Twenty-five people were injured in confrontations between supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi and residents in Damietta on Wednesday.

The Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) has announced the participation of five million workers in Friday's protests called for by Defense Minister abdel Fattah al-Sisi to authorize the armed forces to fight terrorism.

Calm has been restored on Tuesday after overnight clashes between supporters and opponents of deposed president Mohamed Morsi killed 12 and injured 86 across Cairo, Giza and Qalioubiya governorate.

The Interior Ministry has called on political groups in Egypt to defend the peaceful expression of opinion after nationwide violence left nine dead early Tuesday.

The European Union fully recognises the serious social and economic challenges that Egypt is facing, EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton said on Monday at a press conference in Brussels.

Egypt’s vice-president Mohamed ElBaradei said on Tuesday that the justice minister’s first priority must be to form a judicial committee to investigate the Republican Guard events.

The pan-Arab Al Jazeera television network accused Egyptian authorities on Tuesday of a sustained campaign of intimidation against its staff, rejecting charges of pro-Islamist bias in its reporting on the events in Egypt.

The ousted president Mohamed Morsi's family held a press conference in Cairo's Engineers' Syndicate Monday to denounce the "illegal detention" of their father, accusing the army of "kidnapping" him.

A street vendor has allegedly stabbed and killed an unemployed man in Tahrir Square in a row over the price of a drink.

More than 100 were injured in clashes between supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and local residents in Al-Arbaeen square in Suez on Sunday night.

Egypt's prosecution ordered on Monday the summoning of Editor-in-Chief of the Ahram state newspaper Abdel Nasser Salama to question him over publishing false news, reported the Middle East News Agency.

Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi clashed with anti-Morsi protesters who have been holding a sit-in in Tahrir Square on Monday afternoon.

Clashes in Egypt's Qaliubiya province just north of Cairo between supporters and opponents of ousted president Mohamed Morsi led to the death of a 15 year-old child who was shot in the chest, reported Al-Ahram's Arabic news website.

In a speech to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the July 23 revolution, Interim President Adli Mansour called for turning over a new leaf in Egypt.

Egyptian prosecutors have released the head of the Cairo branch of Iranian television channel Al-Aalam on bail, the channel's website reported on Sunday.

Egypt’s committee of legal experts charged with amending the constitution has set a period of one week starting Monday to receive suggestions from political parties and the public regarding the proposed constitutional amendments.

Hundreds of women gathered outside Ain Shams University in Abbaseya Sunday afternoon in support of ousted president Mohammed Morsi and to protest the Friday clashes in Mansoura that left at least three women dead.

Nada ElKholy, a journalist working at Al-Shorouk newspaper, was attacked Saturday night while covering a pro-Morsi march in Al-Zaitoon in Cairo.

Two Sunday marches staged by supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsy headed to two foreign embassies in Cairo, urging countries to make a stand against what they see as a military coup against Egypt's elected president.

Ahmed Meslemany, media advisor to interim president Adly Mansour, has said that the president will deliver a speech at 9pm on Thursday.

With the current changes sweeping Egypt following the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi on 3 July, the Egyptian armed forces is back at the forefront of news reports.