Prominent liberal politician Mohamed ElBaradei was sworn in on Sunday as Egypt's vice president for international relations in the interim government, official news agency MENA reported.

Egypt's prosecution said it launched Saturday an inquiry into criminal complaints against ousted President Mohamed Morsi and senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), from which Morsi hails, local media reported Sunday.

Egypt’s interim Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi, who is in tough talks with ministerial nominees, is set to announce the country’s post-coup cabinet.

Several Egyptian MPs in the disbanded upper house of parliament have refused to accept the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, the country's first democratically elected leader, in a military coup.

At least seven people were shot dead and four others injured late Saturday night in an armed fight between two families in Qena governorate in southern Egypt, a Xinhua correspondent said.

Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi is under a criminal investigation while the a new cabinet is taking shape, officials said Saturday.

Senior Muslim Brotherhood officials in Egypt have rejected a plan by Interim President Adli Mansour to hold new presidential elections.

Thousands of people have gathered in Cairo’s Nasr City to hold the Muslim prayers for the dead, to bid farewell to the victims of Monday clashes.

The Israeli regime has reportedly warned Washington against cutting military aid to Egypt in response to the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi by the African country’s army.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the killing of dozens of people at a mass protest site in Cairo and called for an independent investigation into the incident.

Egypt's interim president promised to hold parliamentary elections within a six-month transitional period on Monday after more than 50 supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi were killed and 435 others injured in clashes with the army.

The Egyptian presidency ordered forming a judicial committee to investigate killings that took place outside the Republican Guard headquarters early Monday morning, official news agency MENA reported.

Egyptian security forces opened fire at supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, and clashes between the two sides have killed at least 42 people, the Health Ministry told Xinhua on Monday.

Egypt kept its border with the Gaza Strip closed for the third day in a row on Sunday, preventing Palestinians from leaving or returning to the coastal enclave via its main crossing point at Rafah city.

Egyptian border guards foiled on early Sunday morning an infiltration attempt of ten Jihadists -- presumably Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip into North Sinai, a security source told Xinhua.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke to his Egyptian counterpart and army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Friday and Saturday, stressing the need for "a peaceful civilian transition" in the most populous Arab nation, the Pentagon said on Saturday.

A group of militant bombed early Sunday morning a pipeline in North Sinai that provides natural gas to Jordan, security sources told Xinhua.

Israel is relying on the Egyptian army to suppress Islamist militants in the Sinai and to ensure the country's stability after the dismissal of Mohamed Morsi as president, Israeli media and politicians said.

At least three supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi were killed by gunfire as a crowd of several hundred tried to march towards the military barracks in Cairo where he is believed to be held.

At least 26 people were killed in clashes across Egypt as tens of thousands of supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi turned out to protest his ouster by a popularly backed military coup.