Egypt and Libya plunged in an annual rating of good governance in Africa released in London on Monday that saw Ivory Coast rise the fastest.

Egypt's university professors have sounded alarm bells over a draft law that they say will give university heads full sway to unfairly lay off faculty members.

The Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday resumed the retrial of former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly in the case pertaining to the new license plates of the Traffic Department.

Dozens of Health Technical Institute graduates Sunday organized a protest outside the Cabinet headquarters on Qasr el-Ainy Street in Downtown Cairo to demand their enrollment in a government nurse institute, Youm7 reported.

Egypt's stock market and banks will close for three days starting on Sunday, Oct. 5 for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday and a national holiday, the bourse and central bank said on Sunday.

A low ranking police officer was shot dead by unknown assailants on Sunday in the North Cairo district of Madinat Al-Salam, according to reports from Cairo's security directorate.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is expected to discuss the country's "real" situation with US President Barack Obama in New York on Thursday, presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef said.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi may visit Cairo University next week to present awards to top students and deliver a speech for the beginning of the new academic year, Youm7 reported Wednesday.

An advisor to the Turkish president has denied Egyptian media reports that the countries' leaders were planning to meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Norhan Hefzy, wife of the activist Ahmed Douma, has said that the Forensic Medicine Department refused to give her a copy of the medical report of her husband after the recent medical examination carried out on him, without giving any justification.

A bomb squad defused an improvised explosive device attached to a timer and the a bombing circuit on Thursday, said Director of the Department of Civil Protection in Giza Major General Magdy al-Shalqany.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reflected his country's aspiration to win a seat within the United Nations' Security council during his speech at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.

In his speech to the United Nations on Wednesday, Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said that the world has begun to understand the reality of the extremism that Egyptians revolted against last year.

Egypt's irrigation minister has stressed that his visit to Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam doesn't mean that Egypt agrees with the ongoing project, Al-Ahram's Arabic news website reported.

Egypt has accepted a Turkish offer to conduct a bilateral meeting in New York on the sidelines of the 69th session of United Nations General Assembly meetings, in a step to heal the strained bilateral relations.

Former Minister of Interior Habib al-Adly had two trials postponed Tuesday, in which he is accused of illegally seizing money and taking advantage of his position as a minister in the regime of Hosni Mubarak.

President Barack Obama will hold his first official meetings with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly this week.

In his first speech in the US as Egypt's president, Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi called on developed countries to invest in renewable energy projects in the Middle East to help the region shift to a more environmentally friendly business model.

Journalist's Syndicate Head Diaa Rashwan banned on Tuesday political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah from entering the Syndicate's headquarters for using "profane" vocabulary during a symposium held in the syndicate last week.

The Sudanese parliament has rejected Egypt’s decision to appoint a chairman for the local council in the disputed Halayeb area, saying Sudan’s sensible dealing with the issue does not mean it accepts the status quo.

The trial of Ahmed Doma has been suspended pending a ruling on his request to change judges, Youm7 reported Tuesday.