAir pilots have suspended their strike after talks with Civil Aviation Minister Wael El-Maadawy. One hundred and eighty pilots struck for over three hours on Thursday morning, causing the delay of 20 flights.

After 45 days in detention, security forces have released eight young men arrested in April for being part of the amorphous and outlawed group the "Black Bloc."

An appeal court in Cairo has ordered the retrial of Mubarak-era prime minister Ahmed Nazif on corruption charges, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

Prime Minister Hisham Qandil has said that Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel will visit Ethiopia by the end of June in a bid to make the latter's Renaissance Dam project a "win-win" situation for both countries, according to Al-Ahram Arabic language news website.

Egyptian author was handed a five-year jail sentence Karam Saber by a misdemeanours court in Beni Suef on Wednesday for contempt of religion.

Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr is expected in Addis Ababa next week for talks with top Ethiopian officials over Ethiopia's scheme to construct a mega dam over the Blue Nile that some argue may impact Egypt’s historic share of Nile waters.

The Egyptian Cabinet approved in principle on Wednesday the imposition of harsher penalties for assaulting police personnel.

The Cairo index lost 5.2 percent to 4,598 points, its largest one-day decline since November 2012. It broke below major technical support at the November low of 4,683. There is now no strong support above the 2012 low of 4,027.

Egypt’s total wheat serves currently amount to 3.915 million tonnes, according to a statement by the Cabinet on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, the newly-established National Committee of Egyptian Archaeological Sites (NCEAS), held its first meeting at the Ministry of State for Antiquities.

Egypt’s central bank said it had suspended its Tuesday deposit auction and would hold a repurchase agreement (repo) auction in its place, a move bankers said was designed to give some banks access to more liquidity.

A protest by artists outside the culture ministry in Cairo’s Zamalek district was met by angry opposition from groups of Islamists on Tuesday

The Egyptian military denied on Tuesday claims that it had imported arms from Israel between 2008 and 2012.

The Giza Criminal Court has ordered the release of Alaa and Gamal Mubarak in a case of alleged stock market manipulation.

Clashes broke out between students and security guards at Helwan University on Monday night.

Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters on Monday staged demonstrations outside the Cairo Convention Centre in the capital's Heliopolis district to voice support for President Mohamed Morsi.

The Egyptian government is providing petrol stations nationwide with an additional 16,500 tonnes per day of different types of petrol in an effort to counter ongoing shortages, Al-Ahram's Arabic-language news website reported on Sunday.