The United States and Britain called on Sunday for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Yemen to end violence between Iran-backed Houthis and the government, which is supported by Gulf states.

The United States and Britain called on Sunday for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Yemen to end violence between Iran-backed Houthis and the government, which is supported by Gulf states.

Activists are calling for the release of an Egyptian-American woman with US citizenship who has been imprisoned in Egypt since 2014.

Saudi ambassador to Egypt Ahmed al-Qattan arrived in Cairo on Saturday after a three-day visit to Riyadh, where he he discussed Saudi-Egypt relations with government and ministry figures.

Moroccan media outlets have attacked Egypt for allowing a delegation from the separatist Polisario Front to take part in the joint Arab-African parliamentary conference in Sharm el-Sheikh last week.

Egyptian Finance Minister Amr El Garhy said on Monday his country would gather an additional $6 billion in bilateral funding required to secure a $12 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan within one or two weeks.

Egypt is expected to receive a $1.5 billion fund from the World Bank during the current fiscal year as part of a 3yr- fund program worth $4.5 billion, Hafez Ghanme, vice president of the Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank, told Youm7.

The Egyptian Stock Market Exchange (EGX) opened Tuesday on a varied note after a sharp decline on Monday, Youm7 reported.

The Second Egyptian-Tanzanian Business Forum kicked off Tuesday in Cairo, and is set to last until Wednesday.

The Ministry of Petroleum has finalized drilling 167 exploratory wells to extract crude oil and natural gas in different parts in Egypt, Youm7 reported.

Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Waly annoucned that the government is seeking to provide job oportunities for youth in a bid to confront illegal immigration crisis, in statements to Youm7.

A conscript shot dead a policeman after the later threatened to punish him by cutting his monthly leave, Youm7 reported.

A total of 118 donkies were found dead after unknown people ripped their skin from their bodies and dumped them in a conduit in Delta’s Kafr el-Sheikh governorate, Youm7 reported.

Sir Magdi Yacoub, the British-Egyptian cardiothoracic surgeon, annoucned that he will be responsible for the treatment of a rare case of a child born with his heart outside his chest, in TV statements Sunday.

A Cairo prosecutor ordered on Monday the detention of six people for 15 days pending investigations into charges of inciting illegal protests on 11 November, Ahram Arabic website reported.

Egypt's foreign minister Sameh Shoukry discussed Egyptian-US ties with a visiting US congressional delegation in Cairo on Monday, Egypt’s state news agency MENA said.

Alaa Abed, a leading figure of the Free Egyptians Party, was elected head of the Human Rights Committee. As many as seven MPs who competed for the post decided to withdraw from the race. One of these, businessman and head of the Conservatives Party Akmal Qortam, accused the Free Egyptians Party of compelling its MPs to join the human rights committee to have adequate voting power to elect Abed. Qortam described the vote as "undemocratic" and as a result he said he had decided to resign from parliament.

The head of Syria's National Security Bureau Ali Al-Mamlouk met during a Cairo visit with Egypt's head of intelligence Khaled Fawzy, Syria's state-owned news agency SANA reported on Monday.

Upon the request of a large number of MPs, the speaker of Egypt's parliament, Ali Abdel-Al has announced that he is seriously studying a proposal aimed at holding a joint meeting with leading members of Saudi Arabia's Shura Council.

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will meet with a congress delegation chaired by Senator Michael Conaway at Cairo-based Egyptian Foreign Ministry headquarters on Monday, according to a statement from the ministry Sunday.

A Cairo court sentenced 18 defendants on Sunday to two years in prison for insulting the judiciary, after the defendants cheered inside the cage when one of them threw his shoe at the judge, security sources and a lawyer said.