Badr Abdel Aaty, spokesperson for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, rejected a US statement criticizing the prosecution of journalists in Egypt saying it was “unacceptable for any state or third party to interfere in the work of the Egyptian judiciary.”

Egypt will put an Australian, two Britons and a Dutchwoman on trial for aiding 16 Egyptians belonging to a "terrorist organisation", the public prosecutor said on Wednesday (local time), describing the four as Al Jazeera correspondents.

Yesterday, I mentioned the number of times that Obama referred to Egypt in his 2012 and 2013 State of the Union addresses, noting that since the 2013 speech there has been a coup in Egypt, a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, and a referendum on a draft constitution, which the Muslim Brotherhood called for its members to boycott.

Egypt's Central Bank (CBE) received $2 billion from Saudi Arabia, the Egyptian daily Al-Mal reported on Wednesday.

The Egyptian army said on Wednesday it killed two militants in an air offensive in Sinai and destroyed two homes it said belonged to other “dangerous” militants.

Former presidential candidates Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, head of Strong Egypt Party, and human rights activist Khaled Ali will be investigated for charges of insulting the judiciary through the media, a judicial source told Youm7 Wednesday, adding that a number of political activists and media figures would also be investigated on the same charges.

A bank account will be set up to receive donations for the restoration of Cairo's Islamic Museum, which was partially destroyed in a recent bomb attack.

Four Apache helicopters hovered over the village of al-Moqataa, south of Sheikh Zuwayed, in an attempt to reach those accused of targeting a military helicopter few days ago in North Sinai.

Former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq said he will not run for presidency, if Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi did. “If Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, defense minister, ran for presidency, I will support him and will not nominate myself,” he said.

“The U.S. is prepared to accept and deal with Maj. Gen. Abdel Fatah al-Sisi if he becomes president,” said American political expert Eric Trager in a Tuesday phone call to CBC Extra TV channel, adding that the general would likely face several challenges, especially on the political and economic levels.

An aide to Egypt's interior minister has been shot dead in Giza's Haram district, the ministry said on Tuesday.

Egypt’s interim-deputy prime minister and international cooperation minister Ziad Bahaa El-Din has announced his resignation.

The official spokesperson of the Armed Forces Ahmed Mohamed Ali called upon media to double check any information before publishing news related to the military institution, in a statement published on his official Facebook page on Monday.

The Supreme Electoral Commission decided that parliamentary elections will be held according to a system of individual candidacy, Mahmoud Fawzy, the official spokesperson of the Transitional Justice Ministry told MENA newspaper on Sunday.

Text here. Press reviews, editorials, and opinion pieces do not have datelines. CAIRO: Coordinator of the April 6 Movement in Giza Khaled Ismail told Youm7 that the Movement tends to organize human chains Tuesday in one area only to commemorate the” Friday of Anger”.

The Egypt Freedom Party, founded by liberal political figure and former MP Amr Hamzawy, condemned in a statement Sunday the latest terror attacks that targeted security forces in Sinai, and also slammed security violence in dealing with peaceful protests on Saturday.

Security forces arrested at least 19 journalists, reporters and photographers, and a number of crowds were hostile to working journalists on the third anniversary of the January 25 Revolution, according to Press Syndicate member Abeer al Saady Saturday.

The Health Ministry announed Sunday a death toll of 49 on the third anniversay of the 25 January revolution between protesters and security forces. The statement said the casualties occurred during clashes between pro-Muslim Brotherhood protesters on one hand and the security forces and their supporters on the other.

Armed Forces late Saturday closed off entrance to Tahrir Square following the January 25 Revolution anniversary celebrations.

Egypt evacuated its diplomats from Libya on Saturday night after five of their number were kidnapped on Friday.

“The president should set legislation to combat terrorism instead of declaring a state of emergency,” constitutional law Professor Tharwat Abdel Aal told CBC TV channel Saturday.