Attalah was released on bail by the Maadi Prosecution shortly following her arrest. She posted bail to the tune of EGP 2,000. 

A number of Middle East news sites have republished pro-government narrative on the alleged shooting of terrorists in a gun battle between security forces and a “militant hideout”.

An Egyptian policeman and seven suspected militants have been killed in an exchange of gunfire in Cairo, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement late on Tuesday.

New Cairo police stormed a villa where a group of Chinese expatriates in Egypt were rumored to be barbecuing snakes in Madinaty, a suburb of New Cairo, Egypt.

Thirteen people were injured when two passenger trains collided Thursday in the Egyptian capital, the health ministry said, triggering a brief suspension in nationwide rail services.

An Egyptian court upheld a ruling on Sunday banning teaching staff at Cairo University from wearing a face veil while holding lectures.

The Egyptian authorities excluded a number of renowned Islamic publishing houses from the 51st edition of the Cairo International Book Fair, which opened its doors to the public on Thursday.

Earlier in the day, Turkish state Anadolu news agency reported that Egyptian police raided its office in Cairo on Tuesday evening and arrested four of its employees.

Prosecutor General Hamada El-Sawy decided, Thursday to release defendants of Turkish Anadolu agency case, who were arrested on Wednesday.

Egypt arrested four employees of Turkish state news agency Anadolu on Wednesday after a raid on its Cairo office at a time of rising tensions between the regional rivals, the agency said.