Al-Jazeera called for the swift release of three of its journalists detained in Egypt for more than a year, after the top appeal court on Thursday ordered a retrial.

Satirist and TV presenter Bassem Youssef criticized state institutions for ignoring the deadline announced by the armed forces to test the credibility of the hepatitis C and AIDS curing devices, saying it showed disrespect to Egyptians.

In the second part of his interview with state-owned newspapers, Al-Ahram, Al-Akhbar and Gomhouria, published on Tuesday, President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi revealed that he would visit Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE and Ethiopia in January.

Egypt’s top prosecutor referred on Tuesday five civilians to the military judiciary on charges related to committing acts of violence.

Egypt is working on decreasing the number of its diplomatic representatives abroad in an effort to cut down on expenses, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Tuesday.

Former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi denied in statement Tuesday launching a popular campaign to topple President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.

The veterinary committee of the Salafi-oriented Nour Party’s secretariat in Beheira province organized a vet convoy to treat birds and animals of farmers for free, within campaigns launched by the party ahead of the elections in response to the party’s presidential council decision.

Ankara has reiterated its disapproval of the election of Egypt’s president as a military coup, hours after Egypt’s foreign ministry urged Turkey to change its policies as means to mend worsening political relations

The East Tanta Prosecution referred on Monday six civilians to the military prosecution for complicity in the bombing of a natural gas pipeline in the governorate of Gharbiya.

An electricity pylon which transfers electricity to a power station exploded early Monday in Menufia, an official at the Menufia Electricity Directorate said.

An Alexandria administrative court on Monday banned the controversial annual religious festival moulid of Jewish saint "Abu Hasira" in the Beheira governorate. The court also ordered the removal of the shrine for the revered Jewish rabbi from the Egyptian antiquities and monuments list.

The Sharqiya prosecutor referred on Sunday 15 students at the Zagazig University to the military judiciary for "rioting", "terrorising citizens" and exercising violence.

A misdemeanour court of appeals reduced on Sunday the three-year prison sentence served to 23 defendants charged with violating last year’s protest law two two years.

Relations with Arab states are above all interests, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Sunday, answering questions on the future of Egyptian-Qatari relations as a Saudi-backed initiative managed to partially improve severed ties between both Arab countries.

Five people were killed Sunday and nine others injured in a road crash on a highway northwest of Cairo, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

Minister of International Cooperation Nagla al-Ahwani signed with French Ambassador to Egypt Andre Baran on Sunday a financial cooperation agreement to the value of seven million dollars to finance the replacement of navigation systems in Taba Airport.

Four people were killed and 27 others wounded in a car accident in the early hours of Thursday morning on the Cairo-Alexandria Desert road, disrupting traffic for an hour 53 kilometers outside of Cairo.

Dr. Yehia al-Shazly, a spokesperson for the National Committee to Combat Viral Hepatitis, said that five new Sovaldi dismemberment centers were added to bring the total number to 21 centers nationwide. The locations for the centers to disburse the Hepatitis C-treating drug are the Ahmed Maher hospitals in Cairo, the Aswan Fever Hospital, the Damanhur Hospital in Beheira, the Shebin fever hospital in Menoufiya and the Suez Fever Hospital.

Katherine Magdy, an 18-year-old woman orphaned in Libya after her parents were killed there Tuesday, is missing, and Egyptian authorities say the Libyan rump state government in Tobruk has been unable to account for her whereabouts, according to Foreign Ministry spokesperson Badr Abdel Atty Wednesday.

An Egyptian official denied on Thursday widespread reports claiming that El-Baron Empain's palace in Heliopolis has been sold.

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird will visit Egypt in January to discuss bilateral relations and push for the release of the imprisoned Egyptian – Canadian Al-Jazeera Journalist Mohamed Fahmy.