US-based Human Rights Watch has urged Western countries to abstain from supporting the government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, citing what it views as human rights abuses committed during his one-year rule.

A campaign demanding the release of political prisoners has counted 163 forced disappearances of activists since April, adding to escalating warnings by rights advocacy groups in that respect over the last several weeks.

The petroleum sector is currently implementing projects worth $9.4 billion, in addition to projects that have been completed, Egypt's petroleum minister said on Monday.

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Cairo Sunday in a two-day visit to discuss regional issues with a number of officials, Youm7 reported.

A vice-warden was sentenced to three months of imprisonment on Sunday and a lawyer was sentenced to a month after a disagreement between them sparked a lawyer's strike.

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi apologised on Sunday to Egyptian lawyers after one of them was physically assaulted by a policeman, an incident that sparked angry protests by attorneys on Saturday.

Egypt's stock market closed in the red zone on Sunday, as the benchmark EGX30 index declined by 0.59 percent, recording 8,728.87 points and a turnover of LE288 million, the Egyptian Exchange data showed.

Ten human rights organizations have criticized the "insulting the Interior Ministry" charge, which leads to imprisonment.

Egypt’s net international reserves slipped to $19.559 billion at May-end, a decline of more than $1 billion, compared to $20.5 billion in April, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced Sunday.

French telecom giant Orange plans to cut ties with Israeli communications company Partner, Orange’s chairman Stéphane Richard said on Wednesday, following criticism in recent weeks over Partner’s involvement in the Occupied Palestinian territories.

Court of Cassation has approved Thursday an appeal presented by Egypt’s Attorney General against an earlier court ruling that cleared former President Hosni Mubarak over his role in the death of protesters during the 2011 uprising, Youm7 reported.

A number of Egyptian Drilling Company workers protested Thursday in front of the back gate of the Cabinet headquarters on Hussein Hegazy Street, to demand return to work and the disbursement of overdue paychecks over two years old.

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday, to discuss the means for supporting bilateral relations and a number of other issues, including the internal developments on the Egyptian scene and civil society organisations working in Egypt, in addition to counter terrorism.

The head of Egypt's lawyers syndicate Sameh Ashour on Thursday said that his union would not call off a strike to protest police assault on one of its members, unless the interior ministry officially apologised for the attack.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi defended Egypt's human rights record during a visit to Germany, amid concerns over death sentences handed to dozens of Islamist figures.

A meeting with President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi would have “no basis,” Bundestag President Norbert Lammert told the German news agency (DPA) Wednesday.

A Juvenile Court acquitted on Wednesday eight defendants who belong to the Ultras White Knights group of the charge of violating Egypt's protest law.

Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead two members of Egypt’s tourism and antiquities police force on a road near the Giza pyramids on Wednesday, security sources said, in a rare attack near a tourist sites.

Italy's foreign minister is due to arrive in Egypt next week for a round of trilateral talks on Libya, which Cairo will host on Sunday, the state agency MENA reported.

Egypt’s banned April 6 Youth Movement has condemned as an “incitement of violence” a recent statement by several Egyptian and Arab Islamic clerical groups urging revenge on Egyptian authorities for a crackdown on Islamists.

The Egyptian Embassy in Berlin has deleted a post that had been published on its Facebook page Tuesday for a schedule of rallies planned in support of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during his visit to Germany.