Egypt’s military said Saturday that devices it claimed it invented to detect and cure AIDS and hepatitis C need six more months of testing.

Revenues from Suez Canal hit a record $5.3 billion during the 2013-2014 fiscal year, Chairman of Suez Canal Authority, Lt. Gen. Mohab Mamish told Youm7 Wednesday.

Liberal and leftist groups have met to coordinate their demand for more parliamentary seats to be decided via party lists, Khaled Dawoud, spokesperson for the Constitution Party, said in a press statement on Wednesday.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has agreed to advise Egypt's newly elected President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on economic reform, the Guardian said on Wednesday.

Interior Minister deputy for information affairs Abdel Fattah Othman, said, “prisons have become hotels,” in response to accusation against the ministry of practicing torture and rape inside the prisons.

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb ordered on Wednesday the formation of committee to demarcate borders between governorates.

In an effort to provide much-needed transparency, the presidency announced in a statement on Tuesday that the fund dubbed "Long Live Egypt" would have oversight from multiple government institutions.

“Minister of Defense Sedky Sobhy approved to hire Mohamed Samir Abdel Aziz as an official Spokesman for the Egyptian Military as a replacement for Colonel Ahmed Mohamed Ali starting from July 1,” the military announced on its official Facebook page Tuesday morning.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi held a meeting earlier on Tuesday with Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim and a group of the minister's aides to discuss the security situation in Egypt.

The Supreme State Security Criminal Court in session at the Police Academy Tuesday adjourned the case of the alleged Nasr City terrorist cell to July 12 in order to continue hearing defense presentations, Youm7 reported.

Socialist People’s Alliance Party (SPAP) head Abdel Ghafar Shokr told Youm7 Tuesday that their participation in the next parliament election depends on amending the Election Law.

Explorers in Egypt expect constraints on domestic energy prices to loosen, prompting new investment in oil and natural gas fields.

An Egyptian police colonel was killed and six people wounded when two bombs exploded near the main Cairo presidential palace, police said, days after Islamists warned they had planted explosives there.

The Egypt’s military has claimed that it has invented a device which can be used to cure HIV AIDS, hepatitis and other viruses.

Egypt and Italy have approved a project to swap $45 million of debt to establish silos and logistic locations to store grains, fruits and vegetables.

EFG-Hermes HRHO.CA said on Saturday an independent adviser had set its fair share price at 22.93 Egyptian pounds ($3.21), 30 percent higher than the price offered by Beltone and New Egypt Investment Fund for a stake in the investment bank.

Cairo Criminal Court postponed on Sunday five separate sexual harassment and assault cases until 1, 2 and 6 July.

Egypt's government is planning to raise the prices of electricity and all state-subsidised fuels with the start of the 2014-2015 fiscal year next month, according to statements made by Planning Minister Ashraf El-Araby, as reported by Reuters.

An Egyptian court will resume on Sunday the trial of 12 people accused of sexually assaulting women in Tahrir Square during the celebrations of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's inauguration earlier this month.

Egypt's national security prosecution has referred one Egyptian and two Israelis to criminal court on charges of spying for Israel, Al-Ahram's Arabic website reported.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi approved a revised budget for the 2014/15 fiscal year with a deficit of 10 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), the Finance Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.