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.

Top prosecutor Hisham Barakat ordered an investigation into claims against a number of Egyptian activists over charges of receiving foreign funds, a judicial source said.

Nine militants have been killed and nine others arrested during a military operation in North Sinai on Saturday, Egypt's military spokesman Ahmed Ali announced via Facebook.

Representatives of liberal forces swept the leading positions of the Committee of 50 during internal elections on Sunday, ending the day with a resounding majority in the newly-formed committee tasked with writing the final draft of Egypt's post-30 June constitution.

Egypt's interior minister survived an assassination attempt today when a bomb blew up as his convoy drove through Cairo's Nasr City district, state media and security officials said.

An army lieutenant was shot dead by unidentified gunmen at the Ezzedine checkpoint on the Cairo-Ismailia desert road at dawn Thursday.

The Muslim Brotherhood has condemned a bomb attack in Cairo targeting the convoy of the interior minister on Thursday, which left the minister unscathed but injured dozens of people.

Egypt's cabinet has condemned a bomb attack which targeted the convoy of Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim on Thursday, and confirmed its commitment to fighting terrorism.