Egypt's unemployment rate fell to 12.8 percent in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2014/2015, compared to 13.4 in the first quarter of the previous year, the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics said on Sunday.

Up to 85 percent of Egyptians agree on the “sons of garbage collectors” being appointed to positions in the judiciary if they have the required qualifications, according to a new poll from the Egyptian Centre for Public Opinion Research (Baseera).

Prominent author Alaa al-Aswany has sarcastically reacted to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s intervention to resolve conflicts within the veteran Wafd Party which endanger its stability before the Supreme Board elections slated for Friday.

Pharaohs of ancient Egypt may have created monuments that tower over men, but in real life they suffered from diminutive stature, a recent study involving involved hundreds of ancient Egyptian mummies has revealed.

Ten Arab countries agreed to launch a working group to preserve archeological property in a conference on cultural heritage held in Cairo on Thursday.

Defence Minister Sedki Sobhi along with Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar visited security forces stationed in North Sinai, and checked several security sites Wednesday morning.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has imposed an interest rate ceiling on short-term US$ bank deposits, amounting to 1.5 percent above the 3-month LIBOR, daily business newspaper Al-Mal said, quoting anonymous sources.

The divisions within the veteran Wafd Party have deepened ahead of its supreme board elections, scheduled for next Friday, as its chairman, al-Sayyed Al-Badawy, is grappling with troubles both inside and outside the organization.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi met the Minister of Housing Mostafa Madbouly and Minister of Investment Ashraf Salman Tuesday to follow the latest progress, according to a presidential press release published May 13.

Former president Hosni Mubarak has served his sentence on charges of embezzling public money, and will not be imprisoned further, the Minister of Interior Aid for Prison Affairs Hassan al-Sohagy told Youm7 Wednesday.

Close to 40 political parties are to meet on Thursday to discuss an ‎initiative aimed at unifying the Egyptian opposition's ‎positions on the country's election laws and ‎moving the country's long-delayed parliamentary ‎polls forward. ‎

The government will replace Wednesday former justice minister Mahfouz Saber, following major outcry over comments he made regarding garbage collectors’ sons being unfit to occupy the position of a judge.

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has said that his country and Djibouti are on the same page regarding the situation in Yemen, as both are geographically close and share interests in maintaining security in the Red Sea.

Elections for the Wafd Party’s supreme board will be held next Friday, the party declared on Tuesday.

“Executive regulations of the investment law will be issued in 3 weeks for further discussion,” said Ashraf Salman, Minister of Investment, during Egypt’s Coal Conference Tuesday, Youm7 reported.

An Al Jazeera television journalist on trial in Egypt has filed a lawsuit in a Canadian court accusing his employer of negligence and has demanded $100 million in compensation, his lawyer said on Monday.

The suspended sentence of one year in prison of prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah was upheld Monday; he is charged with torching former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq’s presidential campaign headquarters in May 2012.

Egypt's Housing Ministry signed with the United Arab Emirates an agreement on Monday which sees the latter delivering 50 thousand housing units, worth $1.5 billion.

The Defense Ministry has given itself a majority stake in the new national entity controlling the national telecommunications infrastructure, according to daily business newspaper Al Borsa.

An Egyptian court ordered in remand a police officer charged with killing leftist activist Shaimaa El-Sabagh during a peaceful protest, adjourning the trial to 14 May after the first session was held on Sunday.

Justice Minister Mahmoud Saber has declined to retract the controversial remarks he made in which he suggested social status is vital when it comes to appointment in the judiciary.