Egypt's army overthrew elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on Wednesday and announced a political transition with the support of a wide range of political, religious and youth leaders.

Egyptian security forces arrested the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday, security sources said, in a crackdown against the Islamist movement after the army ousted the country's first democratically elected president.

Khairat al-Shater, the deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, has been arrested, an Egyptian Interior Ministry general has announced.

Thirty people have been killed and over 300 injured across Egypt in clashes between opponents and supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi and in clashes between pro-Morsi protesters and security forces, according to Egyptian Health Ministry officials.

Egypt is heading for a "dark tunnel", says the head of its armed forces. How he and his generals respond to a political showdown in the streets may determine whether its new democracy survives to see the light.

The Egyptian presidency on Monday strongly condemned the killing of four Shiites in sectarian confrontation the previous day.

Newly-appointed Governor of Egypt's ancient city of Luxor, Adel Assad Al-Khayat said Sunday that he had submitted his resignation.

Egypt's Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) decided to review an appeal submitted by ex-presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq on June 25 over the results of the presidential elections, State-run Ahram Online reported on Saturday.

Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi has reiterated on Saturday his call for dialogue with the opposition groups to forge a roadmap to bridge gap and eliminate disagreements.

Two Egyptian soldiers were killed and 16 others wounded Tuesday in a shell explosion in a military unit in the Upper Egypt governorate of Assiut, the state-run Al- Ahram Online reported.

Egyptian prosecution revealed on Monday that members of a recently busted al-Qaida-linked cell were involved in kidnapping four policemen in Sinai in February 2011, official news agency MENA reported.

The 17 newly-appointed Egyptian governors were sworn in on Monday at presidency headquarters, state-run Nile TV reported.

An Egyptian misdemeanor court sentenced on Sunday a Muslim preacher and his son to jail over charges of insulting religion and tearing up the Bible, state-run MENA news agency reported.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi reaffirmed Monday that Egypt is not calling for war over Ethiopia' s Renaissance Dam, but will not let its water security be threatened.

Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil on Monday underscored the Nile River's water supply as national security following Ethiopia's recent diversion of an upstream tributary in preparation for building a dam.

Egypt's Shura Council (upper house of parliament) on Sunday agreed in principle to delay the right of police and military personnel to vote until 2020, official MENA news agency reported.

Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday it is demanding an official explanation from Egypt after comments from politicians suggesting Egypt attack or sabotage a Nile River dam Ethiopia is building.

An independent panel of experts has concluded that the country's multi-billion dollar hydropower dam being built on the Nile River will not significantly affect Sudan and Egypt, countries that are highly dependent on the water of the world's longest river, said an Ethiopian official.

Egypt’s top court has ruled as invalid the country's Senate and the panel that drafted the Constitution, state media report.

Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Sunday ruled unconstitutional an article regulating the election of independent members of the Shura Council (upper house), as well as the law on the composition of the Constitutional Assembly, the state-run al-Ahram online reported.