Egypt's budget deficit reached LE91.5 billion in the first six months of the current 2012/13 fiscal year that began last July, the Egyptian Ministry of Finance reported on Sunday.

Ahmadinejad will head Iran's delegation to a summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Cairo, said Amani Mojtaba, head of Iran's interest section in Cairo, which it maintains in the absence of an official embassy.

Shura Council member Maged Aqad submitted his resignation to Speaker Ahmed Fahmy Sunday to protest the treatment of a demonstrator at the presidential palace clashes Friday who was dragged, stripped naked and beaten by security officers.

Hamada Saber, the man who was dragged and beaten by Central Security Forces (CSF) as recorded on a video aired by Al-Hayat satellite TV on Friday night, told prosecutors on Saturday that protesters and not security forces "initiated" the assault against him, according to a report on Ahram Arabic news website.

Dozens of protestors marched from Tahrir Square to the prosecutor general's office at the High Court to condemn security forces' stripping and beating of a protester yesterday during clashes in front of Ettehadiya Palace and to demand Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim's dismissal.

A delegation of activists has left from Cairo to Port Said Saturday in solidarity with the coastal city's residents who have been rioting in response to claimed marginalisation for the past week.

Ninety-one protestors were injured around the country Friday in clashes between protestors and security forces, while one person was killed in front of Ettehadiya Palace in Cairo, the Health Ministry said Saturday.

Egypt’s interior minister, Mohamed Ibrahim, said Saturday he is ready to leave his position if that is what the people want. He added during a press conference held at the interior ministry that he had accepted the ministerial position at a critical time.

Summoned by one of Egypt’s most authoritative Muslim scholars, the country’s rival political groups held extraordinary talks Thursday

Egypt's central bank has approved a request by Qatar National Bank (QNB) to acquire a majority stake in National Societe Generale Bank - Egypt (NSGB).

Right in the middle of the biggest crisis of his presidency, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has come to Germany. Morsi had been hoping Berlin would forgive hundreds of millions of euros in debt. He ended up getting something far less tangible: advice on how to run his country.

Egypt's Suez Canal Authority (SCA) on Thursday announced it would raise toll fees for all vessels passing through the strategic waterway between 2 and 5 per cent starting on 1 May 2013, in an effort to boost government revenues currently suffering from an ailing economy.

A military source said that the power of the Armed Forces to arrest civilians, outlined in a law approved by President Mohamed Morsy on Wednesday, is temporary, lasting until the results of the parliamentary elections are announced.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday reiterated that his 2010 comments about Jews had been "taken out of context," stressing that, "as a Muslim, I respect all the divine religions [Judaism, Christianity and Islam]."

Ismailia Governor Gamal Imbabi has reduced the night-time curfew imposed on the canal city from nine to three hours.

A judge has released a former MP after summoning him as part of an ongoing investigation over the alleged defamation of the judiciary.

After shunning earlier invitations by President Mohamed Morsi to hold talks aimed at resolving Egypt's current political crisis, Mohamed ElBaradei, one of the leaders of the National Salvation Front (NSF) opposition umbrella group, has called for a meeting with Morsi and various political players.

The Supreme Constitutional Court board of commissioners will review a lawsuit over the nullification of the Shura Council elections law on 10 February.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Omar Salem will choose articles of Egypt's newly-ratified constitution to be subject to possible amendment by a committee appointed by Egypt's presidency.

A cruise ferry The King of the Nile heading to Aswan from Luxor carrying 120 mostly Egyptian passengers sank in the Nile Tuesday evening, in the Aakab area, 5 kilometers from Aswan after it hit some rocks resulting in a crack in its body.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi cancelled his trip to France scheduled for Thursday and will shorten his visit to Germany planned for Wednesday, according to Al-Ahram's Arabic website.