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.

A missile was fired early Tuesday morning from Sinai into the southern Israeli city of Eilat, sounding warning sirens.

Egypt's government is committed to implementing the transitional roadmap, Interim President Adly Mansour said on Tuesday.

The Judges Club will propose an article for the new constitution stating that judges should retire at the age of 70, so that no future regime can pressure judges on this issue, Sameh al-Sorougy, member of the club's board, told Al-Masry Al-Youm.

Pro-Morsi protesters ended a 2-hour sit-in outside the Egyptian High Court on Ramsis Street on Monday afternoon.

Former diplomat Ibrahim Yousry called on Commander-in-Chief Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi to meet with ousted president Mohamed Morsi in an effort to overcome the current political impasse.

Army and police forces have continued their intensified military operations in the Sinai Peninsula against extremist elements since the overthrow of former president Hosni Mubarak.

Egyptian authorities partially open on Monday the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip, after being completely closed for the four days of Eid Al-Fitr holiday, Ahram Arabic news site reports.