Egypt's foreign minister Sameh Shoukry said Monday in an interview with Foreign Policy that the circulated figure of 40,000 political prisoners in Egypt is a lie.

The Doctors' Syndicate is earnestly lobbying for its emergency public assembly next Friday to discuss recent incidents of alleged assaults by police on its members, ensuring transportation for participants from the country’s provinces to Cairo.

The Egyptian pound continued to weaken on the black market on Tuesday, piling more pressure on the central bank to devalue the currency even as the official rate against the dollar remained unchanged at an auction.

Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazy met with his United Arab Emirates counterpart Hamad Mohammed Thani al-Remaithy in Cairo Monday to “enhance military coordination,” according to an Egyptian military statement.

Egypt's interior minister said on Monday that he was "disturbed" that the interior ministry has been accused on social media of killing and torturing Giulio Regeni, an Italian Ph.D. student who had disappeared on Jan. 25.

Egyptian parliamentarian Serry Siam who was appointed by presidential decree handed in his resignation on Monday.

Russian and Egyptian militaries are regularly coordinating their efforts in the fight against terrorism by sharing information and training staff and delivering specialized technology, Russian Ambassador to Egypt Sergei Kirpichenko said.

During a visit to 6 October City, west of Cairo, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi launched 34 development projects in the suburb and in other regions across the country.

Immigration Minister Nabila Makram has launched a poll to survey Egyptian abroad over their thoughts on a draft migration law.

The EU delegation led by German MP Elmar Brok, chairman of the European Parliament committee on foreign affairs, and President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met Sunday in Cairo to discuss regional and international security measures, border control, and Egypt’s role in assisting in the migrant crisis brought on by regional turmoil .

Egypt's Prime Minister Sherif Ismail is in the UAE for an international summit of governments where he will review efforts made by Cairo to provide better services to citizens, the official website of Egypt's state TV said.

Egypt will approve imported wheat shipments that have passed quality tests in the country of origin, Egyptian Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafy said on Sunday in an attempt to reassure the country's suppliers. "From now on, any shipment which is approved by technical experts in its port of departure will be approved in Egypt," Hanafy told Ahram Online after a joint press conference with Minister of Agriculture Essam Fayed to clarify Egypt's position regarding the permissible level of ergot fungus in its grain imports.

The red carpet on which President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s procession passed for several kilometers during a visit to 6 October City on Saturday to open several projects has provoked anger among media professionals and social media users.

The Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday has issued an order to freeze all assets of Mubarak-era interior minister Habib al Adly and other 12 policemen and their families pending trial on suspicion of wasting public funds, Youm7 reported.

Egypt's foreign minister will start a visit to Washington on Sunday where he is set to meet with his American counterpart, Egypt's foreign ministry spokesman said.

Doctors Syndicate secretary general Mona Mina and syndicate chief Hussein Khairy were informed of 22 pending reports filed against the syndicate when they were called into the general prosecution’s office to be interviewed regarding a report filed accusing the police of attacking two doctors.

Russia is currently in talks with Egypt to supply the country's state-owned EgyptAir with 40 commercial jets as part of a deal with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, Russian Industry and Trade minister Denis Manturov said on Wednesday.

Cairo’s Matareya Educational Hospital will remain closed as doctors continue a strike denouncing an assault by a police officer on one of their colleagues, the Doctors' Syndicate said late Wednesday.

Taxi drivers are circulating a call on social media for demonstrations on Thursday in Mostafa Mahmoud Square in Mohandessin, Giza, decrying Uber and Careem, two smartphone ride-ordering applications seen by drivers as a threat to their source of income.

A large temple with rare archeological pieces has been discovered, Alaa al-Sebaei, Tourism and Antiquities Police directorate official in Upper Egypt’s Sohag, told Youm7 Wednesday.

Preliminary observations revealed that there were torture marks on the different places of Giulio Regeni's deceased body, Judge Ahmed Nagy, the chief prosecutor for accidents in south Giza, told Aswat Masriya on Thursday.