The 50-member Constituent Assembly tasked with amending the 2012 constitution held its first closed session on Tuesday in the absence of media coverage.

Egypt has reopened the Salloum border crossing on Monday to individuals and Egyptian trucks after its closure on Saturday following the detention of 95 Egyptian drivers by armed men in Ajdabiya.

Mohamed Salmawy, spokesperson for the Committee of 50, announced the commencement of the second phase of the constitutional amendment procedure in which the committee would vote on the articles that the Drafting Committee had completed.

The foreign ministers of the European Union called for “more emphasis on Public Finance Management and the fight against corruption” to be included in negotiations for a new Action Plan for the EU’s cooperation with Egypt relating to governance.

Military intelligence director in Marsa Matrouh, Alaa Abu Zeid, has denied that any illegal deal to secure the release of Egyptian drivers in Libya took place with their kidnappers.

Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel Motaleb will meet with his counterparts from Ethiopia and Sudan in Khartoum during the first week of November to discuss the negative effects of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

Two unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles opened fire on guests exiting the Virgin Church, located in Warrag, Giza. The gunmen fired automatic weapons as the guests exited the church after attending a wedding

Clashes broke out between security forces and hundreds of Al-Azhar students on Sunday after the students tried to march on Rabaa al-Adaweya Square.

The Egyptian railway will partially resume its services on Tuesday, restarting the lines connecting Cairo to the Nile Delta cities, North-East to Cairo, Transportation Minister Ibrahim al-Demeri said in a cabinet statement.

A car bomb exploded near the Military Intelligence building in Ismailia, at noon Saturday with no group claiming responsibility yet.

Cairo Criminal Court adjourned the case against former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq as well as, amongst others, his daughters, until 11 December.

Egyptian police fired tear gas at participants of a pro-Morsi student demonstration as they rallied and tried to march to a protest camp at Cairo’s Rabaa Square, which security forces cleared in mid-August.

Mohamed Abdel Aziz, the Tamarod campaign official in charge of political communication, said that any law that suppresses the right to peaceful protest which Egyptians acquired when they launched the 25 January and 30 June revolutions would be “oppressive.”

Amnesty International on Thursday accused Egypt of deporting hundreds of Syrian refugees who have fled to Egypt since the outbreak of the civil war.

Egypt's general prosecution released on bail Thursday 19 members of the die-hard football fan group Ultras Ahlawy, arrested days earlier on charges of blocking roads. The 19 convicted will have to pay a LE2,000 bail (around $290) each.

Four conscripts were injured with birdshot while cleaning their weapons in a security camp in Benha, according to internal investigations.

Al-Azhar University has warned students not to engage in political activity when the new term begins on Saturday or they risk classes being suspended indefinitely.

An Egyptian human rights group has said the country does not need more laws restricting rights and freedoms, with a number of political forces echoing similar sentiments.

Fifty-four members of Egypt’s liberal Constitution Party office in Alexandria submitted their resignations in protest at the troubled party's internal policies, the state-owned daily Al-Ahram reported Wednesday.

The current strain in US-Egyptian relations is more critical than ever because it comes at a crucial time for the entire Middle East, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said on Wednesday.

Amr Moussa, chairman of the Committee of 50 amending the constitution, said the attitude of the US administration and the West towards Egypt has suffered after the 30 June revolution.