The owner of a TV station, who is on trial for incitement following his call for the killing of Egypt's Islamist president, has been released after being briefly detained over allegations of theft of electrical power and bounced cheques, security officials said on Monday.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday discussed several pressing regional issues in an address delivered at an annual conference of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party.

A judge authorized by the Justice Ministry to hear the case has decided to refer former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq to a criminal court along with 10 other former officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation over charges of profiteering and seizing public funds.


Saif Abdel Fattah, political adviser to President Mohamed Morsy, said Saturday that Egypt is examining a Qatari proposal on an Arab military intervention in Syria to end the bloodshed.

Popular Egyptian leftist politician and former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahy said on Saturday he is confident a coalition of leftist groups he is working to unite will be strong enough to defeat Islamists and win a parliament majority.

The Doctors Syndicate plans to begin a partial strike on Monday in around 540 state-run hospitals nationwide. In a Saturday meeting, the general syndicate board authorized its local branches in governorates around the country, as well as heads of hospitals and health centers, to take any necessary measures if striking doctors are assaulted.

Egyptian television presenter Tawfiq Okasha was arrested on Sunday after being slapped with five different sentences, four of which involved embezzlement charges.

Egypt's new president assigned himself the heavyweight's role in the Middle East

Egypt opposes foreign military intervention to stop the civil war in Syria

The Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip has called on the Egyptian authorities to provide greater support

Egypt's largest dairy producer, Dina Farms, was able to secure LE92 million ($15.3 million) in funding

In a rare exercise of its anti-blasphemy laws, an Egyptian court has decided to put on trial a radical Muslim blogger who tore pages of the New Testament Bible

Egypt's new President Mohammed Morsi debuts at the United Nations

Egyptian police have seized a 15 tonne truckload of marijuana, the biggest drug haul in the country's history

The founder of the Constitution Party, Mohamed ElBaradei, met yesterday [Tuesday] evening with the head of the Egyptian Nation Alliance

A Coptic Christian on Wednesday showed up at an Egyptian court in the first hearing of his trial to face charges of blasphemy

A spokesman for Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi said Wednesday that there is currently no need to amend the peace treaty with Israel

A police report was filed Monday to the public prosecutor against former Interior Minister Mansour al-Essawy, calling for his name to be placed on the travel ban lists, according to state newspaper Al-Ahram.

Freedom of expression could be threatened under Egypt's new constitution, a group of leading intellectuals said Monday. Egypt's Constituent Assembly, which is tasked with drafting a new constitution, should be disbanded and reconstituted with new membership, prominent Egyptian novelist Bahaa Taher asserted at a press conference organised by the National Committee for the Defence of Freedom of Expression (NCDFE).

Egypt has entered negotiations with the United States and Israel to amend the Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) trade agreement, said Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade Hatem Saleh on Monday.

The head of foreign reserves management at Egypt's central bank said on Monday he was happy with the Egyptian pound's value