As the world yesterday watched Cate Blanchett win her second Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role, what people might not know is that she began her acting career here in Egypt.

Well-known Egyptian journalist and leftist activist Kareem El-Beheery has been released on bail after more than a month in detention.

Health Minister Adel al-Adawy said he attended some of the experiments three years ago on the invention of far-fetched “Complete Cure” device, which was declared by the armed forces to be able to detect and treat AIDS and Hepatitis C.

Alexandria criminal court has sentenced two policemen to ten years in jail for killing Khaled Said. Awad Saleh and Mahmoud Ghazala were found guilty of torturing Said to death in June 2010.

The Ministry of Agriculture demolished six houses Monday as it started a campaign to remove encroachments on ministry agricultural land at Nasserya village in Qalyubia.

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab Monday made a surprise visit of a cooperative in Qasr al-Aini Street on his way to the cabinet headquarters downtown Cairo.

As Egypt continues to grapple with the fallout of three years of political tumult that has seen six cabinets appointed to date, a new caretaker government is now in place to face afresh the daunting task of returning stability and economic confidence.

Minister of Industry and Trade Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour said late Saturday that he is keen to increase foreign investment and restore Egyptian, foreign, and Arab investors’ trust in the economy.

“We are examining increasing the number of anti-terrorism courts to decide on various cases and to accomplish justice,” the New Minister of Justice in the new Cabinet Mounir Osman said during a phone call with the satellite channel CBC Saturday.

Egypt's foreign ministry spokesman denounced Saturday the US "appointing itself a lawyer and an advocate for human rights issues in the world without a legitimate base," Al-Ahram Arabic website reported.

Director General of the Supreme Electoral Committee, Judge Hamdan Fahmy said presidential elections could coincide with parliamentary elections if the elections law was amended to allow for appeals against its decisions. He added that such an amendment could pave the way for submitting appeals against the constitutionality of the commission itself.

Egypt's new premier, Ibrahim Mahleb, is pursuing meetings with candidates for ministerial posts Thursday to form a new government almost two months ahead of a decisive presidential poll.

Cairo Criminal Court will continue on Thursday the trial of Mubarak-era Shura Council speaker Safwat al-Sherif and his two sons over illegal gains charges and abuse of office.

Egyptian writers, intellectuals and artists released a press statement on Wednesday denouncing the designation of the position of Minister of Culture to Osama al-Ghazaly.

Germany's foreign ministry said on Wednesday it strongly advised against travel to all regions of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.

Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera has called for protests outside Egyptian embassies across the world on Thursday to demand the release of four of its journalists detained in Egypt, some of whom are accused of terror-related charges.

Ibrahim Mehlab, who acted as a housing minister in the recently-resigned Beblawy government, has been officially appointed as Egypt’s Prime Minister following a request that he form a new government.

Suspected militants have blown up a gas pipeline carrying gas to Jordan and an industrial area in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, security officials said.

Tamarod spokesperson Mohamed Nabawy said the movement is now officially a part of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s presidential campaign.

Amr Badr, the general coordinator for the Revolution’s Candidate campaign that is supporting Hamdeen Sabbahi for president, said on Tuesday that the Sabbahi presidential campaign is almost prepared.

Since the issuance of the decision to apply minimum wage in Dec. 31, 2013, there has been a major crisis in applying the law, leading to the eruption of a number of strikes in critical industries and professions throughout Egypt.