ISRAEL contemptuously rejected ceasefire talks at the weekend and instead renewed its murderous assault on Gaza.

Egypt is looking to borrow at least $1.5 billion from local and international banks in order to repay debt owed to foreign oil companies operating in the country, Oil Minister Sherif Ismail told Reuters on Sunday.

Thousands of Egyptians who have been seeking to flee strife-torn Libya for days were being airlifted home Sunday after Tunisia's initial refusal to let them in sparked clashes at the border.

Egypt has a chosen a consortium that includes the Egyptian army and global engineering firm Dar al-Handasah to develop an international industrial and logistics hub in the Suez Canal area, government and military sources said on Sunday.

According to a government official representing Egypt at the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC, Egypt intends to discuss with African and American leaders the plans of development companies aiming to revitalise the Egyptian economy over the coming years.

Egypt has filed a compliant to the United States on remarks made by its state department deputy spokeswoman, which accused Egypt of using American aid to suppress demonstrators.

The Muslim Brotherhood and the newly-declared Islamic State (Isis) “no doubt” share a number of similarities, said the Ministry of Religious Endowments.

Egypt has launched emergency FLIGHTS TO Tunisia to bring back home thousands of Egyptian expatriates fleeing the escalating violence in neighbouring Libya.

Modern lifestyles are often blamed for causing blocked arteries but our long-dead ancestors suffered from the same unhealthy symptoms, claim scientists.

Egypt will put its clock forward by an hour from midnight tonight to readjust to Daylight Saving Time (DST), the Egyptian cabinet announced.

The United States, seizing on Egypt's weak economy and shaky security, is seeking to convince its new president to embrace more moderate policies to achieve stability — and deliver more American aid.

Egyptian authorities arrested 290 nationals on Wednesday for trying to illegally return home from Libya, apparently fleeing mounting unrest in the capital Tripoli and the eastern city of Benghazi, state news agency MENA said.

Under pressure from western powers and international lenders and investors, the Egyptian government is waging a “war on subsidies” that critics say could become a “war on the poor”, who make up 40 per cent of the population.

Three people were killed in a car bomb blast on Wednesday in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt's state-run Nile Television said.

30 July marks the birthday of Farid Shawqi, one of the foremost Egyptian actors and filmmakers. Google celebrates with a doodle combining a depiction of a few roles played by Shawqi.

A federal judge has released details of the case against a southern Illinois man accused of killing two women during a Cairo bank robbery.

Egypt’s Ambassador to Germany Mohamed Higazy inaugurated Monday a temporary exhibition of ancient Egyptian artifacts in Sarland State west of Germany, Youm7 reported.

A local initiative monitored 13 incidents of sexual harassment in downtown Cairo on Monday, first day of Eid al-Fitr, despite the intense security preparations.

The Egyptian armed forces attacked several hideouts for "terrorists" in North Sinai, the army spokesman said in a statement on Monday.

Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Israel's excessive use of force against civilians in the Palestinian Gaza strip, said a government statement issued on Monday.

A nine-year-old girl child was killed and another injured when a rocket fell in front of a house in in Egypt's Sinai peninsula in an apparent attack targeting soldiers.