Egypt and France began Sunday the Ramses 2016 joint military air and naval exercises in the Mediterranean, according to a statement from the Egyptian Ministry of Defense.

Some 31.5 percent of produced drinking water is lost to “decaying and outdated water networks,” according to a report issued by Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) Sunday.

Egyptian business tycoon Nassef Sawiris is the wealthiest person in Egypt, ranking 421 among the world’s richest with $4.2 billion, according to a Thursday report by Forbes.

The Egyptian Doctors' Syndicate referred the health minister to investigation before the syndicate's disciplinary board for professional ethics over remarks he had made that are “offensive to doctors,” according to a statement published on their website on Tuesday.

Al-Dostour Party board member in Ismailia, Mahmoud Abdelazeem, was arrested on 29 February, the party announced in an official statement Wednesday

The Ministry of Antiquities is preparing the required files to have four archaeological sites in Alexandria and Sinai added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

Al-Faraeen channel said Wednesday that it will freeze its activities and offer itself for sale after its chairman Tawfiq Okasha was stripped of his parliamentary membership for hosting the Israeli ambassador to Egypt at his home.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi arrived in South Korea after leaving Japan on Wednesday. South Korea is the president's last stop on his week-long Asia tour.

The government is reviewing on Wednesday a final version of the draft police law it approved last week before sending it to the State Council.

Head of the Egyptian Forensic Department Hisham Abdel Hamid denied Wednesday recent media news quoted him saying that slain Italian student Giulio Regeni had been tortured for seven days, Al Masry Al Youm reported.

Egypt will double its natural gas production by the second quarter of 2017 as a result of 2015's discoveries, Prime Minster Sherif Ismail said on Tuesday.

Defence lawyers of jailed journalist and novelist Ahmed Nagy filed a plea Tuesday to suspend the sentence of imprisonment until an appeal against the verdict is reviewed by the court.

Egypt’s doctors syndicate issued an official summon on Tuesday for Health Minister Ahmed Emad to be questioned by a disciplinary committee for “statements insulting all Egyptian doctors.”

The leader of the April 6 Youth Movement, Amr Ali was sentenced to three years in prison by an Egyptian court on Monday.

The U.K.’s easyJet will resume flights to Sharm el-Sheikh May 29, while British Airways will begin flying to Egypt in September for the first time since late October 2015, Youm7 reported Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou Monday.

Two detained journalists with deteriorating health conditions were referred to hospitals following a sit-in to protest poor conditions in prisons for detained journalists was launched at the press syndicate earlier on Monday.

Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has said his government will present its strategy programme to the parliament during the second half of March.

Three state-owned Egyptian banks will offer US dollar-denominated certificates to Egyptian expats at a minimum subscription price of $100 in an attempt to attract their savings, state news agency MENA reported on Monday, citing immigration minister Nabila Makram Ebeid.

A fisherman died on the River Nile on Monday when his boat was hit by a ferry in Tahta, Sohag, Upper Egypt. The man's father and cousin, who were also on the fishing boat, survived the accident.

Egypt’s state-owned Banque Misr will issue dollar-denominated certificates for Egyptians living abroad with maturities of one, three and five years, the chairman of the country’s second-largest bank told Reuters on Monday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Japanese capital Tokyo on Sunday, marking the second stop on his tour in Asia and the first visit by an Egyptian president to Japan since 1999.