Egypt's Orascom Construction Industries reported a 28 per cent drop in net income for the second quarter, in line with analyst forecasts, pulled lower by start-up costs at its Algerian and U.S. fertiliser plants.

Prime Minister Hesham Qandil denied on Tuesday reports that the US would drop US$1 billion from the country’s debt load. He also denied that the International Monetary Fund stipulated that Egypt float the pound as a condition for its requested US$4.8 billion loan.

Egyptian military sources insist that 'Operation Eagle,' launched in the Sinai Peninsula following the 5 August attack near Egypt's Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, has not been shelved. Rather, they say, the next few days will witness fresh tactical deployments following the collection of fresh intelligence.

Representatives from revolutionary movements filed a complaint against former Defense Minister Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi and former military Chief of Staff Sami Anan on Tuesday, accusing them of murder and attempted murder during the clashes at Maspero, on Mohamed Mahmoud Street, and in front of the Cabinet building.

The Shura Council (the upper, consultative house of Egypt's parliament) announced new appointments on Tuesday to Egypt's Supreme Press Council.

Workers from the Nasr Automotive, Ideal and Steam Boilers factories on Tuesday staged protests outside the presidential palace in Cairo, demanding early pensions and profit shares.

Prime Minister Hesham Qandil denied on Tuesday reports that the US would drop US$1 billion from the country’s debt load. He also denied that the International Monetary Fund stipulated that Egypt float the pound as a condition for its requested US$4.8 billion loan.

Egypt's former culture minister Farouk Hosni is to stand trial on charges of making illicit gains, an official said on Tuesday.

Of the 10 governors appointed by President Mohammed Morsi on Tuesday, four are Muslim Brotherhood members and three are former army generals.

The Obama administration is sending to Cairo this weekend the largest ever U.S. trade delegation

Egyptian authorities have ordered the cancellation of Jewish New Year and Yom Kippur celebrations

Gunmen attacked an army post in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Tuesday, a day after tanks were withdrawn from the area, a senior security official said.

El Sawy Culture Wheel, a cultural center in Zamalek, is hosting Satanists, according to a complaint filed by a Freedom and Justice Party lawyer with the Interior Ministry.

The Egyptian Navy on Sunday denied recent claims by the Israeli media that the German government had called off plans to sell Egypt a pair of submarines due to pressure by the Tel Aviv regime.

The Supreme Constitutional Court will delay consideration of a lawsuit demanding the dissolution of the upper house of Parliament until a report by the court’s commissioners is completed on 17 September.

The Interior Ministry is preparing to launch a satellite channel to communicate with citizens, the interior minister said Sunday.

Ezz El-Din El-Komy, secretary general of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), stated on Monday that Parliament's upper chamber, the Shura Council, will announce the names of nominees for council membership on Tuesday.

Egypt’s legendary football coach Mahmoud El-Gohary has died in Amman aged 74. The former Egypt, Ahly and Zamalek coach had been in a critical condition since suffering a stroke on Saturday.

Head of Cairo Criminal Court Mostafa al-Komy decided Monday to continue the detainment of Gamal Eddin Abdel Aziz, the secretary of former President Hosni Mubarak, for another 45 days pending investigations into charges of graft and abuse of power.

With more uncertainty surrounding the future of press freedom in the Muslim Brotherhood-led political order, journalists have yet to consolidate a collective response, with divergent outlooks and a divided syndicate standing as obstacles.

Against the backdrop of the lavish Nile City Towers, along the banks of the Nile River in Cairo, in an empty plot of land surrounded by shacks stood dozens of residents of Ramlet Boulaq neighbourhood for an open air conference Sunday.