The United States extended the closures of some embassies and consulates in the Middle East - which had been closed Sunday due to an al Qaeda threat - through 10 August due to caution but not the emergence of any new threat, the State Department said.

The Ministry of Interior has promised protesters a safe exit if they leave pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo and Giza “quickly.”

The Tamarod Movement has called on the League of Arab States to support the initiative it is launching under the title “Squares without Weapons,” which will ensure that there are no weapons in the sit-ins in Rabaa al-Adaweya and Nahda squares where supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsy are staging protests.

Reasons for protesting were divided into two: protesting for political and civil rights increased 60 percent from June to 89.50 percent in July, while protesting for economic and social rights marked 10.50 percent of total demonstrations, including denouncing power cuts and water shortages.

The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights (EOHR) called on the Ministry of Interior to refrain from violence in a Thursday statement.

Egypt's Cabinet says it will take "all legal measures necessary to confront acts of terrorism and road-blocking" in an apparent warning to supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi who have been camping out in two Cairo sit-ins since the president's ouster.

Ex- Prime Minister Hisham Qandil will be imprisoned for one year, state-run Al-Ahram reported on Wedneday. Qandil, who was tried by a court in Dokki, had been sentenced for failing to execute a court order pertaining to the reinstatement of employees at a linen company, in addition to failing to annul the sale of the aforementioned company to a Saudi businessman.

Egypt’s military-backed government has ordered the police to break up the sit-in protests by supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, saying they pose an “unacceptable threat” to national security.

The National Council for Childhood and Motherhood filed a report on Tuesday to Public Prosecutor Hesham Barakat calling on him to take the necessary procedures to remove children from the Rabea al-Adaweya sit-in.

An African Union (AU) fact-finding delegation currently in Egypt met ousted president Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday.

Vice President for foreign affairs Mohamed ElBaradei held a press conference on Tuesday afternoon with EU foreign policy Catherine Ashton to discuss Ashton's visit to Cairo and her talks with various political actors in Egypt.

Giza District Attorney Yasser al-Tallawy has said that prosecutors have ordered the detention of Abul Ela Mady, president of the Wasat Party, and Essam Sultan, its vice president, for 15 days pending investigation.

Supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi, led by the Muslim Brotherhood, have taken to the streets in several marches across Cairo to protest against "police brutality" after the recent Nasr City violence

Tamarod would like to see a new constitution for Egypt rather than just amendments to President Mohamed Morsy's 2012 Constitutional Declaration, spokesperson Mahmoud Badr said.

Two conscripts were injured in Sinai after three security headquarters were attacked in Arish, according to a security source.

Egypt allowed Europes top diplomat to meet deposed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi on Monday, flying her after dark to Mursis secret detention facility but ruling out any role for him in ending the turmoil convulsing the country.

Egypt's interim Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi said on Monday that the transfer of power from the president to him to declare emergency law does not mean that he will necessarily take such as a meassure

Clashes erupted in several governorates on Sunday between supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and his opponents.

Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton on Monday to discuss the latest developments in Egypt.

Egyptian authorities allowed a delegation of human rights organizations to visit deposed President Mohamed Morsy on 7 July at his detention facility, where he is being kept for 15 days pending investigations into a litany of charges.

Tamarod and Al-Tayaar Al-Sha’aby proposed initiatives Sunday night asking human rights organisations to “ensure demonstrations are free of weapons and violence.”