President Mohamed Morsi met with the US Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa on Saturday, where they discussed economic and social reforms in Egypt. Kerry told Morsi that continued US assistance to the state hinged on Egypt’s progress on achieving reforms, state-owned Al-Ahram reported.

Leading Egyptian opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei met Sunday with members of the Tamarod (Rebel) campaign — a recent petition campaign aimed at forcing President Morsi to hold early presidential elections — campaign spokesman Mahmoud Badr told Al-Ahram Arabic news website.

Egypt fell 13 spots to 107th place in the World Economic Forum's 2012/13 Global Competitive Index (GCI) ranking, which tracks 144 countries worldwide.

Two members of the liberal Free Egyptians Party have received death threats, party spokesperson Shehab Wageeh has claimed.

Egypt's fast-growing 'Rebel' campaign, which is collecting signatures for a vote of no confidence in President Morsi, has launched an official website.

Egypt’s Criminal Court ordered Saturday the release of activist Hamada El-Masry, who has been detained for almost three months on charges of arms posession. His trial, which continues, was postponed to Wednesday in order for testimonies to be heard.

Manitoba Telecom Services Inc will sell its Allstream fiber optic network to a company controlled by telecom tycoon Naguib Sawiris for C$520 million, a deal that signals the Egyptian magnate is still keen on Canada.

Egypt's Islamist-dominated Upper House (Shura Council) has approved, Saturday, the referral of the contentious amendment proposal of the judicial authority law to the body's legislative committee for detailed review.

The Egyptian government said on Wednesday it would supply more gas and diesel to power stations to deal with electricity shortages that have worsened in recent months after the cash-strapped country failed to import enough fuel.

"‘Do you like Morsi?’ said the kiosk owner, to my surprise. I said no, so he handed me a 'Rebel' campaign form before taking note of what I needed to buy."

In the judiciary's latest face-off with Egypt's Islamist rulers, the country's top council of judges decided Wednesday to suspend its participation in a government-backed judicial reform conference following a renewed push by lawmakers on a controversial bill that would force thousands of their colleagues into retirement.

Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou will head for Saudi Arabia next week with a number of senior officials of the Tourism Ministry and the Egyptian Chamber of Tourism Establishments (CTE) to discuss the kingdom's decision to reduce the number of pilgrims during the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

Egypt participates, with a high profile delegation, in the fourth session of the “Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction” in Geneva, which was held on May 19-23.

Angry workers at the Suez Canal Authority in Port Said on Thursday stormed a conference devoted to Egypt's planned Suez Canal Corridor (SCC) project to protest against the Muslim Brotherhood and the project's terms.

The release on Wednesday of seven soldiers kidnapped in the Sinai Peninsula last week was hailed as a victory for Egypt's military/security apparatus by parties and figures across the country's political spectrum.

Egyptian authorities have announced that they know the identities of the kidnappers of seven soldiers freed on Wednesday.

Egyptian authorities will continue to combat outlaws in the Sinai Peninsula, North Sinai security chief Samih Bashadi said on Wednesday.

A North Cairo criminal court on Wednesday acquitted seven Egyptian security personnel who had been accused of firing on unarmed anti-regime protesters during Egypt's January 2011 Tahrir Square uprising.

Egyptian women continue to suffer from different violations and poor representation in governmental institutions under the rule of President Mohamed Morsi, according to reports issued by the Appropriate Communication Techniques for Development Centre (ACT) and Fouada Watch on Tuesday.

A military operation to free seven Egyptian security officers kidnapped last week in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula will be launched "any minute," Egyptian Interior Ministry spokesman Hani Abdul-Latif said at a Tuesday press conference, stressing that the abductees would not be harmed.

Facing anger from Egyptologists, a surprised Minister of State for Antiquities Ahmed Eissa clarifies to Ahram Online that UNESCO is not actually threatening to remove six Egyptian archaeological sites from the World Heritage List (WHL).