Egypt is preparing to buy French warships and a military satellite in deals worth more than 1 billion euros (£790 million), La Tribune newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Current and former ministers of education have exchanged accusations over the omission of former Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei from a list of Nobel Prize winners in primary-school textbooks.

Egypt imposed Monday evening a media gag on investigations into a case of illegal NGO foreign funding, in which a number of human right activists are accused, according to a statement issued by Egypt’s Judicial Investigation Authority.

Archaeological sites in Alexandria are facing ruin, with renovation projects by the Antiquities Ministry covering 13 ancient Islamic, Coptic and Jewish monuments stalled due to a shortfall in funding that stretches back many years.

Egypt’s Prime Minister Sherif Ismail approved Tuesday a license to establish an industrial zone in the 10th of Ramadan city of Sharqia governorate, according to a statement from the Cabinet.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met with Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Monday to finalise the latest cabinet reshuffle.

The Supreme Administrative Court issued a ruling on Monday upholding a ban on TV broadcasts by al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr, the Egyptian service of Qatari satellite news channel al-Jazeera.

The joint Egyptian-UAE-U.S. “2016 Eagle’s Salute” military exercises kicked off Monday in the Red Sea, announced Egypt’s Minister of Defense.

Egypt signed an agreement worth $1.5 billion with the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) to finance development in Sinai on Sunday, Egypt's ministry of international cooperation said.

The name and photo of former vice president Mohamed ElBaradei has been removed from a list of Egyptian Nobel laureates in fifth-grade textbooks, independent newspaper Al-Tahrir has revealed.

Soliman Wahdan, deputy speaker of Egypt's ‎parliament, told reporters Sunday that he will be at ‎the helm of a parliamentary delegation that will ‎visit North Sinai "soon".

Egypt's central bank will from now on hold one foreign currency auction per week on Tuesdays, when it will sell US$120 million, bankers told Reuters on Sunday.

French Construction Company Vinci has won an international tender to establish the third phase of third line of Cairo metro, said Minister of Transport Saad al-Geuishi told Youm7 Sunday.

Dozens of government employees gathered in front of the press syndicate on Sunday in objection to an attempt to repass the civil service bill, amid tight security.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is to meet with the Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir on Sunday. According to a statement released by the Foreign Ministry, Shoukry is to deliver a message from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to Al-Bashir regarding bilateral relations between both countries and the unification of their positions on several issues.

Egypt's Central Bank raised interest rates by 1.5 percentage points in its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Thursday.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi witnessed Thursday military naval exercises called “Maneuvers of Masts” in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.

The Egypt-led committee investigating the crash of a Russian passenger airplane in the Sinai peninsula last October said on Thursday it was referring the case to Egypt's attorney general, the first indication it suspects foul play.

Egypt said on Wednesday it will regulate ride-hailing services Uber and Careem after they sparked protests from taxi drivers in Cairo over allegations the smartphone applications bypass traffic regulations.

Egypt has unearthed further evidence that a secret chamber, believed by some to be the lost burial site of Queen Nefertiti, may lie behind King Tutankhamun's tomb, Egypt's antiquities minister said on Thursday.

Egypt's third largest real estate developer SODIC saw its share price rise significantly by 8.51 percent to be traded at EGP 9.43 in midday trading on Wednesday after releasing its consolidated financial results for last year.