The top US defense official expressed "concern" about recent developments in Egypt in a call on Sunday to Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Pentagon said.

CAIRO: Presidential Advisor for Political Affairs Mostafa Hegazy said that a presidential declaration regarding presidential and parliamentary elections should following the constitutional referendum on Jan.14 and 15.

Egyptian secret police have arrested an award-winning Australian journalist and an Egyptian reporter for the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera channel on suspicion of illegally broadcasting news harming "domestic security", the interior ministry said.

CAIRO: The Kammel Gemeelak (Fulfill Your Role) campaign to support Minister of Defense Abdel Fatah al-Sisi received the signature of Local Development Minister Adel Labib to petition al-Sisi to run for president.

CAIRO: Spokesperson of the Free Egyptians Party Shehab Wagih said that the party supports holding presidential elections first, to pave the way for restoring stability.

Two German researchers have apologized for unauthorized entry to Giza pyramids last April, an incident that led Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry to accuse their archaeological mission of robbing antiquities.

The Sudanese Ministry of Transportation, Roads and Bridges has announced the upcoming opening of the Ashkin – Halfa Port. The opening of this port—which links Egypt and Sudan—was previously postponed for improvements, but has been placed back on schedule for its completion next January.

At least four have been injured in an explosion near the Sharqiya Governorate's Military Intelligence Headquarters in the city of Anshas midday Sunday, according to state TV. The blast is believed to have been caused by a car laden with explosives detonating near the intelligence building, Director of Sharqiya's Criminal Investigations Office Atef Khedr told Al-Ahram's Arabic news website.

The bust of a 26th dynasty prince that was stolen from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir during the 2011 revolution is returning to Egypt tomorrow from Belgium.

CAIRO: Tamarod movement will cooperate with civilian parties to prepare for the upcoming referendum on the draft constitution, according to a statement by Tamarod spokesperson Hassan Shaheen.

A huge explosion was heard Thursday morning near a school complex in Nasr City, Director of Civil Emergency Services Gamal Halawa told Ahram Arabic news website.

CAIRO: Interim president Adly Mansour declined a proposal to run for the presidency for one term during the National Dialogue session with political and social forces on Dec.25

Three jailed Egyptian political activists have started a hunger strike against what they describe as mistreatment in prison, said a statement on the website of the April 6 protest movement that two of them belonged to.

Security forces in North Sinai have begun deploying around churches to protect them, in light of the recent attacks in Mansura and Al-Azhar University.

Police seized the pro-Muslim Brotherhood Freedom and Justice newspaper’s printing machines and suspended their publication following a Thursday raid on Al-Ahram Printing Press.

"This is a catastrophe," Mansoura resident and physician Khaled Abdel-Rahman told Ahram Online commenting on the blast in the Nile Delta city that killed 13 and injured over 130 in the early Tuesday hours.

CAIRO: Spokesperson of the Police Officers Club Hisham Saleh demanded an urgent meeting with interim President Adly Mansour to discuss providing officers with weapons during the upcoming period “to combat terrorism.”

Egyptian security forces said the former prime minister of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, who was sentenced to one year in jail for failing to implement a court ruling to renationalize a textile firm, was arrested while trying to flee to Sudan.

A development paving the road to the possible future eradication of Hepatitis C has emerged, causing the world to buzz with hope.

Amr Moussa, chairman of the Committee of 50, stated that he prefers holding the parliamentary elections before the presidential so as to end the transitional period before the end of July.

CAIRO: The Egyptian army said Wednesday it had foiled a plan by Hamas to attack a strategic security building in North Sinai, where militants have increased activity in recent months.