The Muslim Brotherhood support coalition is discussing its stance on whether to participate or boycott the presidential elections, sources from the coalition told to Youm7.

The Coptic Orthodox Church has issued a statement denying reports it has struck an agreement with Saudi Arabian officials to build the first church in the kingdom.

Jordan's opposition Islamists called on the government to freeze a 1994 peace treaty with Israel as the Knesset was Tuesday to debate Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound. "We urge the government to meet the demands of people who have repeatedly called for freezing and eventually cancelling the peace treaty," the Islamic Action Front (IAF) said on its website.

Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church denounced the killing of seven Egyptian Christians on a beach in eastern Libya.

The ultra-conservative Salafist Nour Party has announced intentions to take part in Egypt's next cabinet, although it refused to the outgoing government months.

Counselor Hisham Genina, head of the Central Auditing Authority, said on Monday that ousted President Mohamed Morsi’s salary during one year was nearly 800,000 EGP.

The trial of deposed president Mohamed Morsi and several leading Muslim Brotherhood members for escaping from prison in 2011 has been suspended after Morsi’s defence team requested the recusal of judge in the case.

Miitary Spokesperson Ahmed Mohamed Ali said on Monday that 14 extremists were killed and another 23 were arrested by the second field army troops between 21-23 February in North Sinai.

The Court for Urgent Matters has upheld the designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group. The interim government declared the Brotherhood a terrorist group in December but the decision had not been approved of by a court until now.

The Salafist Nour Party is preparing its candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections to win the maximum number of seats possible, party leader Sameh Abdel Hamid said on Sunday.

Pope Francis on Monday created a new finance ministry to oversee the Holy See's economic affairs in a move the Vatican said was aimed at helping the poor and increasing transparency, following a wave of scandals.

Egypt's deposed President Mohamed Mursi on Saturday rejected the right of a court to try him and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders on charges related to a mass jail break in 2011, security and judicial sources said.

Founder of the Popular Current and candidate in the upcoming presidential elections Hamdeen Sabbahi denied reports published by media outlets on Saturday which claim he held secret meetings with leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Moderate Islamist politician Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh, whose Strong Egypt Party has been critical of both the Muslim Brotherhood and the interim government, has condemned what he says is the army's continued interference in Egypt's political scene.

Governor of South Sinai Kahlid Fouda has removed the Saint Catherine city head from his position for negligence in dealing with eight hikers lost in the area, reported Aswat Masriya.

Egypt: A Facebook fan page belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood claimed responsibility for burning a police car in Ismailia while it was stopped in front of a workshop.

Presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi said he will contact different political parties, including the Salafist Nour Party, in a Thursday statement to Youm7.

Egypt’s Minister of Education Mahmoud Aboul-Nasr said that members of the Muslim Brotherhood aim to undermine the efforts exerted by the ministry to develop the educational process.

Lawyer Ahmed Qenawy, delegated by the Lawyers Syndicate to defend former President Mohamed Morsi against charges of espionage, said Thursday that he would do his job regardless of his support for the uprising of June 30 which led to the ouster of Morsi.

The security authority is prepared to confront attacks from Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, security expert Brigadier Khaled Okasha told Youm7 Thursday.

Head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars Yusuf al-Qaradawi will deliver the Friday sermon this week from Omar Ibn El Khattab mosque in Doha, al-Qaradawi Official Website announced Thursday.