An Egyptian prosecutor has referred 40 alleged supporters of the bannedMuslim Brotherhood, including nine women, to a military court on charges related to their role in protests, judicial sources said, as the state continues to crack down on opponents.

The Supreme Administrative Court upheld on Monday a decision to ban interior ministry personnel from entering university campuses for security purposes.

At least 13 Egyptian fishermen died early Sunday after their boat sank in the Red Sea following a collision with a container ship, state media said.

Egypt's military has said it destroyed the house of a "terrorist" in Sinai along with explosive materials stored inside, as the army's crackdown on militants in the restive peninsula continues.

Kafr El-Dawar General Hospital's director and seven doctors from the same facility has been referred to court on over accusations that a patient in labour was not admitted to the state-owned hospital, thus forcing her to give birth in the street.

Two explosive devices detoned late Friday in Fayoum, south of the Nile Delta, near the local traffic department, causing damage to parked cars and slightly injuring a police cadet.

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has announced plans to double investments in scientific research sector as pursuant to the constitution, Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said.

Americans support the regime in Egypt, the Egyptian Constitution and believe in the need to achieve stability, said Former Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi left Jordan on Thursday evening after meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II.

The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced political activist Ahmed Douma to three years hard labour for being in contempt of the court, during a session of his ongoing trial relating to the “cabinet clashes” in 2011.

The Cairo Criminal Court postponed on Thursday the trial of political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and 23 otherdefendants accused of violating last year's protest law to December 14.

Egyptians wishing to travel to Turkey or Iraq are now required to get security approval from passport control authorities.

A former Ministry of Health official along with five doctors, 36 nurses and two hospital managers will be tried for negligence related to hepatitis C infections among patients in a Sharqia hospital in 2010, according to the Ministry of Health.

The consultant on a project to develop the Suez Canal says cumbersome Egyptian government bureaucracy could hamper its chances of success.

Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty headed to Berlin Wednesday to represent Egypt in “Cultural Heritage in Danger: Illicit excavations and trade” international conference scheduled for Dec. 11-12, according to a statement on the ministry’s Facebook page.

Egypt's cabinet approved on Wednesday the electoral constituencies law, the final legal step necessary before the parliamentary vote expected mid next year.

The Giza Criminal Court postponed on Tuesday a session to consider ratifying of the death sentences of 185 defendants accused of killing policemen to February 22, citing "security reasons."

Egypt will launch a tender for a second liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in the coming weeks, which could help address the country's ongoing energy crisis, a source at the state gas board said on Tuesday.

Unidentified assailants fired at a police car on an agricultural road in Sharqiya early Tuesday, killing a police officer and injuring two policemen.

Head of the Tomorrow of the Revolution Party and previous presidential candidate in 2005 Ayman Nour called Saturday for an “open discussion” with “January 25 Revolution powers,” in order to “acknowledge past mistakes” and define the future.

Egypt has no intention to amend the controversial law on protests adopted under the interim authorities that ousted former president Mohamed Morsy, the minister of justice said on Monday.