Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is scheduled to visit Ethiopia and Kuwait in January, presidency spokesman Alaa Youssef said in separate statements Sunday.

Media presenter Yosry Fouda revealed details published for the first time in his book "In harm's way: from al-Qaeda strongholds to ISIS breeding grounds" about his arrest and detention for three days by the Syrian Intelligence.

An Egyptian attorney who pleaded guilty in connection to the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa told a judge preparing to sentence him that he has always opposed violence and wants to return to his family.