Funds owned by 46 Muslim Brotherhood leaders were seized on Tuesday by a panel tasked with appraising the group’s finances.

The National Coalition to Support Legitimacy is preparing to start a campaign to support General Sami Anan to run for president during the coming presidential elections, sources from within the Muslim Brotherhood told Youm7.

The Muslim Brotherhood condemned on Wednesday the murder of Major General Mohamed al-Saeed, head of the Interior Ministry’s technical office, and described it as a "disappointing assassination." It also condemned the shooting at the Virgin Mary Church in the 6 October City.

Egypt's South Giza prosecution referred top Muslim Brotherhood members, including Supreme Guide Mohamed Badei and his deputy Khairat El-Shater, to a criminal court for murder charges on Wednesday.

Unidentified men in a car drove by October Church in October 6 City and opened fire at the church, which resulted in the death of one person and wounded another.

Cairo Criminal Court decided on Tuesday to postpone the first trial session of former President Mohamed Morsi to Feb. 22, concerning the Wadi al-Natroun prison break case during the January 25 Revolution.

The Strong Egypt Party has rejected the nomination of Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, defense minister, considering it an infringement against the civil country and that it places military in face of any other candidate.

Osama, son of deposed President Mohamed Morsy, told the Al Jazeera channel on Tuesday that his father’s trial is a "laughing stock" because it was broadcast live with him placed in a soundproof glass cage.

Father Jerome told Youm7 that Pope Tawadros II and Bishop Domadius are keeping track of the situation of the Archbishopric that was attacked and killed in October City on Tuesday.

Jan 28 (Aswat Masriya) Muslim Brotherhood supporters clashed with security forces in Cairo’s Downtown early on Tuesday, shortly before ousted President Mohamed Mursi’s trial.

The jailbreak trial of Mohamed Morsi has been postponed to 22 February as Egypt's ousted president made his second appearance in court since the army overthrew him on 3 July amid mass protests against his rule.

Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris would be prepared to invest in Telecom Italia on condition that the operator’s largest shareholder, Telefonica, withdraws, reports Bloomberg, citing comments made by Sawiris in an interview. "I am still interested in Telecom Italia but only on two conditions: that Telefonica exits and that Telecom Italia does not sell Brazil," he said. Last year Sawiris made an unsuccessful offer to acquire a stake in the Italian operator for at least EUR 2 billion, but in the interview he declined to discuss how much he is willing to invest. However, he did add that “from a financial point of view, Telecom Italia still needs a massive EUR 3 to 4 billion capital increase."

The head of Cairo's criminal court has announced that Tuesday's trial of former president Mohamed Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood members will only be aired on state-run TV.

Sources close to Mohamed Selim al-Awa, former presidential hopeful, said he has decided to run for presidency after Interim President Adly Mansour declared on Sunday amending the roadmap and hold presidential elections first.

The central Cairo attorney general has ordered the detention of 119 Brotherhood members for 15 days pending investigation into charges of assaulting citizens in Muski during the third anniversary celebrations of the 25 January revolution.

A letter by Salah Sultan’s son published in the New York Times disclosed that he and his father- a Muslim Brotherhood leader- are U.S. citizens and demanded that President Barrack Obama pressure Egypt for the release of his father, who has been held in Tora Prison since last August.

The third anniversary of the 25 January Revolution has once again clearly demonstrated how wide is the gap between the Muslim Brotherhood-led Islamist camp and its opponents, three years after all political forces were once united against former president Hosni Mubarak.

Egypt's second biggest Islamist faction may have rallied behind a new army-backed constitution passed in a referendum last week, but its support for a presidential bid by military chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi appears less certain.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s National Alliance to Support Legitimacy called on Egyptians in a statement to demonstrate Sunday in the same major areas of Cairo and other governorates, according to the Brotherhood’s official website, Ikhwanonline.

The Sinai-based militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis claimed responsibility Sunday in a statement for the military helicopter that was shot to the ground in North Sinai on Saturday with a surface-to-air missile.

The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate denied that Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church is discussing the personal status law with the Ministry of Justice, the spokesperson of the patriarchate Bishop Nicola said Sunday.