U.S. state department has expressed concern over violence that has swept Egypt since the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, asking the Middle East's most populous country to respect human rights and the law. U.S. State Department Spokesman Patrick Ventral told a press conference on Monday that Egypt must guarantee standard rights, urging the authorities to take steps and conduct investigations through credible and independent means. He stressed on the United States' support for freedom of expression and independent press in Egypt, adding that Washington has contacted the Egyptian administration more than once in regards to this point. President Mohamed Mursi had said in a Sunday speech that the necessary steps will be taken against politicians and journalists who investigations reveal are involved in funding the violent events. "There are those who use media outlets to incite violence and those who were proven to have been involved will not escape punishment. All those who took part in the incitement are involved in the crime," the president said on Sunday. The warning speech followed two days of violent confrontations between his supporters and opponents near the Muslim Brotherhood's guidance bureau that left 200 people injured.

President Mohamed Morsy reiterated calls for interlopers to stop "meddling" in Egypt's internal affairs during his Tuesday address at the Arab League of Nations Summit in Doha, Qatar.

Prosecutors decided Sunday to release a customs broker who was accused of illegally exporting 10,000 pieces of military-style clothing Saturday to Libya after the broker provided receipts of his purchases.

TE Data, Egypt's largest internet service provider, announced on Sunday that it had repaired the damage to submarine cables that had caused a drop in internet broadband speeds since Friday.

President Mohamed Morsi has denounced Friday's attacks on Muslim Brotherhood offices and called for action against politicians found guilty of inciting the violence.

Statements by Finance Minister al-Morsy Hegazy and the Real Estate Tax Authority over negotiations with the Orascom Construction Industries to end charges of evading LE14 billion in taxes have provoked the company’s wrath have resulted in threats from the company not to pay anything.

The National Salvation Front condemned Sunday all acts of violence against citizens or against public and private proprieties.

Al-Hamam Antiquities Inspectorate has succeeded to remove encroachment on Al-Bordan archaeological site, located on Alexandria-Marsa Matrouh highway, in collaboration with Egypt’s tourism and antiquities police.

Wasat Party deputy head Essam Sultan has announced that he is petitioning the Swedish Academy to withdraw the Nobel Peace Prize from Dostour Party chief Mohamed ElBaradei.

Prosecutor General Talaat Ibrahim has ordered investigations into complaints against politicians and managers of social media pages who allegedly called for protests in front of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Moqattam headquarters Friday.

The Central Bank raised interest rates on Thursday, hoping to curb soaring inflation and slow a sliding pound currency, but the first increase in over a year is likely to hurt a very weak economy.

The British government has pledged to cooperate and to use its information and facilities for Egypt's request for legal and judicial assistance in returning funds smuggled abroad by members of Hosni Mubarak’s regime, according to Public Prosecution spokesperson Mostafa Dowidar.

Egypt's National Salvation Front criticized on Sunday the presidency's initiative to support women rights for ignoring the National Council for Women (NCW), considering this an attempt to create an alternative body to the council.

Upon the conclusion of student elections at Egyptian universities nationwide, the emergence of political forces other than the Muslim Brotherhood represents a fresh addition to the burgeoning student movement.

Egypt's chief public prosecutor, Talaat Ibrahim, ordered on Saturday investigating with political figures, parties and administrators of social networking pages, accusing them of calling for protests outside the Muslim Brotherhood’s headquarters in Muqattam on Friday.

EU High Representative Catherine Ashton said on Saturday that she is concerned at reports of renewed violence in Cairo and at the general climate of increased domestic instability in Egypt.

Opposition protesters in Egypt have clashed with members of the governing Muslim Brotherhood in several towns, leaving scores of people injured.

President Mohamed Mursi will head an Egyptian delegation to the Arab Summit taking place in the Qatari capital next Tuesday, the Middle East News Agency reported an unnamed source as saying.

Two tourists, an Israeli man and a Norwegian woman, have been kidnapped by armed men in the Sinai peninsula in Egypt, security officials said.

Jordan's King Abdullah II has said Egypt's president has "no depth" of understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In interviews with The Atlantic magazine, the king said Mohamed Morsi was fixated on the Israelis, rather than looking at "the mess" on the Palestinian side.

Egypt has provided Britain with confidential information about eight local businessmen who have accounts in the UK, in the hopes that Britain would freeze their funds, said a judicial source.