Ten people were killed in a bus crash south of Cairo late Wednesday, the latest in near daily traffic accidents plaguing the world’s most populous Arab country.

The Cairo Criminal Court ordered on Thursday the release of the sons of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, as their retrial for embezzlement continues.

An image of currently imprisoned Egyptian-American activist Mohamed Soltan was posted on social media on Tuesday. The image shows him lying in bed with blood at his mouth and dry blood on the pillow, signalling increasingly dire health conditions.

Matrouh Security Directorate announced Tuesday the closure of the Salloum border crossing until further notice.

Egypt's currency fell for the fourth time in a week on Wednesday, hitting its lowest point ever against the dollar, in a development that could help boost foreign investment after four years of unrest.

Leading Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, jailed for violating a strict protest law, was moved to a prison hospital this week after more than two months on hunger strike, a relative told Reuters on Wednesday.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said he is keen on human rights more than anyone else. “Not because anyone would penalize me, but God will penalize me,” he said.

An armed forces officer and two conscripts were injured following an explosion in the south of Sheikh Zuwied Tuesday. The injured were transferred to Al-Arish hospital.

The health of detained and hunger-striking activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah has deteriorated but is stable according to his activist sister Mona Seif.

The Salafi Nour Party announced Tuesday they would not participate in any demonstrations during the fourth anniversary of the January 25Revolution, Youm7 reported.

A man committed suicide on Tuesday by jumping off a metro platform as a train arrived, a metro spokesman has said.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi announced Monday the government is preparing a list of arrested activists and journalists to be released during the fourth anniversary of the January 25 Revolution,Youm7 reported.

Qatar's emir will attend an economic summit due to take place in Egypt in mid-March, sources from both countries said on Monday, in a sign of easing political tension between the Arab states.

The public prosecutor ordered the detention of a worker for four days pending investigation into charges of harassing a girl in a bus in Nasr City.

Family members of 20 Egyptians kidnapped in Libya held a protest outside the United Nations office in Cairo on Monday, calling for the involvement of the international community.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi said there are no planned meetings between him and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani in an interview Sunday with Sky News Arabia, adding “as I said before, we will wait and see.”

Since the official start of the registration process on 12 January, the Ministry of Solidarity issued permits for 43 Egyptian NGOs to observe the upcoming parliamentary elections, according to Ayman Abdel Gawad, general manager of NGOs at the ministry.

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Sunday that there are “no restrictions” on the freedom of expression in Egypt, adding that the standards Western countries promote concerning freedom of expression do not match Egypt's current situation.

A 50-million-dollar agreement was signed on Sunday between Egypt's Holding Company for Tourism, Hotels & Cinema and France's Prisme sound and light company to develop the sound and light show at the Pyramids.

A meeting on Saturday evening at the headquarters of Al-Wafd Party did not deliver its aspired objective of a large coalition to contest around one third of the seats in the upcoming parliamentary elections due in a little over eight weeks.

Liberal Egyptian parties filed new judicial complaints against former ruler Hosni Mubarak on Sunday, over a deadly camel attack against protesters led by his supporters, after a string of court rulings in his favour.