All judges and not just their leaders will be consulted on any proposed amendment to the Judiciary Law if the Shura Council attempts to amend it, Judges’ Club Chairman Ahmed Al-Zind said.

Former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq has filed an appeal to challenge the results of the 2012 presidential election, which he lost to President Mohamed Morsi.

A Cairo criminal court sentenced Egypt's Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim to two years in prison on Monday on charges of refusing to implement a court ruling.

A Chinese teenager’s parents have apologised after it was revealed he had vandalised ancient Egyptian drawings.

Dozens of Egyptian police officers and security personnel in the Zawya El-Hamra police station in Cairo protest on Monday against the policies of the head of their station.

Egypt's presidency is set to refer the final draft of a proposed NGO law to the Shura Council (the upper house of parliament, currently endowed with legislative powers) for deliberation within a couple of days, having changed a handful of controversial articles included in previous drafts of the bill.

Ethiopia's planned Renaissance Dam will not cut into Egypt's share of Nile water, Ethiopia's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Berhane Gebre-Christos said on Monday.

Ethiopia’s in-construction Renaissance Dam along the Nile River will not affect Egypt’s share of the Nile water, said the Ethiopian Minister of Foreign affairs Berhane Gebre Christos on Monday.

President Mohamed Morsi met with the US Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa on Saturday, where they discussed economic and social reforms in Egypt. Kerry told Morsi that continued US assistance to the state hinged on Egypt’s progress on achieving reforms, state-owned Al-Ahram reported.

Leading Egyptian opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei met Sunday with members of the Tamarod (Rebel) campaign — a recent petition campaign aimed at forcing President Morsi to hold early presidential elections — campaign spokesman Mahmoud Badr told Al-Ahram Arabic news website.

Egypt fell 13 spots to 107th place in the World Economic Forum's 2012/13 Global Competitive Index (GCI) ranking, which tracks 144 countries worldwide.

Two members of the liberal Free Egyptians Party have received death threats, party spokesperson Shehab Wageeh has claimed.

Egypt's fast-growing 'Rebel' campaign, which is collecting signatures for a vote of no confidence in President Morsi, has launched an official website.

Egypt’s Criminal Court ordered Saturday the release of activist Hamada El-Masry, who has been detained for almost three months on charges of arms posession. His trial, which continues, was postponed to Wednesday in order for testimonies to be heard.

Manitoba Telecom Services Inc will sell its Allstream fiber optic network to a company controlled by telecom tycoon Naguib Sawiris for C$520 million, a deal that signals the Egyptian magnate is still keen on Canada.

Egypt's Islamist-dominated Upper House (Shura Council) has approved, Saturday, the referral of the contentious amendment proposal of the judicial authority law to the body's legislative committee for detailed review.

The Egyptian government said on Wednesday it would supply more gas and diesel to power stations to deal with electricity shortages that have worsened in recent months after the cash-strapped country failed to import enough fuel.

"‘Do you like Morsi?’ said the kiosk owner, to my surprise. I said no, so he handed me a 'Rebel' campaign form before taking note of what I needed to buy."

In the judiciary's latest face-off with Egypt's Islamist rulers, the country's top council of judges decided Wednesday to suspend its participation in a government-backed judicial reform conference following a renewed push by lawmakers on a controversial bill that would force thousands of their colleagues into retirement.

Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou will head for Saudi Arabia next week with a number of senior officials of the Tourism Ministry and the Egyptian Chamber of Tourism Establishments (CTE) to discuss the kingdom's decision to reduce the number of pilgrims during the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

Egypt participates, with a high profile delegation, in the fourth session of the “Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction” in Geneva, which was held on May 19-23.