Egypt's Interior Ministry said the suspect had provoked the police officer by insulting him.
The Al-Jazeera reporter said he was concerned for his colleagues, who were arrested with him in 2013 and remain imprisoned in Egypt.
Egyptian authorities are allegedly whitewashing evidence in the wake of the deaths of 27 people during protests last week.
Sentenced to seven years in an Egyptian prison last June, reporter Peter Greste is returning to his home country of Australia Sunday.
At least 26 are dead after militants in Egypt's troubled border region hit more than a dozen targets simultaneously on Thursday.
The Muslim Association of Canada reportedly gave $300,000 to IRFAN-Canada, which is designated a terrorist organization.
The ruling gives the prominent pro-democracy activists three years in jail on charges of organizing an illegal protest.
Anti-government, pro-democracy demonstrators reportedly have been shot and killed in cities around Egypt.
State news agency MENA said 22 armored army vehicles were stationed around Cairo's Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the uprising.
Woman shot dead in Cairo one day before anniversary of Arab Spring uprising in Egypt.
Some Arab leaders cut short their trips to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to fly back for the service.
King Abdullah's death has raised questions about the future of his long-standing efforts to establish peace between Israel and the Arab world.
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Gamal and Alaa Mubarak were sentenced to four years in jail in May 2014, after being taken into custody in 2011.
Repairs on the iconic mask, which is over 3,300 years old, were reportedly rushed so that it could be returned to its display.
The Houthi rebellion in Yemen may have consequences far beyond the tip of the Arabian Peninsula.
Abe is running out of time to rescue the two Japanese hostages held by the Islamic State, and he is looking to the Middle East for help.
Some groups are preparing to take to the streets this week to condemn the cover of the new issue.
Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab will now have the power to ban any foreign publication that is deemed "offensive to religion."
Amid criticism and fears over the new Charlie Hebdo cover, Le Canard Enchaine said it had received death threats last week.
Journalists have uncovered dramatic video footage of the killers fleeing the scene just as Charlie Hebdo releases its latest issue.
The potentially explosive consequences of Mubarak's release could make for a tricky political situation for Sisi.