The fact finding committee assigned to investigate events in Egypt since the 30 June protests which led to the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi has denied recent torture allegations from Islamists detained in Cairo's Aqrab prison.

South Giza prosecution has appealed against a decision to release detained Islamist leader Abul-Ela Madi, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

A source at the Orthodox Church said on Tuesday that presidential candidates Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Hamdeen Sabbahi are expected to attend the Resurrection Mass, adding that the church welcomes them both.

Cairo's Criminal Court has adjourned the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi on charges of breaking out of jail during the 2011 uprising.

A sound bomb went off Tuesday in a school in Dakahlia, causing 44 students to be transported to a hospital due to psychological trauma.

The Supreme Elections Commission (SEC) cannot accept nomination papers from members of the Muslim Brotherhood in upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, an Alexandria court ruled on Tuesday.

Syrian troops retook the ancient Christian town of Maalula from rebels Monday, a day after President Bashar al-Assad said the three-year old civil war was turning in his favor.

The Muslim Brotherhood said on Monday that reconciliation efforts with the regime continue through intermediaries close to the military leaders.

An informed source from Cairo University has denied news that security troops broke into the university campus to follow Muslim Brotherhood students after dispersing their protest outside the campus.

On Sunday, 13 April, Christians, both Western and Orthodox, celebrated Palm Sunday, which commemorates the triumphal return of Jesus to Jerusalem. It also signals the beginning of the Holy Week, which leads up to Easter, the most significant celebration of the spiritual year for many Christians. This year, the Orthodox and Western calendars coincide and all Christians celebrate Easter at the same time.

Cairo Criminal Court adjourned the trial of the of former president Mohamed Morsi and 14 other defendants accused of killing and inciting murder against protesters at Ithadeya Palace to April 19 to continue hearing testimonies.

Secretary general of the Muslim Brotherhood international organization Ibrahim Mounir has denied that the group is moving from London to Austria.

A Cairo criminal court has ordered the release of Essam Sultan, head of the Islamist Wasat Party, on bail worth LE 3,000 in a case in which he is accused of insulting Egypt's judiciary.

On Sunday afternoon, Giza police evacuated the Virgin Mary Church in Al-Saff district after they found an improvised explosive device.

Monufiya police arrested an alleged terrorist cell belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood made up of eight members, state-run MENA reported on Sunday.

A retired army general says he has filed a court case pushing for Egypt's historic Saint Catherine's Monastery to be demolished and its Greek monks deported on the grounds that they pose a threat to national security.

The Egyptian cabinet has said that it will implement penalties for engaging in terrorism on members of the Muslim Brotherhood or anyone supporting them starting this week, four months after it designated the group a terrorist organisation.

A delegation of African Union leaders, led by former Malian president Alpha Oumar Konare, met late Wednesday with leaders from the National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, the Islamist alliance leading protests demanding the reinstatement of deposed president Mohamed Morsy.

The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned Thursday the trial of 14 Muslim Brotherhood leaders on charges of inciting violence and killing nine people near the Istiqamah Mosque, to April 23.

The Egyptian government has stepped up a campaign to curb Muslim Brotherhood influence over mosques, saying it has licensed more than 17,000 state-approved clerics to give Friday sermons to stop places of worship falling “into the hands of extremists”.

An appeal court has refused to recuse the judges in two cases involving ousted president Mohamed Morsi. Islamist preacher Safwat Hegazy and senior Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed El-Beltagy had demanded the recusal of the judges in their trials for espionage and escaping from prison.