A huge explosion was heard Thursday morning near a school complex in Nasr City, Director of Civil Emergency Services Gamal Halawa told Ahram Arabic news website.

CAIRO: Interim president Adly Mansour declined a proposal to run for the presidency for one term during the National Dialogue session with political and social forces on Dec.25

Three jailed Egyptian political activists have started a hunger strike against what they describe as mistreatment in prison, said a statement on the website of the April 6 protest movement that two of them belonged to.

Security forces in North Sinai have begun deploying around churches to protect them, in light of the recent attacks in Mansura and Al-Azhar University.

Police seized the pro-Muslim Brotherhood Freedom and Justice newspaper’s printing machines and suspended their publication following a Thursday raid on Al-Ahram Printing Press.

"This is a catastrophe," Mansoura resident and physician Khaled Abdel-Rahman told Ahram Online commenting on the blast in the Nile Delta city that killed 13 and injured over 130 in the early Tuesday hours.

CAIRO: Spokesperson of the Police Officers Club Hisham Saleh demanded an urgent meeting with interim President Adly Mansour to discuss providing officers with weapons during the upcoming period “to combat terrorism.”

Egyptian security forces said the former prime minister of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, who was sentenced to one year in jail for failing to implement a court ruling to renationalize a textile firm, was arrested while trying to flee to Sudan.

A development paving the road to the possible future eradication of Hepatitis C has emerged, causing the world to buzz with hope.

Amr Moussa, chairman of the Committee of 50, stated that he prefers holding the parliamentary elections before the presidential so as to end the transitional period before the end of July.

CAIRO: The Egyptian army said Wednesday it had foiled a plan by Hamas to attack a strategic security building in North Sinai, where militants have increased activity in recent months.

ARISH, Egypt: Security forces in North Sinai are on high alert after a failed bombing attempt targeted an armored vehicle early Tuesday morning.

The Tamarod Movement came out in support of Minister Defense Abdel Fattah al-Sisi if he were to run for president on Monday in a statement on its Facebook page, adding it would prefer holding presidential elections before parliamentary election.

CAIRO: Ahmed El-Meslemany, media advisor to interim President Adly Mansour, told Youm7 on Tuesday that the Mansura explosion was a “cowardly terrorist attack.”

CAIRO: The decision on holding presidential or parliamentary elections first will be made after the adoption of the constitution, Presidential Advisor for Constitutional Affairs Ali Awad told Al-Arabiya TV channel Monday.

Head of Suez security Hussein Harb refused to assume responsibility of securing a football game between Zamalek and the Port Said-based Masry Club to be held Wednesday, kicking off the two teams’ matches in the Premier League.

The White House has reportedly withdrawn its initial choice to be the U.S. ambassador to Egypt after objections were raised by representatives of the military regime in Cairo.

Interim President Adly Mansour announced on Sunday the formation of a fact-finding committee to investigate violent events following 30 June protests.

The head of Egypt's constitutional drafting committee, Amr Moussa, said that he is not willing to run in upcoming presidency elections, expressing his support for Egypt's military chief, Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, if he runs.

Egyptian Interim President Adly Mansour hinted Sunday that the country's army chief, Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, is still deciding whether or not to run for the presidency amid the soaring popularity of the general following Mohamed Morsi's ouster.

Egyptians may be revving up to vote on the constitutional referendum, but many political activists say that what follows is just as important. Will voters choose their new president first or will begin by voting in parliamentary representatives?