From the Reuters news agency:
Two influential Republican senators, John McCain and Lindsey Graham, have landed in Cairo on a visit at the behest of US president Barack Obama. They are expected to meet with government officials, members of the Muslim Brotherhood and others.
One Egyptian soldier was shot dead and two others wounded in two separate attacks on Sinai today. Gunmen attacked an army checkpoint in El-Arish, in north Sinai, killing one; and militants also targeted another checkpoint outside a bank.
Egypt's army and government will offer to free some Muslim Brotherhood members from jail, unfreeze the group's assets and give it three ministerial posts in a bid to end the country's political crisis, a senior military source said on Monday.
"The initiative will be made so that we can end the crisis and have the Brotherhood end their sit-ins," the military source told Reuters. A political source familiar with the proposal confirmed the details.
Two influential Republican senators, John McCain and Lindsey Graham, have landed in Cairo on a visit at the behest of US president Barack Obama. They are expected to meet with government officials, members of the Muslim Brotherhood and others.
One Egyptian soldier was shot dead and two others wounded in two separate attacks on Sinai today. Gunmen attacked an army checkpoint in El-Arish, in north Sinai, killing one; and militants also targeted another checkpoint outside a bank.
Security on Sinai has been deteriorating for the past two years, and attacks have escalated since Mohamed Morsi's ouster.
Egypt's central bank reserves rose by $4bn in July to a total of $18.9bn, the central bank said on Monday.
The increase is primarily due to loans from several Gulf states, which pledged $12 billion in foreign aid in the days following former president Mohamed Morsi's ouster. Foreign reserves have been steadily declining in the two-and-a-half years since the revolution.
Hundreds of supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi gathered outside Egypt's High Court, blocking off the main street outside the building, to demand his reinstatement.
Police said extra security has been deployed to the area.
[Al jazeera]
The increase is primarily due to loans from several Gulf states, which pledged $12 billion in foreign aid in the days following former president Mohamed Morsi's ouster. Foreign reserves have been steadily declining in the two-and-a-half years since the revolution.
Hundreds of supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi gathered outside Egypt's High Court, blocking off the main street outside the building, to demand his reinstatement.
Police said extra security has been deployed to the area.
[Al jazeera]
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