Security forces, backed by army troops, are in the process of raiding a Minya village after a bishop was shot, eyewitnesses told state-run news agency MENA.

Egypt's Suez military court sentenced on Monday Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Mongey to ten years of imprisonment on charges of inciting violence and vandalising military property in August.

Presidential adviser Ahmed al-Muslemany has said the Muslim Brotherhood is welcome to join reconciliation providing its leadership recognizes the 30 June revolution and Egypt's subsequent government.

Cairo Misdemeanor Court has upheld a ruling against former Prime Minister Hesham Qandil sentencing him to one year in prison for failure to implement the Administrative Court verdict ordering the re-nationalisation of the Tanta Flax and Oil Company.

Unidentified gunmen shot at the car transporting the General Bishop of Upper Egypt’s Minya governorate on Monday, reported Ahram's Arabic website.

The Ministry of Education has warned that it would expel any student found mocking Islam or spreading illicit ideas at school. Penalties for violating the code of behavior include preventing a student from pursuing studies for one academic year. The ministry would notify all education departments of its decision without naming the accused.

“The divine religion of Islam does not have Jihad of women,” said one of Tunisian Moftis, Hamdeh Saeid.

Salah Abdel Maboud, a member of the council heading the Salafi-oriented Nour Party and a standby member of the 50-member constitutional amendment committee, has stressed that the party is built on political - not religious - lines, stressing that the party welcomes Egyptian non-Muslim members into its fold.

At least four people, three police conscripts and one civilian, were killed on Monday when unknown gunmen attacked a police station in Northern Sinai’s Arish, security sources said.

Rival groups of students, some armed with guns and Molotov cocktails, clashed across Egypt on Sunday, state media and security sources said, as violence triggered by the overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi spread to universities.

Fierce clashes and stone-throwing erupted on Friday in the area of Miami, east of Alexandria, during a march in support of deposed President Mohamed Morsy.

Misr Al-Qawia (Strong Egypt) Party has condemned the ill-treatment of prisoners and detainees which led to the death of Muslim Brotherhood figure Safwat Khalil while in jail in the Mansoura, Daqahleya.

Tunisia's Islamist government has agreed to resign after negotiations that start next week with secular opponents to form a caretaker administration and prepare for elections, a senior ruling party official said on Saturday.

Egypt's main stock index EGX 30, unaffected by the Muslim Brotherhood ban verdict, rose by 0.59 percent on Tuesday to reach a value of 5680.65 points.

An 18-year-old high school student was sent to four days imprisonment pending investigation for chanting pro-Morsy slogans in school.

Violent clashes erupted Wednesday during protests supporting ousted president Mohamed Morsi at two universities in northern Egypt.

Conflicting accounts arose on Wednesday surrounding the alleged closure of the party newspaper of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP).

The Maspero Youth Union, a Coptic youth movement, met on Wednesday with the 50-member committee charged with amending the constitution, to propose several amendments to the charter.

A delegation representing several political groups will visit the southern city of Dalga Friday, according to a statement released on Thursday.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s international organization held meetings in Istanbul and Lahore on Wednesday to look at ways to escalate action against the regime in Egypt.

Egyptian authorities have shut down the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice newspaper in Cairo, the latest move aimed at crushing the Islamist movement, the Brotherhood said on Wednesday.