The French navy said Monday that one of its ships is aiding in the search for traces of EgyptAir Flight 804, which crashed in the Mediterranean on Thursday.

National Air Navigation Services Company administrative board chairman Mohi El-Din Azmi denied late Sunday media reports that the pilot of the crashed EgyptAir MS804 contacted Egypt's control centre, in a statement published by Al-Ahram newspaper.

Greek Minister of Tourism Elena Kountoura and an accompanying delegation of 25 representatives of Greek travel agencies arrived in Cairo Monday on board an EgyptAir flight to participate in the Egyptian-Greek Tourism forum in Cairo, Youm7 reported.

A total of 35 percent of Egyptian National Railways (ENR) revenue is lost to ticket evaders, deputy head of ENR Assayed Salem told Youm7 Sunday. ENR has set a plan to enhance the supervision of conductors. The plan will include receiving the fare from conductors after every shift, comparing it with takings from previous days, and making sure conductors stay on the train for the entire duration of the journey, Salem said.

Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazy has left for the U.S. upon an invitation by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford.

An Egyptian aviation committee, tasked with investigating the MS804 passenger airliner crash said that “it is far too soon to make a judgment over the reason that caused the crash.”

Delegations from various Palestinian factions visit Cairo this week to discuss Israel-Palestine relations and the reconciliation of factions, in response to an invitation from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

An Egyptian court acquitted 36 Azhar University students on Saturday who have been serving a five-year jail sentence since December 2013 over clashes that took place on campus.

The Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) will return two ancient Egyptian sarcophagi lids that were looted and brought to Israel during the 2011 uprising, Youm7 reported Sunday citing Israel’s state broadcasting network.

Egyptian Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy has announced plans for a mass prayer ceremony to commemorate the victims of EgyptAir flight MS804, which disappeared over the Mediterranean on Thursday with the loss of 66 lives.

The U.S. Navy on Thursday said a P-3 Orion long-range aircraft was supporting the search for an EgyptAir plane that disappeared on a flight from Paris to Cairo over the Mediterranean.

Russia will loan Egypt $25 billion to finance building and operating a nuclear power plant in Egypt, the official gazette said on Thursday.

Egypt's civil aviation minister Sherif Fathy said "all scenarios are possible" regarding the EgyptAir flight that went missing over the Mediterranean early this morning but told reporters during a press conference on Thursday that the “possibility of a terrorist act is higher than that of a technical error”

The Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali on Thursday met with residents and shop owners affected by the fires that broke out in Cairo earlier this month, Youm7 reported.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met on Wednesday with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Cairo to discuss the latest developments in regional crises and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, a statement by the Egyptian presidency read.

The mainstream Palestinian Fatah movement has hailed a recent call by Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Palestinians and Israelis to reach a peaceful settlement to the decades-long conflict.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has decreed to form an Egyptian-Japanese joint committee tasked with expanding Japanese-style education methods in Egyptian schools.

Egypt's public prosecutor referred on Wednesday nine policemen accused of assaulting doctors at the Matariya teaching hospital in January to court.

Former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi and leaders of the Civil Democratic Current staged an open-ended sit-in at the party headquarters, protesting the detention of protesters against the Red Sea islands deal with Saudi Arabia, partisan member Mohamed Baioumi said Tuesday evening.

Egypt will import only 18 million cartons of artificial baby milk at a cost of $50 million, three million cartons less than last year, a source at the Health Ministry told Youm7 Tuesday.

During a speech inaugurating eight power stations on Tuesday, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi also addressed Israeli’s leaders and Egypt’s Palestinian neighbours, stressing that peace, prosperity and cooperation will only take place if both parties are able to reach a two-state solution.