Egypt’s telecommunications sector might be heading for an international showdown, as the government presses ahead with plans to issue a controversial fourth virtual mobile licence to fixed-line operator Telecom Egypt (TE).

An investigation is underway into the looting of Ancient Egyptian artefacts from Mit-Rahina (once known as Memphis).

The military prosecution ordered Wednesday that Egyptian journalist Ahmed Abu Deraa stand trial before a military court Sunday, reported the privately-owned news website Al-Masry Al-Youm.

Ahmed abdel Zaher, member of the executive bureau of Only-Egyptian Tamarod, said 13 leaders and dozens of members in Assiut submitted their resignations from Tamarod. The Only-Egyptian Tamarod had previously split from the main Tamarod campaign in Cairo.

Deadly blasts in the Sinai Peninsula’s Rafah early Wednesday morning left six military men dead and 17 injured.

Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour issued a presidential decree on Wednesday, detailing a new formation of the Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC), which oversees public polls.

Egypt’s prosecutor-general Hisham Barakat referred 29 people to criminal court on Wednesday for an attempt to raid and attack a police station in Assiut upon the state's dispersal of two-sits held by supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi in August.

Journalists will not be allowed to attend the sessions conducted by the sub-committees of the 50-member constituent assembly entrusted with amending Egypt’s constitution, the assembly's Head Amr Moussa said during Wednesday's session.

Minya security forces on Tuesday arrested 27 suspects allegedly involved in attacking police stations, public establishments and churches.

The Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Anti-Coup Youth group called for a Tuesday evening protest in Downtown Cairo's Talaat Harb Square against the removal of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

Amnesty International called on Tuesday for an independent investigation into killings by Egyptian security forces as well as torture and violations of the rights to free speech and assembly.

An Egyptian prosecutor decided on Tuesday to release Refaa al-Tahtawi, head of the deposed president's office on account of being excluded from investigations regarding the violence that erupted near the Ittihadiya presidential palace last December, reported the state-owned news agency.

Egypt’s Ministers of Tourism and Civil Aviation and Antiquities have called on the Japanese government to reconsider a travel ban placed on Egypt due to the political unrest experienced over the last two months.

Egypt’s interior ministry is still investigating the statement released by a Sinai militant group claiming responsibility Thursday's attack on the interior minister, state news agency MENA reported on Sunday.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Higher Education Hossam Eissa said Sunday the decision to grant university guards powers to arrest students aims to counter acts of sabotage.

A recent survey conducted by the Egyptian Centre for Public Opinion Research (Basira) has shown that 73 percent of Egyptians currently do not feel secure and 62 percent believe their living conditions are worse than they were the year before.

Conservative American congresswoman and Tea Party member Rep. Michelle Bachmann appeared on private satellite station ONTV on Saturday night giving sweeping approval to Egypt’s interim government and its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood.

Naguib Sawiris, Egyptian business mogul, announced to Reuters that he is looking into an investment opportunity in Telecom Italia but may be discouraged if the Italian government states its preference to Telefonica, the Spanish telecom company.

A 50-member committee, tasked with writing the final draft of Egypt's constitution, is scheduled to hold a procedural meeting Sunday, led by Abdel Gelil Mostafa, head of the National Association for Change. The objective of the meeting is to elect a chairman, two deputies, and form sub-committees. The procedural meeting will be headed by the oldest member until a chairman is selected.

Two army soldiers were killed Saturday when a roadside bomb hit their armoured vehicle at al-Taweel region in North Sinai, a security source told Al-Masry Al-Youm.

Egypt's prosecutor-general did not open a probe into legal complaints against a group of prominent democracy and rights activists as reported, a judicial source at the prosecutor's office told state news agency MENA on Sunday.