EU envoy Bernardino Leon said at a news conference on Monday that the meeting of the EU Political and Security Committee did not discuss sanctions against Egypt, but added that an arms embargo could be an option.

Amnesty International’s leadership called for a “full, impartial, and effective investigation into the shocking loss of life that has taken place in Egypt over the last week,” in a statement issued on Monday.

Egypt's Cabinet extended its condolences to the families of the victims, who were killed in a Sinai attack by unidentified assailants early Monday, and called upon all factions to steer away from violence.

A 10-member technical committee entrusted with amending Egypt's 2012 constitution has almost finished its task. The committee was formed under Article 28 of the constitutional declaration issued by Interim President Adly Mansour 8 July and is headed by Mansour's legal advisor, Ali Awad.

AFP - Thirty-six Islamist prisoners were killed in Egypt on Sunday during an attempted prison break, the official MENA news agency reported.

Business tycoon Naguib Sawiris has said that the Muslim Brotherhood “will not be able to terrorize the Egyptian people” as group loyalists continue to protest against the violent dispersal of their sit-ins demanding the reinstatement of ousted President Mohamed Morsy.

By Joseph Krauss (AFP) – US lawmakers on Sunday were split over whether to cut military aid to Egypt, a key regional ally, after its violent crackdown on supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

The Cabinet has assigned competent authorities to assess the legal status of the Al-Jazeera Mubasher satellite channel, accusing it of threatening stability and national security.

Three unidentified people fired at a Central Security Forces (CSF) camp using automatic rifles in Port Said early Thursday. Two soldiers were injured and transferred to a hospital

Condemning the violence that erupted in Egypt on Wednesday, US President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the US had canceled next month’s planned joint military exercise with Egypt.

A number of ousted president Mohamed Morsi's supporters broke into the one of Egypt's liberal Constitution Party offices in the San Stefano area of Alexandria, destroying all of its contents, Egypt's state news agency MENA reported.

At least 525 people were killed and 3717 were injured in nationwide violence that erupted in Egypt on Wednesday, according to the health ministry's latest report on Thursday.

Police forces found more than 20 bodies below the platform at Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adaweya Square, al-Hayah news channel reported on Wednesday.

Forty-one people were killed in the Egyptian province of Minya on Wednesday in violence ignited by the security forces' assault on protest camps set up by supporters of the deposed president, Mohamed Morsi, Health Ministry officials said.

At least 17 people were killed on Wednesday in the Egyptian province of Fayoum, a hospital official said, following fighting at police stations between supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsy and security forces.

Egypt’s armed forces have pledged to act with "utmost firmness" against whoever violates the curfew imposed by the interim government on Wednesday in 14 Egyptian governorates, including Cairo.

Egypt's interim vice president, Mohamed ElBaradei, resigned on Wednesday after the security forces violently broke up protest camps set up by supporters of the deposed president, Mohamed Mursi.

Ten people were killed in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Wednesday, a senior Health Ministry official said, in clashes between supporters of deposed president Mohamed Mursi and the police.

Egyptian stocks continue their upturn for the second consecutive session on Tuesday as the main index hits a nearly six-month high, recording 5,645 points.

Twenty five governors and nine deputy governors took the oath of office on Tuesday before interim president Adly Mansour.