French President Francois Hollande's presence to inaugurate an exhibition for Egypt's sunken antiquities reflects the profound and distinguished relations between Egypt and France, said a source at the Elysee.

A group of 15 Egyptian doctors arrived in Accra for a month-long stay to fill shortages in Ghanian hospitals, according to a Monday statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.

Shaaban al-Shamy, the presiding judge who sentenced former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and number of Muslim Brotherhood members to death over a 2011 prison break was appointed as Minister of Justice aide for Forensic Medicine Sunday.

Egyptian navy forces have foiled an alleged illegal migration attempt by 228 migrants from various nationalities near Alexandria, stated military spokesperson Mohamed Samir Sunday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned on Sunday that "information and psychological warfare are destroying ... countries," the state news agency MENA reported.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi left Jakarta Saturday heading to Egypt after an Asian tour that included Singapore, China and Indonesia.

The non-governmental organisation (NGO), Partners of the Foundation for Transparency (PFT), announced in a report, Sunday, that 104 incidents of corruption occurred in August 2015.

5 September marks the tenth memorial of the tragic fire in Beni Seuf Theatre that claimed the lives of over 30 people, injuring dozens more. As the fire erupted, the stampede that ensued in search of an exit inaugurated a dark day in Egypt’s history.

The Emirates NBD Egypt Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 51.2 in August, up from 49.2 the previous month. A reading above 50 indicates expansion and below 50, contraction.

Dozens of high school students protested Thursday outside the Ministry of Education in solidarity with student Mariam Zaki who got zeros in all subjects.

Anew electoral coalition, named the “Leftist Alliance”, was formed, including the Al-Tagammu, the Socialist Popular Alliance, the Communist, and the Socialist Parties.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will visit Egypt by the middle of September, Chris Jarvis, the mission chief for Egypt told the state-owned news agency MENA on Thursday.

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met in Beijing on Wednesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss furthering economic and political cooperation between the two countries, Egypt's news agency MENA reported.

The discovery of vast deposits of natural gas off Egypt has muddied the waters for Israel's own gas industry, though Israel's head start in developing fields means markets' negative reaction may be overdone.

The fate of the detained photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known as Shawkan, whose detention has exceeded the maximum pre-trial limit of two years, is expected to be decided on by a Cairo appeal court next week, his lawyer Karim Abdel Rady told The Cairo Post Wednesday.

Lawyer Mokhtar Mounir challenged the court order renewing the detention of detainee Mahmoud Hussein, also known as the “anti-torture T-shirt prisoner”, who has completed 585 days behind bars without trial.

Egyptian investment minister Ashraf Salman signed on Wednesday a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese company to develop the new administrative capital, reported the state news agency MENA.

Egypt’s parliamentary elections hopefuls, who previously passed medical check-ups in February before the postponement of the elections, do not need to take new tests to qualify for the polls that start mid-October, the High Elections Committee (HEC) said on Tuesday.

Italy's Eni is open to selling a stake in its "supergiant" Zohr gas field discovery off of Egypt, its chief executive said, as the state-controlled energy company looks for funds to bankroll development without sacrificing dividends.

The Sayeda Zeinab prosecution decided Monday morning to release journalists arrested at the Zeinhom morgue on a bail of EGP 10,000 each, according to the independent observatory Journalists Against Torture.

The Egyptian stock exchange's benchmark index EGX 30 dropped by 11.5 percent in the month of August, a bourse report said on Tuesday.