The Muslim Brotherhood has condemned a bomb attack in Cairo targeting the convoy of the interior minister on Thursday, which left the minister unscathed but injured dozens of people.

Egypt's cabinet has condemned a bomb attack which targeted the convoy of Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim on Thursday, and confirmed its commitment to fighting terrorism.

A decision to give university security guards the power to arrest students has ignited debate among the university community.

The Qatar based news agency, citing a “panel of experts” on Tuesday, claims to have identified four locations where it believes satellite jamming signals are being broadcast from. In a report on its English language channel presenter Sami Zeidan said, “It is clear the common link in all of these locations is the presence of military facilities.” Al Jazeera also refused to name its correspondent reporting from Cairo via telephone, citing security reasons.

A military source has said that nine militants in Sinai have been killed in Apache air strikes on Tuesday, after search operations conducted by the Second Field Army in the villages Al-Toma and Al-Mokataa south of Al-Sheikh Zuweid.

The British government suspended 49 licenses for the export of military and security equipment to Egypt. The Business, Innovation and Skills Department said the suspension blocked the export of everything from small arms ammunition to radars.

An Egyptian prosecutor has ordered that former prosecutor-general Talaat Abdullah and his deputies Hassan Yassin and Ayman al-Werdany be put on a no-travel list pending investigations.

A police officer was killed and three were wounded on Wednesday following a fire exchange with unknown gunmen who tried to trespass a security checkpoint in Aswan, reported the state-owned news agency.

An Egyptian military court in Suez sentenced on Tuesday one of the supporters of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to life imprisonment, three to 15 years in prison and acquitted 12 of them, a military source said.

An Egyptian court has ordered the closure of four television channels that have been accused of sympathising with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Eighteen women detained during the Fath mosque incident were released Tuesday after calls for their release were set on various social media outlets.

Fifteen suspected jihadis were killed and 20 others injured during an army raid on supposed criminal hotspots in North Sinai, state media reported.

Egypt's Salafi-oriented Nour Party is considering withdrawing from a 50-member committee tasked with amending the constitution, party officials said.

Egypt's military bulldozed 13 homes along the Gaza Strip border and caved in tunnels beneath them as a prelude to the possible creation of a buffer zone to reduce weapon smuggling and illegal militant crossings, angering residents who said they were evicted with no compensation, security officials and residents said Sunday.

The Boulaq Al-Dakrour police station in Giza was hit by an improvised explosive device on Monday morning around 11am, according to a Ministry of Interior press statement. Two civilian workers were injured in the attack.

Egypt's interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said on Monday that his government is committed to the implementation of the army's "roadmap", pointing out that the the formation of a constitutional panel will be followed by parliamentary and presidential elections.

The Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights has denounced what it called a “lean” representation of women on the Committee of 50 that is amending the constitution. With just five members, women only constitute ten percent.

Alexandria Criminal Court has adjourned the trial of activist Hassan Mostafa until 3 November while it hears from witnesses.

After a failed “terrorist attempt” on a ship flying the Panamanian flag on Saturday, the army has put the Suez Canal under heightened security.

Egypt's state TV plans to air on Tuesday at 10pm the first televised interview with Egypt's interim president Adly Mansour.

Egypt deported three Al Jazeera journalists on Sunday, days after the Qatari-owned channel carried appeals from leaders of ousted President Mohamed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood to stage protests against the army-backed government.