Egypt's Democratic Current Alliance says it is still mulling its stance on the country's upcoming parliamentary poll, but observers say a possible boycott of the elections is unlikely to have significant political consequences.

Egypt's pound weakened to 7.49 per dollar, from 7.46 at yesterday's sale, at a central bank auction on Thursday, the weakest level it has been allowed to reach since auctions began in December 2012.

A number of activists protested briefly in Talaat Harb Square, where Shaimaa al-Sabbagh was killed Jan. 24, before Assistant to Minister of Interior Ehab Roushdi requested they leave in a microphone, according to Youm7.

Shaimaa Al Sabbagh’s family refused to accuse anyone of killing their daughter during testimony to the prosecution Wednesday night, Youm7 reported.

The Health Ministry said on Wednesday that 15 people were injured in bombings on Tuesday in several governorates, with nine in an explosion in Mostorod, including seven from the security forces, one in Kafr al-Sheikh, two in the Sixth of October City and three on Haram Street.

Overlooking the Cairo Tower, the Opera House and the Arab League building, 150-year-old Kasr al-Nil Bridge is guarded by four lions and has become a meeting place for people who come to it to breathe some fresh air in the summer heat.

Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court approved on Wednesday a request by former army general Sami Anan to form a political party, while it rejected a similar request by Tamarod youth group's co-founder.

A street vendor and his sister were injured following an explosion in a market in Egypt’s Delta governorate of Sharqia Wednesday, Youm7 reported.

Seven security forces personnel and two civilians were injured in an explosion at a security checkpoint in Qalioubiya governorate on Tuesday afternoon, the health ministry has said.

Three people killed on Tuesday an Egyptian doctor in the Yemeni governorate of Aden before fleeing the scene.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be in Ethiopia on Thursday to head Egypt's delegation in the African Summit in Addis Ababa.

Security forces evacuated a building at the Heliopolis Court on Tuesday after finding two explosive devices in its vicinity, a security official said.

Alaa and Gamal Mubarak were released from prison on Monday, one day after the fourth anniversary of the January 2011 uprising, which toppled their father after over 30 years in power, a security source told state news agency MENA.

Unidentified assailants threw an explosive device at a check point in Qalioubiya on Tuesday morning, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

The British foreign ministry on Tuesday condemned the recent violence in Egypt and the use of deadly force against protesters. British Minister for the Middle East

A doctor in Egypt was jailed on Monday for two years after the death of a 13-year-old girl on whom he performed genital mutilation (FGM), the first conviction since the practice was outlawed in 2008, the prosecutor said.

A socialist party is mulling the boycott of the upcoming parliamentary elections in March over the death of one of its members, presumably by police gunfire, on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the 2011 uprising.

Alaa and Gamal Mubarak were released from prison on Monday, one day after the fourth anniversary of the January 2011 uprising, which toppled their father after over 30 years in power, a security source told state news agency MENA.

The Egyptian pound hit its all-time official low Monday, extending its slip to 7.43 per U.S. dollar at a regular central bank auction, compared to 7.39 Thursday.

In an unusually critical column, the chairman of Egypt's state-run daily Al-Ahram newspaper has specifically called out the country's president as being responsible for protecting the public after the shooting death of a protester.

Egypt's Health Ministry reported five deaths and 22 injuries nationwide on the fourth anniversary of the January 2011 uprising which toppled the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak.