One person died and about 17 were injured after clashes broke out between protesters and local residents on Wednesday night. Residents clash with Morsi's supporters outside Cairo University on July 3, 2013 in Cairo.

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh stressed on Thursday that his government has never interfered in the domestic affairs of Egypt.

The Egyptian government bears a “special responsibility” to begin the process of reconciliation and ease of tensions in Egypt, said United States Secretary of State John Kerry and European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton in a joint statement.

Unknown gunmen opened fire on Abdel Hamid Selma, a former Shura Council MP and member of the dissolved National Democratic Party, killing him in Al-Arish on Wednesday.

Leaders of an Islamist party allied with ousted president Mohamed Morsi have agreed to meet with Vice President for International Affairs Mohamed ElBaradei, in an attempt to find a way out of the current political deadlock between supporters of Morsi and the new military-backed government.

Egypt's main stock index dipped slightly by 0.18 percent to sit at 5,616 points on Wednesday, after a trading week in the green due to profit-taking by investors.

Shubra Al-Khayma police station prosecution ordered on Tuesday the release of two men accused of gathering children and taking them to sit-ins in support of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in exchange for a reward.

One man was killed and 46 others injured during Tuesday clashes between Muslim Brotherhood loyalists and local residents in Manshiya, Alexandria, police said.

Feminist studies group Nazra nominated 16 women on Tuesday to join the constitutional committee that will review the suspended constitution.

By Giza's Great Pyramids, souvenir vendors wait restlessly in the shade, watching for the handful of tourists who still make their way down the empty street to the once-bustling landmark.

An official security source has said that the Egyptian authorities have opened the Rafah border crossing for four hours Tuesday.

Scotland Yard referred Neil Kingsbury to court after three months of investigations into suspicions that he smuggled Egyptian antiquities and tried to sell them through Christie's auction house.

Aid pledged to Egypt last month by oil-rich Kuwait will be delivered soon, Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Governor Hisham Ramez told Turkish news agency Anadolu on Tuesday.

Security forces stationed in Al-Arish, North Sinai, were attacked on Monday by groups of militants wielding automatic weapons, resulting in the death of one soldier and leaving four other soldiers injured.

Feminist studies group Nazra nominated 16 women on Tuesday to join the constitutional committee that will review the suspended constitution.

Western powers are preparing for possible strikes against Syria over the purported use of chemical weapons last week that activists and an aid group say killed more than 300 people.

Egypt's interim president, Adly Mansour, announces an amendment to the law regulating the punishment for insulting the president.

John McCain and Lindsey Graham, members of the Committee on Defense and National Security in the U.S. Senate, arrived in Cairo on Monday for talks on Egypt's ongoing political crisis.

Former US envoy to Syria Robert Ford is being considered as Washington's next ambassador to Cairo, sources familiar with internal discussions said on Sunday as U.S. and European mediators sought a peaceful resolution to Egypt's crisis.

US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns extended his visit for one day to meet Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi and Defence Minister General Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi, in his continued talks to end violence and to start a peaceful and inclusive political process, according to state-owned news agency MENA.

Human Rights groups suggested solutions to deal with the sit-ins set up in support of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, in a meeting with Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister of interior, on Saturday night.