A Russian warship has docked in Egypt's port of Alexandria in a move that officials said was aimed at bolstering Cairo's relations with Moscow ahead of one of the highest level visits by Russian officials to the country in decades.

Female detainees recently arrested at Alexandria protests have denied being abused or forced to take pregnancy tests, according to Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) spokesperson Nada Kabbary.

Former presidential hopeful Khaled Ali announced on Sunday his resignation from Egypt's Socialist Popular Alliance Party (SPAP), in another blow to the group amid recurrent walkouts.

CAIRO: At least three percent of the public budget should be allocated to the health sector, said Magdy Yacoub, a professor of cardiothoracic surgery and a member of the 50-member committee tasked with amending the 2012 constitution.

SHARQIA, Egypt: The cases of people suffering from poisoning in Zahraa Village, Sharqia reached 82 after four other people were diagnosed with the same symptoms, and were transferred to al-Hemayat Hospital in Zagazig, the governorate’s capital.

The Minister of Industry and Trade Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour told Al-Masry Al-Youm in an interview that the cabinet has made many achievements, but failed to market them locally and internationally in media, adding that the Euromoney Conference would be a good chance to announce what has been accomplished over the past months.

CAIRO: Tamarod is meeting with its members and members of the political bureau, including Mahmoud Badr, Mohamed Abdel Aziz, and Hassan Shaheen. They will meet on Thursday to discuss how to commemorate the anniversary of Mohamed Mahmoud clashes.

The Foreign Ministry said that Cairo would see intensive visits in the coming period from a number of Congressmen as a show of the US government's keenness on good relations with Egypt.

Egypt’s current rapprochement with Russia is not an alternative to the Egyptian-American relationship, presidential spokesman Ihab Badawi said Wednesday according to state-owned Al-Ahram.

Former president Hosni Mubarak will remain under house arrest after the emergency law is lifted in mid-November, interim Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi has said.

CAIRO: Minister of Higher Education Hossam Eissa agreed with Mohamed Badran, head of Egypt’s Student’s Union, to postpone the student’s union elections in Egypt’s universities until the second semester in order to amend the regulations governing it.

Journalists against torture,' a new body aimed at denouncing the torture and mistreatment of Egyptian journalists at the hands of the authorities, was launched Tuesday.

CAIRO: Ethiopian Minister of Water Resources Alamayo Tgueno confirmed in a press conference Tuesday that the meeting between the ministries of water of the Eastern Nile Basin-Sudan, Ethiopia, and Egypt- was delayed because of conflicts over the configuration of a supervising committee meant to oversee construction of the Renaissance Dam.

The Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) expressed its concern over a proposed law that would criminalise graffiti.

Egypt is keen on its relationship with the US, but the latter has to feel the same way for Egypt, presidential spokesman Ihab Badawi said in a press conference Wednesday.

CAIRO: Jurists warned that the new draft of the constitution could be deemed invalid, if the 50-member committee, tasked with amending the 2012 constitution, exceeds the deadline established by the constitutional declaration, Nov. 8.

Security officials say Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi spent his first night in a civilian penitentiary in a hospital room after he complained he wasn't feeling well.

A U.S. Congress delegation arrived in Cairo on Tuesday morning, headed by Anne Marie Chotvacs, Foreign Operations Subcommittee chief at the U.S. House of Representatives .

On Monday Minister of Higher Education and Deputry Prime Minister Hossam Eissa issued a statement confirming that it is possible for heads of all institutions that fall under the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education to call upon security forces and allow them to enter campuses.

The Salafist Nour Party objects to an article in the draft constitution which defines equality between men and women, Salah Abdel-Maaboud said on Monday.

Sadat Democratic Party leader Effat al-Sadat has expressed his amazement at Mohamed Morsy's behaviour inside the opening session of his trial, claiming he is looking to stir the situation and appeal to his supporters.