The expected formation of Egypt's new cabinet has been held up after several candidates turned down offers of ministerial positions from Prime Minister Ibrahim Melheb, two government sources said on Sunday.

A brutal video depicting a sexual assault in Tahrir Square seems to have intensely focused much needed public debate on the issue of sexual assault against women in a nation known to be conservative in nature.

Former presidential candidate and Hosni Mubarak-era foreign minister Amr Moussa says he's seeking to establish an electoral alliance to support newly-elected President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and the new regime.

The Federation of Egyptian Banks (FEB) allocated funding worth EGP 300 million ($42 million) to develop slums in about 15 regions throughout Egypt, said deputy chairman of FEB, Hesham Okasha Wednesday during the annual People and Banks Conference June 11-13, reported al-Masry al-Youm.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi welcomed a U.K. offer to train Egyptian officers in the field of human rights, saying it would enhance Egypt’s ability to ensure the rights enshrined in the new constitution, presidential spokesperson Ihab Badawy said in a Wednesday statement.

Former presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabbahi has called for issuing a new law for regulating protests, replacing the controversial one passed by interim authorities.

Women will have strong and powerful participation in Ibrahim Mahlab’s new government, who is allocating portfolios for five women leaders in the Cabinet, official sources told Youm7 Wednesday.

Alaa Abdel Fatah was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in jail for conducting illegal protests outside the Shura Council in November 2013.

State forensics announced Wednesday it had examined the seven women who were allegedly sexually attacked by mobs in Tahrir Square Sunday, Youm7 reported.

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi paid a visit early on Wednesday to one of the Tahrir Square victims of mass sexual assault.

On Wednesday, the Egyptian embassy in Ankara received a congratulatory message from Turkish President Abdullah Gul to Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi for his election as Egypt's new president.

President Barack Obama called new Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi on Tuesday and affirmed their commitment to a U.S.-Egyptian strategic partnership, the White House said.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has accepted Tuesday the resignation of former presidential advisories, presidential spokesperson Ihab Badawy’s announced in an official press statement that.

On Tuesday, presidential spokesperson Ihab Badawy said that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asked Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim to enforce the law firmly and take all necessary actions to address sexual harassment and assault, which is a new phenomenon in Egyptian society.

Egypt's electoral committee has rejected legal complaints lodged by the election's two contenders against its decision to extend the country's presidential vote to a third day.

The Egyptian Embassy in London retrieved twelve artifacts that were smuggled out of Egypt, six of which were stolen by a Briton and displayed in Christie’s Auction House, Al-Ahram reported Monday.

Ethiopia's ambassador in Egypt, Mahmoud Dardeer, has stressed that his country is serious about starting a new round of negotiations with Egypt over the Grand Renaissance Dam, state news agency MENA reported.

Egypt’s interim cabinet headed by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab resigned Monday after Abdel Fatah al-Sisi took the presidential oath Sunday evening.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi reappointed on Monday the country's prime minister Ibrahim Mahlab to head a caretaker government shortly after he handed in his notice, Al-Ahram's Arabic news website reported.

Cairo Criminal Court adjourned on Monday retrial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, his sons Alaa and Gamal, former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and six former top security deputies over killing protesters during January 2011 revolution to 14 June.

Alexandria's criminal court ordered on Monday the release of Mohamed El-Sheimy, a police officer accused of torturing Sayed Belal to death during investigations into a bomb attack at the Two Saints Church in the Mediterranean city in 2011.