Egypt's Interior Minister Magdi Abdel Ghaffar said confronting "terrorist groups" has shifted from being a security confrontation to an "existential war," in a Wednesday speech.

Up to 20 Swiss companies will attend the Egypt Economic Development Conference, Swiss Ambassador to Egypt Markus Leitner told Youm7 Tuesday via email.

The Egyptian government has approved a decision to unify corporate income taxes at 22.5 percent, Finance Minister Hany Qadry Dimian said Tuesday.

United States Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Egypt later this week to attend Egypt's major economic conference, where he will also meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

A total of 15 have been arrested for their alleged participation in manufacturing explosives seized in Gharbia, in the Nile Delta, Monday, Youm7 reported.

A fire has destroyed three cars in the Torgoman parking lot in downtown Cairo, an eyewitness told Al-Ahram newspaper

Two banks were attacked by masked assailants in Egypt's second city of Alexandria on Monday.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) sent a letter to President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, requesting a meeting with him to discuss a “more open press climate,” according to CPJ statement Monday.

The announcement of the name of the international consultancy firm which will conduct studies on the effects of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is delayed, state news agency MENA reported.

Hardcore supporters of the Zamalek Sports Club protested at a number of universities on Monday, condemning the deaths of 19 colleagues outside a Cairo football stadium earlier in February.

The World Bank Group (WBG) will participate at Egypt’s Economic Development Conference with a high level delegation, Poonam Gupta, acting country director for Egypt, Yemen and Djibouti, told Ahram Online on Sunday.

"We are in a great battle for survival. A single institution cannot work on its own," President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in a video conference message directed to Egyptians during the inauguration of the Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi Mosque in the Fifth Settlement Monday.

Two bombs exploded on Sunday in Egypt’s Mediterranean city of Alexandria, one outside a popular supermarket chain and another near a police station, killing one person and wounding at least 7, security officials said.

Minister of Finance Hany Qadry said that Egypt is currently passing through a critical transitional stage, with some difficulties and decline of growth rates. He added, however, Egypt enjoys promising opportunities for investment and economic growth.

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met with a delegation of US congressmen on Saturday to discuss regional security issues, reported Al-Ahram's Arabic website.

Students at Damanhour University in Beheira began on Sunday their third week of strikes in protest of poor educational and scientific services. Other students are protesting the hike in university fees.

Egypt's central bank kept the pound steady at 7.53 pounds to the dollar at a foreign exchange auction on Sunday, while the pound also remained stable on the black market.

The new ministers were sworn in before President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday afternoon at the Ittihadiya Presidential Palace in Heliopolis in the presence of Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb.

As the press syndicate embarks on new elections Friday, challenges that will be facing the new board are believed to be playing a critical role in shaping the future of journalism in Egypt.

Egypt is hosting two-day Middle East consultations on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations Wednesday and Thursday, said the Egyptian Foreign Minister spokesperson Badr Abdel Atty announced Thursday.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sent Cairo Appeal Court President Ayman al-Wardany to retirement. The decision, made on 17 February and issued in the official gazette on Thursday, said the retirement was based on verdict by the supreme disciplinary board on 29 September.