Customs officers at Cairo airport have seized three ancient Coptic icons that someone attempted to smuggle to the United States.

Qatari officials have urged Muslim Brotherhood leaders to end sit-ins in Cairo, a source close to Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid bin Hamad said, stressing the Gulf state is working hard to help Egypt pull itself out of political crisis.

Public prosecutors have ordered the arrest of top-ranking officials from Mohamed Morsy's presidential staff, over alleged involvement in deadly violence that erupted outside the Ettehadiya presidential palace last December.

Six high-profile Muslim Brotherhood leaders will stand trial on 25 August by a court order issued Sunday for allegedly inciting the murder of protesters in Egypt.

Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi marched on Salah Salem Road early on Sunday, to “deliver a message to the leaders of the coup,” a statement released by the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) read.

Egypt's interim Vice President for foreign affairs Mohamed ElBaradei met with several regional authorities on Sunday, including UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi.

15 were injured and at least three houses were set on fire in sectarian clashes in Bani Ahmed village in the Minya governorate in Upper Egypt on Saturday.

Egypt's High Administrative Court adjourned on Thursday ruling in appeals to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party and the Salafi (ultraconservative) Nour Party to October 19.

The Hamas Foreign Ministry on Thursday warned of a possible humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip caused by "the closure of the Rafah crossing." The Ministry called for the reopening of the crossing to all goods and passengers travelling to the Strip, reported Al-Ahram Arabic news website.

Representatives of the anti-Morsi 'Rebel' campaign expressed their discontent with Germany's stance on the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi in a meeting with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Wednesday.

Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Egypt Armen Melkonyan held a meeting with Patriarch of Coptic Orthodox Church Tawadros II. "Armenpress" was informed from Press, information and public relations department of Armenian foreign affairs ministry that at the meeting was also present leader of Armenian diocese in Egypt Grigor Ogostinos bishop Gusan.

The National Salvation Front expressed its “absolute” support to the government to address threats of “outlaws and terrorists,” in a statement on Thursday.

A few lonely Egyptian activists are trying to stake out middle ground in the nationwide rift between an affronted Muslim Brotherhood and delighted supporters of the army's overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi.

Customs officers at Cairo airport have seized three ancient Coptic icons that someone attempted to smuggle to the United States.

Egypt's general prosecutor ordered on Wednesday the referral of the Muslim Brotherhood's supreme guide Mohamed Badie, deputy supreme guide Khairat El-Shater, and deputy leader Rashad Bayoumi to criminal court for inciting violence against peaceful protesters.

Egypt's new rulers said vigils by supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi threatened national security, and signalled that they would end them, setting up a potentially bloody showdown with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Ousted president Mohamed Morsi has declined an EU-brokered attempt to persuade him to accept his removal by the military and acknowledge Egypt’s new government, according to a senior Muslim Brotherhood figure

Senior Muslim Brotherhood leader Essam al-Erian said on Tuesday that the Egyptian will should be prioritized through free elections, deeming it as the way out of the current crisis.

On Sunday, the courtyard of a 500-year-old building in Old Cairo hosted a concert of harmonious spiritual and religious chanting, with an infusion of Sufi, Coptic, and Indonesian songs.

Hamas accused Fatah of trying to influence the Egyptian media against the Islamic Resistance Movement, in a press conference on Tuesday.

A petition to the US administration to declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group has gathered 120,000 signatures as of 5pm on Tuesday.