Egypt is considering importing natural gas from Israel as a delegation from American oil firm Noble Energy has traveled to the North African country for talks over the issue, sources say.
Seven Egyptian soldiers have been wounded in an attack by gunmen in the volatile Sinai Peninsula in the wake of a spate of militant assaults in the region, Egyptian media report.
Human Rights Watch has criticized Egyptian authorities for using excessive force against protesters marking the fourth anniversary of the 2011 revolution.
At least one person has reportedly been killed and two others wounded in a car bomb explosion near a police station in the Egyptian city of Alexandria.
An Egyptian female protester has been killed in clashes with security forces during a rally in the capital, Cairo, on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the 2011 uprising against former dictator Hosni Mubarak.
Egyptian security forces have been put on high alert as the North African country marks the fourth anniversary of the revolution that toppled long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak.
A court in Egypt has given scores of the Muslim Brotherhood proponents prison terms over several charges as part of the ongoing crackdown on supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.
Unknown gunmen have shot dead two Egyptian police officers who were standing guard at a Coptic Christian church in a city south of the capital Cairo, local security sources say.
Judicial authorities in Egypt have ordered the confiscation of the assets of 112 opposition figures, mostly from the Anti-Coup Alliance led by the Muslim Brotherhood, Press TV reports.
Egypt says it will double the width of a buffer zone being constructed along the border with the Gaza Strip, which has been under an Israeli blockade for the past seven years.
The cases of 15 individuals alleged to be members of the banned Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood movement have been referred to a military court in Egypt on violence-related charges, state-media report.
Hundreds of minors aged between 14 and 17 are serving illegal detention in a filthy prison in Banha, north of Egypt’s capital city of Cairo, a human rights organization says.