Egypt’s ousted president Morsi is seen for the first time wearing a red jumpsuit in court ( via Ahram-online)

Top Headlines

• Egypt court confirms death sentence imposed on ex-President Mohammed Morsi (Tuesday)
• Wikileaks began releasing leaked documents from Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry  (Friday)
• Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour is detained in Germany at the request of  the Egyptian authorities ( Saturday) 

Main Headlines

 Monday

• President Sisi invites Vatican Pope Francis to visit Egypt
• Journalists’ Syndicate rejects ‘attacks on freedoms’ by the Egyptian authorities
• Egypt court to issue verdict in police van mass death case on August 13
• Egypt’s interior ministry drops complaints against two newspapers
• Egypt extends opening of Rafah border crossing for two more days ‪
• PM Mahlab to speak on behalf of Sisi at AU summit on Monday

Tuesday

• Egypt court confirms death sentence imposed on ex-President Mohammed Morsi over a mass jailbreak
• Egyptian UN delegate defends capital punishment
• Brotherhood calls for Friday protest, following Morsi’s upheld death sentence
• UN chief is concerned by death sentence for Egypt’s Morsi
• The White House branded Egypt’s sentencing of former president Mohamed Morsi as politically motivated
• Erdoğan calls for int’l action against Morsi’s death sentence
• Egypt extends opening of Rafah crossing for another two days
• Egyptian militants pledge allegiance to IS during their trial in Cairo

Wednesday

• Egypt’s Sisi pardons 165 detained youth to mark the Islamic holy month of Ramadan
• Egypt’s opposition opens fire on the government’s election law amendments
• Egypt’s judiciary is ‘offended’ by foreign criticism over mass death sentences
• UK invites Egypt’s Sisi, state media say, day after Morsi ruling
• Egypt army says it foiled a major attack, and killed seven suspected terrorists
• Anti-Protest Law campaigners say Ramadan pardons are not enough
• Egyptian metro riders relieved as Sadat station reopens
• Two bombings in Egypt’s Sinai

Thursday

• Britain defends invite to Egypt’s Sisi ‪
• El-Sisi and Yemeni VP discuss Red Sea security
• Lawyer appeals Morsi’s 20-year jail verdict
• Judicial committee investigates unregistered NGOs ‪
• Egyptian draft 2015/2016 budget projects a deficit of 9.9 percent
• Nageh Ibrahim: Reconciliation between Brotherhood and Egyptian state is the ‘only solution’
• First air-conditioned ‪subway train runs in Cairo

Friday

• WikiLeaks says it is leaking over 500,000 Saudi documents
• One dead in clashes between police, and Brotherhood supporters in Sharqiya
• Policeman was injured in Sinai ‘s Arish after militants target his home
• French FM is in Egypt to discuss Palestinian-Israeli peace talks
• Egypt condemns IS bombings in Yemen
• Egypt’s Jewish leader responds to Jewish Quarter TV series
• Top Muslim body Al-Azhar condemns China’s Ramadan restriction

 Saturday

• Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour is detained in Germany at the request of Egypt
• Fitch confirms Egypt’s “B” rating, outlook is stable
• Wikileaks: Al-Shater agreed to release Mubarak in exchange for Gulf Aid
• Al-Sisi intently focused on counterterrorism in Egypt: US report
• Egypt celebrates the first ferries to cross the new Suez Canal
• Fuel shortages return during Ramadan
• Egypt earmarks $8 billion for fuel subsidies in 2015/2016

Sunday

• Egypt requests Germany hand over Al-Jazeera TV host
• German judge declares Al-Jazeera journalist’s arrest is legal, extradition to be assessed
• Morsi, Egypt’s first former president to appear in red execution garb
• Aboul-Fotouh’s initiative for transition in Egypt finds little support
• Egypt appoints new ambassador to Israel
• In first, Israel sends Egypt Ramadan greetings
• Wikileaks: Qatar seeks to replace Egypt’s leading rule
• Al-Azhar rebuffs WikiLeaks claim of institution’s dependency
• 152 striking ‪ workers to be disciplined on precedent deeming strikes anti-Islamic
• Egypt to issue new laws on terrorism

 Good Reports

• How a death sentence in Egypt feeds paranoia in Turkey. Ishaan Tharoor
• Activists organize tactical women’s protest. Mada Masr
• Gaza welcomes break from strife and reopening of border with Egypt. Diaa Hadid
• The Jewish alley of old Cairo. Farah Montasser

Good read

• Is this the end of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood? Gillian Kennedy
• The farce behind Morsi’s death sentence. Jon Lee Anderson
• Police reform in ‪Egypt: A postponed necessity. Rabha Allam
• Egypt’s vanishing youth. Mona Eltahawy
• Will ‘Jewish Quarter’ win over Egyptians — or backfire?  Sigal Samuel
• When sectarian conflict finds a local solution, Copts lose.  Jayson Casper

Plus

• U.S. Department of State’s reports on terrorism 2014 – Egypt
• Egyptian Embassy in Washington’s response to the Washington Post’s editorial

Interview

• CNN’s interview with Satirist Bassem Youssef

From Twitter

Photo Essay

• Egypt’s Ramadan

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt