Egypt has rejected two shipments of wheat for containing trace levels of the ergot fungus, backtracking on a government pledge to apply international standards and alarming traders looking to do business with the world's largest buyer of the grain.

Three suspected perpetrators of the armed attack against troops from Helwan police station, which left eight personnel dead on May 8, were shot dead during a police raid on Tuesday.

A security source from inside the Interior Ministry has dismissed media reports that terrorist group Islamic State (IS) intends to blow up the Giza pyramids, saying that the archaeological site is highly secure and constantly monitored.

A fire broke out Wednesday morning in Old Cairo near Al-Khalifa neighborhood in Al-Tounsi market. Around 50 small storage rooms owned or rented by traders to store goods and furniture were primarily what caught on fire. According to the Ministry of Interior, 20 firefighting truck arrived at the scene and began extinguishing the flames.

The deputy head of the Damietta Security Directorate was seriously injured in the shootout

138 defendants received sentences between three years and life in jail

Reports have emerged that Tuesday's English language test was leaked 10 minutes into the start of the exam

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An EgyptAir flight to China was forced to make an emergency landing in Uzbekistan on Wednesday after the airline received a call claiming that there was a bomb on board, two Egyptian aviation officials said.

PM Sherif Ismail says that the examination in Egypt should be improved.

On the occasion of the World Day for Cultural Diversity May 22, the Library of Alexandria hosted festivities to conclude a series of technical workshops to cultivate the artistic skills of Syrian children and young people. Organized by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees over the past year, the project was the first of its kind to focus on the artistic talents of the refugees, and not just professional skills needed for the labor market.

The Egyptian foreign ministry condemned on Monday the attack against the General Intelligence office in Amman and sent its condolences to the families of the victims.

CAIRO, June 6 (Aswat Masriya) - Arrival of the ship, tasked with searching for and recovering the two black boxes of the doomed Egypt Air MS804 flight, to the search site will be delayed, sources within the committee investigating the incident said on Monday.

CAIRO, June 6 (Aswat Masriya)-The Cairo criminal court handed on Monday a life sentence and a ten year in prison sentence to two people on charges on photographing police facilities.

A total of 31 migrants, mostly Egyptian, arrived in a navy vessel in Alexandria Monday, as well as nine decomposed bodies, Youm7 reported.

A student was killed Monday and three others were injured after a car hit them while crossing the Cairo-Alexandria desert road, Youm7 reported.

The Mediterranean city of Marsa Matrouh will incorporate extensive security measures including surveillance cameras, extra officers and youth to monitor road flow to secure holidaymakers,by Matrouh security director Hisham Lotfy.

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi headed on Sunday a National Defence Council meeting where they discussed the army’s 2016-2017 budget as well as a number of pending domestic and regional issues.

Twelve officials from the Education Ministry were detained Monday pending investigations into high-profile exam leaks.

Egypt's parliament approved a report prepared by the legislative and constitutional affairs committee on a Saudi-Egyptian loan agreement aimed at developing the Sinai peninsula in a plenary session Saturday.

As Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reaches the two-year milestone of his presidency in the coming week, the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research (Baseera) has conducted a poll to measure the Egyptian people's satisfaction with his performance.