The nation's economic crisis poses a threat to basic nutrition for its population of 84 million people, as the poorest spend more than half their income on food, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday.

In its evening session on Wednesday, the Shura Council passed the two laws on the House of Representatives and the exercise of political rights, but the assembly’s speaker, Ahmed Fahmy, postponed their final approval until Thursday’s session.

A number of former interior ministry officials were banned from travel on Wednesday after being accused of illegally acquiring some LE1.6 billion (roughly $240.5 million) worth of ministry funds, Al-Ahram's Arabic-language news website reported.

The Dokki Misdemeanors Court issued its verdict today acquitting Prime Minister Hesham Qandil from liability and impeachment in light of a lawsuit filed by workers at the Tanta Flax and Oils Company, accusing him of failing to uphold an administrative court ruling issued in September 2011 — ruling that the privatized company should be returned to the public sector.

Qatar will extend $3 billion to Egypt in the coming days, the Qatari prime minister announced on Wednesday in comments reported by state news agency MENA.

April 6 Youth Movement held a vigil outside the Cairo Security Directorate on Wednesday evening, demanding the release of political detainees, Ingy Hamdy, the movement’s spokesperson, posted on social media.

A sudden flurry of activity around former President Hosni Mubarak’s Sharm el-Sheikh home amounts to nothring more than “inventory work and cleaning,” assured a senior security source in South Sinai on Thursday.

Public Prosecutor Talaat Abdallah received a report from a medical committee that he ordered be formed to decide whether ousted President Hosni Mubarak could return to Tora prison after being back transferred to Maadi military hospital due to health issues.

Efforts to foster Iranian tourism to Egypt have not been cancelled, Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou said Wednesday morning.

Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces Sidqy Sobhy said that the Libyan and Egyptian armed forces would cooperate in all fields at a press conference with his Libyan counterpart on Wednesday.

Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has ordered the withdrawal of legal complaints filed by the presidency against journalists, in a move that appeared aimed at fending off accusations of a crackdown on dissent by the Islamist-led authorities.

The Egyptian army's chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Sedki Sobhi, has arrived in Tripoli for talks with his Libyan counterpart, Youssef Al-Manqoush.

Egyptian train services are operating at 'eighty percent' capacity on Tuesday and are expected to be back to normal by the end of the day, Nagwa Albeir, Egypt's Railway Authority spokeswoman, has told Ahram Online.

Deputy Freedom and Justice Party chairman Essam al-Erian has accused leading opposition figure and former UN International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei of treason for allegedly approving the US invasion of Iraq.

Prime Minister Hesham Qandil said Tuesday that a panel of unaffiliated legal experts will introduce amendments to 15 articles of the Constitution that need to be changed.

Egypt's prime minister was due in Qatar on Tuesday for talks with his country's biggest Gulf Arab financial backer as Cairo is negotiating for an IMF loan to help ease a deepening economic crisis.

A man believed to be a bodyguard of Muslim Brotherhood’s second-in-command, Khairat El-Shater, was given a one year sentence for possessing an unlicensed firearm by a Cairo criminal court on Tuesday.

Train drivers strike continued for the second day, in the state-run Egyptian Railway Authority, in protest to “government neglect of their demands for higher salaries.”

Egypt is expected to experience numerous power cuts this summer due to ongoing shortages of fuel, including natural gas and the low-quality diesel fuel mazut.

Mohamed ElBaradei, founder of the Dostour Party, said he would not enter into a dialogue with President Mohamed Morsy’s administration in the absence of an independent Cabinet capable of supervising elections, a credible prime minister, an independent prosecutor general and a committee to draft a new election law.

An opinion poll published Sunday said the percentage of Egyptians who approve of President Mohamed Morsy’s job performance declined to 47 percent, while 37 percent would vote for him if presidential elections were held tomorrow.