The Egyptian authorities arrested on Sunday Daoud Khairat Soliman, the right arm of Mohamed al-Zawahiri, who is the brother of the al-Qaeda leader, security sources said as reported by the state-owned news agency.

150 people were arrested by border guards while trying to cross the border to Libya on Sunday, according to an army spokesman.

Ali Awad, presidential adviser for constitutional affairs and rapporteur for the constitution amendment committee, has handed a draft constitution to Interim President Adly Mansour, sources from the Shura Council said.

The sixth hearing of ousted President Hosni Mubarak's retrial in the case of killing protesters during the 2011 uprising that toppled him has begun.

Curfew hours, which originally were set to begin at 7pm, will instead start at 9pm “in response to popular demand,” according to a cabinet statement on Saturday.

The presidency will discuss the drafting of the constitution with a wide range of political parties, said presidential advisor Ahmed El-Moslimany on Sunday.

The National Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy said it will stage a number of marches in Cairo and Giza on Friday to call for ousted President Mohamed Mursi's return.

Gunmen attacked North Sinai's television building early on Thursday and exchanged fire with security forces.

Various movements and human rights groups have denounced the Wednesday decision to release former president Hosni Mubarak from state detention.

Egypt's Rebel (Tamarod) campaign said Wednesday that they are "not surprised" by ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s release on Wednesday by a Cairo appeal court

Armed men fired on the North Sinai radio building in Arish on Thursday. No injuries have been reported so far.

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.

Egyptian judicial authorities have extended ousted President Mohammed Mursi’s detention period for 30 days, Reuters reported the state news agency as saying on Thursday.

Sherif Taha, the official spokesperson of Al Nour Salafist Party stated that removing article 219 from the 2012 constitution is considered a breach of the political road map agreed upon by different political groups last month.

EU members agreed to suspend export licenses for weapons or goods that could be used by Egypt for internal repression after a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels.

Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak is on the travel ban list as he awaits court rulings on charges against him, a judicial source at the general prosecution said on Wednesday.

12 human rights organisations, including the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and the Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR), called on authorities to adhere to standards of international law when dealing with Syrian refugees in a Tuesday statement.

Egyptian presidential adviser Mostafa Hegazy said "missing stories" in foreign media coverage of events in Egypt prevent the West from forming a complete picture of the situation on the ground in Egypt.

AFP - The White House on Tuesday condemned Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s claim that Israel had a role in toppling ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi.

Presidential spokesperson Ahmed al-Muslimany has denounced remarks by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who said what happened in Egypt was clearly a military coup.

After a month of deliberations and revisions, a 10-member technical committee entrusted with amending Egypt's 2012 constitution has finished its task.