Prime Minister Tammam Salam is scheduled to travel to Egypt soon in order to discuss the latest local and regional developments with top officials, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Friday.

It said that the premier is set to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, his counterpart Ibrahim Mahlab, and Arab league chief Nabil al-Arabi.

An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohamed Badie and 13 others to death Thursday over violence that killed 10 people in Cairo last summer.

Since the army ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in July, hundreds of his supporters and Badie himself have been sentenced to death in speedy mass trials that have sparked international outrage.

Egypt on Thursday hanged a man convicted of murdering the daughter of Leila Ghofran and her friend six years ago during a bungled burglary, security officials said.

The November 2008 murder of Heba al-Akkad, the 23-year-old daughter of the Moroccan singer, and her friend Nadine Gamal in an affluent Cairo suburb had sparked a massive hunt for the killer.

Sudan on Thursday appealed for Egypt to resume full participation in a 10-nation Nile River forum, four years after Cairo withdrew over fears for its access to the crucial water source.

Egypt has limited its participation in the Nile Basin Initiative since 2010 when Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania signed a new treaty on equitable sharing of Nile waters.

Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak broke a leg on Thursday in the Cairo military hospital where he has been detained for much of the time since his overthrow in 2011.

The 86-year-old, who prided himself on his health during his three decades in power before he was toppled in the Arab Spring, was on the way to the toilet when he had a fall, medical sources said.

An Egyptian court sentenced 12 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi to death on Wednesday on charges connected to the fatal shooting of a police general last year.

Eight of them, including the man convicted of firing the fatal bullet, are in custody, while the other four are on the run and were tried in absentia.

The African Union has readmitted Egypt, ending Cairo's nearly year-long suspension from the grouping because of the country's military coup, an official said Wednesday.

"Egypt now is on board again on all activities of the African Union," AU's Peace and Security Commissioner, Smail Chergui, told AFP.

Egypt on Tuesday released Al-Jazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy, who has been on hunger strike for nearly five months in protest over his detention.

Elshamy, who works for the main Arabic channel of the Qatar-based network, was arrested on August 14 when police dispersed supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo, sparking clashes that left hundreds killed.

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has said the U.S. must spend money to help Lebanon confront the Syrian refugee crisis as the U.S. Senate appropriators advanced a $48.3 billion budget for foreign aid and State Department work.

The Appropriations foreign operations subcommittee adopted the budget by consensus Tuesday. The full committee examines it Thursday.

Egypt's new Cabinet was sworn in on Tuesday by the country's newly elected President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.

The swearing-in ceremony took place at the presidential palace in the capital, Cairo, and state television aired live footage from the swearing-in early in the morning hours.