The October 2015 crash of a Russian plan was caused by a person or group who “aimed to hit Egyptian tourism,” said President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi in his opening address to the Egypt’s Vision 2030 conference Wednesday.

Renowned journalist and human rights activist Hossam Bahgat was banned from travelling on Tuesday. He was supposed to travel to Jordan to participate in the United Nations meeting on Justice in the Arab World, according to a post on his Facebook account.

Egypt launched on Wednesday the final draft of the country's sustainable development strategy for the next 15 years with the aim to raise Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to 12 percent in 2030, up from the 4.2 percent attained last fiscal year, while reducing the budget deficit to 2.28 percent from 11.5 percent.

Egyptian parliament speaker Ali Abdel-Al seized Tuesday's morning session to express "deep respect" for journalists after two MPs attacked reporters covering parliament the day before.

El Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence has vowed that it will not stop helping victims of torture and violence despite the Egyptian government's decision to shut the organization down.

A new Mediterranean shipping lane in east Port Said will be inaugurated Wednesday, Youm7 reported Director-General of East Port Said Area Hesham Salama Tuesday.

A policeman out of nine accused of assaulting doctors at Matariya Teaching hospital in January was referred Monday to trial, after thousands of doctors staged protests demanding police accountability.

The Qasr Al-Nil Criminal Court acquitted nine protesters on Tuesday who had been formally charged with violating the Protest Law and sedition, stemming from their arrest in November on the fourth anniversary of clashes between police and protesters on Mohamed Mahmoud Street.

Egypt is "definitely not going" to float its currency with foreign currency reserves at their current level, the governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said on Sunday.

Former Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab inaugurated the first international Suez Canal conference on Monday, titled "Opportunities and Challenges".

Egypt’s People’s Assembly accepted the resignation of outgoing Member of Parliament Serry Siam Sunday, and notified President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi of the vacancy among the 596 seats, Youm7 reported.

Agroup of Nubian citizens and activists protested Monday at Aswan’s Abu Simbel Temple, as hundreds of tourists gathered in the early hours of the morning to watch a unique solar perpendicular alignment illuminating the face of ancient King Ramses II.

A prominent columnist on Sunday delivered the harshest attack to date against Egypt's president in the local media, saying that Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi presided over a "theocracy" that is no different from the Islamist-led government he overthrew in 2013.

Many Egyptian MPs are warning the government against "any shocking measures" that might hit hard poor and limited-income classes.

Parliament approved in its Sunday session the resignation of Serry Seyam, one of the 28 members appointed by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Dozens of low-ranking policemen held a Sunday demonstration in the Sharqia Security Directorate in the Delta in solidarity with seven of their colleagues who were arrested Saturday over “sedition,” Youm7 reported.

Egypt's highest prosecutor ordered putting a policeman accused of the high-profile killing of a civilian in the Cairo neighbourhood of al-Darb al-Ahmar on trial for murder charges, on Sunday.

Dozens of family members gathered in front of the Press Syndicate Saturday to protest the treatment of their detained relatives, as well as demanding “fair trials” and “an end to the death sentence”.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi received his Gabonese counterpart Ali Bongo at the presidential palace in Cairo on Thursday to sign a number of protocols of bilateral cooperation.

The Egyptian pound was steady against the dollar at an official forex auction on Thursday and black market traders quoted the official rate a day after the central bank shut four exchange companies in an effort to end speculation on devaluation.

Tourism revenues dropped during December 2015 by 52 percent compared to that of January 2015, Youm7 quoted Adla Ragab, the economic advisor for Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou.