Egypt has agreed to postpone a UN Security Council resolution against Israeli settlements in order to give the US a chance to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the office of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said in a statement on Friday.

The U.N. Security Council will vote on Friday on a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements after four council members again put forward the measure a day after Egypt withdrew it.

Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji was released on Thursday from prison after a Cairo court of cassation suspended on Sunday his two-year prison sentence pending a final verdict on 1 January 2017.

Egypt will operate four direct flights a week from Germany to the Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh as of Friday in an attempt to return the number of foreign tourists to previous levels, the Egyptian tourism ministry announced on Thursday.

Russian Trade Representative in Cairo Fedor Lukashin said on Sunday evening that the signing ceremony of the Dabaa nuclear power plant contract is expected before the end of the year.

Switzerland will decide in February whether to extend or lift a freeze on deposed Egyptian president Hosni’s Mubarak’s assets in Swiss banks, SwissInfo website reported.

Switzerland will decide in February whether to extend or lift a freeze on deposed Egyptian president Hosni’s Mubarak’s assets in Swiss banks, SwissInfo website reported.

The Front to Defend Freedoms, an Egyptian coalition consisting of a number of political parties and rights organisations, released a statement on the third anniversary of the so-called “Shura protests” calling for the release of people detained in that case as well as a stop to “policies of oppression.”

Egypt's Court of Cassation accepted Sunday the appeal of eight defendants against a previous court order designating them as members of a terrorist organisation in the trial known in the media as "Helwan Brigades."

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated the 20th round of Cairo’s ICT conference and exhibition on Sunday, announcing the launch of two technological sites in the Upper Egyptian city of Assiut and Alexandria's Borg El-Arab.

Leading members of the Egyptian parliament's Social Solidarity Committee said on Sunday that they reject most of the amendments introduced by the government to the new NGO law.

The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) issued Sunday a report on trade exchange between Egypt and East Asian countries for 2015, where China came in first place on exports to Egypt with a value of EGP 74.8bn

Egypt provided assistance to Israel in extinguishing a major fire that broke out Tuesday and spread in several parts of the country, an Egyptian government source told official state news agency MENA on Sunday.

Egypt's foreign ministry denied Sunday recent media reports claiming that Egyptian troops were participating in operations with the Syrian army against rebels in the war-torn country.

Egypt's Meteorological Authority announced on Sunday that thunderstorms and heavy rain will hit the country starting Tuesday, with unstable weather peaking on Thursday and Friday.

Ministers of Irrigation and Agriculture will be summoned by the parliament to be questioned over a decision to entirely ban rice cultivation in Gharbiya governorate, Youm7 reported.