U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held talks on Sunday with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo over concerns about Egypt's crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood and the threat which the conflict in Iraq poses to the Middle East.

Cairo Criminal Court adjourned the trial of ousted President Mohamed Morsi and 14 other co-defendants who are accused of killing and inciting murder against protesters at Ithadeya Palace to June 23, according to Youm7.

Toppled President Mohamed Morsy's lawyer and former presidential candidate Mohamed Selim al-Awa denied news published in a number of newspapers that he possessed documents and videos on Rabaa sit-in dispersal and the data of the security personnel who carried out the operation.

The Muslim Brotherhood continued their weekly demonstrations on Friday across Egypt governorates amid conflicting news about deaths of their supporters amidst clashes with security forces.

Azbakeya Misdemeanor Court of Appeals cleared on Sunday all suspects involved in Azbakeya clashes incidents, which took place on the third anniversary of the 25 January revolution, except for four students whose trial was adjourned until 6 July as they were absent due to exams.

Saudis are increasingly booking holidays to Egypt in what appears to be the first sign that the country's tourism industry is picking up as relative political stability returns.

An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced to death the top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, from which ousted President Mohammed Morsi hails, along with 13 other members and supporters over violence last summer.

Islamist scholars led by influential Qatar-based cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi urged Arab and Islamic states on Thursday to protect Sunni Muslims in Iraq, where sectarian war threatens after Sunni Islamist insurgents overran much of the country’s north.

Cairo University President Gaber Nassar said in a news conference on Thursday that the University Council referred 10 professors who were advisors to deposed President Mohamed Morsy to a disciplinary council for allegedly embezzling funds from the university.

The Giza Criminal Court sentenced 12 men to death Wednesday, accused of storming the Kerdasa police station and murdering several police officers in last August.

Preacher Mohamed Amer was suspended and referred to an investigation Tuesday for mocking President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi‘s visit to a survivor of a sex attack in Tahrir Square and describing her as a “dancer” in a Friday sermon in a Cairo mosque, Youm7 reported.

Cairo Criminal Court adjourned Wednesday the trial of Muslim Brotherhood leaders Mohamed Badie, Khairat al-Shater and 15 others on charges of killing protesters outside the guidance office to June 23.

On Wednesday, Alexandria's Sidi Gaber Misdemeanor Court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Hendawy to 15 years in prison over charges of inciting protests by the 7am group, a minor girls' protest group loyal to deposed president Mohamed Morsy.

A local imam was suspended on Tuesday and referred to an investigative committee for allegedly insulting President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the victim of sexual assault in Tahrir Square.

Cairo Criminal Court adjourned the trial of 50 Muslim Brotherhood members, leaders and former Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie to June 23; the defendants are accused of forming an operations room during the Rabaa al-Adaweya sit-in last year and inciting violence.

An appeals court refused on Tuesday a request filed by Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed El-Beltagy and Islamist figure Safwat Hegazy to change judges in a trial in which they face charges of torturing policemen.

The Muslim Brotherhood acknowledged mistakes it made after the 25 January revolution and called on all revolutionary forces to put aside their differences and unite over the document it has issued under the title of “Charter of Morals and Honor”.

The investigations conducted by the Supreme State Security Prosecution, headed by Tamer al-Fergany, have shown that the 24 defendants in the case known as the "two Mansoura cells" have committed the crimes attributed to them between July 2013 and June 2014.

Yasser al-Serry, a jihadi leader living in London, said that giving alms to the Zakat House that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi agreed to establish a few days ago is haram, and called for a boycott to anything that supports Sisi.

An Egyptian police officer was killed on Monday in a shootout during an ambush on a "terrorist cell" that belongs to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in South of Cairo, the Interior Ministry said.