published a statement on its Facebook page Sunday announcing that it would "reconsider" its membership in the opposition National Salvation Front (NSF) umbrella group at its upcoming central committee meeting.

“Corruption exists in every institution in the country, but that is not the way to fight it,” said protesting artist Olfat Emam, referring to recent decisions and dismissals made by Minister of Culture Alaa Abdel Aziz.

Egypt received 1.1 million tourists in April 2013, 5.2 percent more than the 1 million it received in the same period last year, but still less than April 2010 when 1.2 million visited the country, state statistics agency CAPMAS reported on Sunday.

There is no room for objection to rulings from the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC), said Major General Mamdouh Shahin, Assistant Minister of Defence.

Egypt's Prime Minister Hisham Kandil on Saturday urged all political forces to lift any political cover for the "advocates of violence".

A Cairo court on Saturday adjourned the retrial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, his two sons, Gamal and Alaa as well as his Interior Minister Habib el-Adli and his aides to Monday, the presiding judge said.

A Wednesday meeting between leading strategist of the Muslim Brotherhood Khairat El-Shater and opposition leader Amr Moussa has put the latter under fire. The dinner meeting was mediated by Ayman Nour, founder of the liberal Ghad El-Thawra party, and took place at his house. Saad El-Katatni, head of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), was also invited but did not attend.

Bolstered by recent injections of foreign aid, Egypt's net international reserves rose for the second consecutive month to reach $16.04 billion by the end of May, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced Thursday.

The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said it has recalled Egyptian Ambassador Mohamed Idrees for clarifications on "threats" that members of political powers made during a meeting with President Mohamed Morsy on Monday.

All 43 non-governmental organisation (NGO) employees accused of illegally receiving foreign funding were sentenced on Tuesday to one to five years in prison with a fine of EGP 1,000 each.

Activist groups commemorated, Thursday at dawn, the third anniversary of Khaled Saeed's death. The Dostour Party announced plans for several marches in different governorates to commemorate the incident.

At a press conference held by the "Popular Diplomacy" initiative set up by independent politicians to resolve water disputes between Egypt and Ethiopia, opposition leader George Ishaq said the initiative plans to establish a high-level body that will include experts from Ethiopia and Uganda to resolve Egypt's current crisis with Ethiopia over the latter's plans to build a new dam.

Egyptian Irrigation Minister Mohamed Bahaa El-Din has said that the Egyptian government "will not give up on one drop of water," in reference to the growing Egypt-Ethiopia crisis over the plans of the latter to build a new dam.

Cairo Criminal Court on Wednesday released the details of its verdict that sentenced 43 non-governmental organisation (NGO) workers to between one and five years in prison.

Dozens of protesters in front of the High Court building staged a sit-in over the disappearance of journalist and activist Ahmed Douma, who was ordered to be released on bail on Wednesday morning. Protesters demanded the immediate release of Ahmed Douma.

Salafist Nour Party spokesman Nader Bakkar expressed his discontent with opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei after the latter issued an apology to Ethiopia for controversial comments made by Egyptian politicians during a meeting with the president.

A host of unguarded statements made at a meeting between Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and political figures held to discuss the Ethiopia dam 'crisis' have prompted a wave of criticism against Egypt's already-under-fire government decision-makers.

“The trouble was not that the meeting was broadcast on air but rather that some of the participants decided to assume the role of ‘James Bond’ and spoke accordingly, rather than offering a cohesive political proposal on how to move forward with a crisis as crucial as that of a potential cut of Egypt’s share of the river Nile,” commented Amr Hamzawy, political scientist and leader of the Free Egypt party.

A court in Cairo has sentenced 43 people to between one and five years in prison for working for unregistered NGOs in Egypt.

The Shura Council –the upper house of Egypt's parliament, currently endowed with legislative powers – held a closed session on Tuesday to discuss the latest developments regarding Ethiopia's controversial Renaissance Dam project.

Hundreds of Egypt’s ministry of antiquities employees closed the doors of the Egyptian Museum in downtown Cairo's Tahrir Square, barring tourists from entering as they voice demands for better benefits.