Alexandria - After last month's arrest of 21 young women protesting Egypt's interim government in favor of reinstating the ousted Morsi regime, an Egyptian court ordered their release on Saturday.

On Friday, a day after the death of Nelson Mandela, the US State Department released a poem written by American author and poet, Maya Angelou.

Cairo - Yesterday (Dec. 1) the new draft Egyptian constitution was approved and will be put to a vote by the people in a referendum early in 2014. The constitution will enshrine the powers of the military.

Cairo - On Sunday, Egypt's interim president Adly Mansour passed a new law banning protests of more than 10 people without prior government approval.

Cairo - Turkey's Prime Minister demands Egypt to reinstall ousted Islamist President Morsi, and Egypt retaliates by expelling the Turkish ambassador.

Cairo - On Sunday (Nov. 17) Lieutenant-Colonel Mohamed Mabruk was shot dead outside his home in the Nasr City district of Cairo. Mabruk was in charge of monitoring the Muslim Brotherhood movement within the Interior Ministry's National Security section.

Egypt's interim government has lifted both the state of emergency and curfew, coming two days before it was supposed to come to an end, after a court ruling ordered both to be lifted.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's recognition that the interim government in Egypt is showing "indications" that it is readying to restore democracy in Egypt are welcome changes from the administrations prior stances and actions.

Cairo - A day before the trial of former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, US Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Cairo Sunday marking his first visit since Morsi’s ouster in a military coup.

Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef, often dubbed as Egypt's 'Jon Stewart', has had his popular program pulled off air after poking fun at the country's ruling military.

Amnesty International is urging global support to help Jordan and other countries welcoming people fleeing the civil war in Syria end border restrictions, so that these people may find peaceful, safe homes.

Egyptian students have for a third day held protests against the army-backed interim government in power in Cairo at present.

Egypt's interim Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi has condemned a recent terrorist attack on a church in Cairo that left four people dead. He vows his forces will search for the perpetrators of that “callous and criminal act.”

Egyptian students staging an anti-military protest at Cairo's al-Azhar University clashed with police who fired tear gas at them in order to disperse them.

Washington - The US government announced that it was suspending the delivery of some big ticket items to Egypt including Apache helicopters, F-16 fighters, and M1A1 Abrams tanks as well as cash assistance of $260 million dollars.

An Egyptian militant group has taken responsibility for a rocket-propelled grenade attack on an Egyptian state satellite television network.

A string of attacks in Egypt killed nine people, with the deadliest attack taking place in the the city of Ismailia, killing six soldiers.

Cairo - Violence continued in Egypt over the weekend as on Sunday over fifty people were killed as both opponents and supporters of the military-backed government took to the streets.

Cairo - John Greyson and Dr. Tarek Loubani were released from their Egyptian prison in the morning of Saturday, Oct. 5. The two Canadians were arrested seven weeks ago, after witnessing Cairo anti-government demonstrations happening close by their hotel.

Cairo - Renewed clashes broke out in Egypt Sunday between security forces and supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohammed Morsi. The clashes left at least 28 people dead and hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters arrested.