By now the spectacle of Secretary of State John F. Kerry fawning over the Egyptian regime of Abdel Fatah al-Sissi and ignoring its massive violations of human rights has become familiar, if no less disturbing. On Sunday Mr. Kerry was at it again in Cairo, saying at a news conference that he had “reiterated . . . our strong support for Egypt as it undertakes significant reforms.” He said that he had discussed with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry “the essential role of a vibrant civil society, a free press, due process under the law.” But he made no mention of the regime’s ongoing campaign to crush all remnants of those institutions — which, according to numerous human rights monitors, amounts to the worst repression Egypt has seen in more than a half-century.

She locks the door of the high-rise apartment building where she works and heads home. Her street is a far cry from the ostentatious neighborhoods where she cleans. The low-slung buildings made of cinder-block bricks crowd the narrow and unpaved road. Laundry is strung from balconies. Her neighbors sit on the stoops and greet her.

A huge fire has destroyed four factories in the Borg Al-Arab district of Alexandria, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

More than a dozen were also injured when two buses collided on a desert highway outside the town of Edfu, North of Aswan, the sources said. A third bus then smashed into the wreckage, the sources added, Reuters reported.

Egypt's Article IV consultations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will take place in November, IMF Director for the Middle East and Central Asia Masood Ahmed said.

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed ties with European Union (EU) High Representative Catherine Ashton, also holding talks with Italian counterpart, Federica Mogherini, on the sidelines of the Gaza Reconstruction Conference.

Minister of Interior Mohamed Ibrahim ordered on Monday the "heavy presence" of security forces on al-Azhar University's campus.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged Israel on Sunday to consider launching new peace efforts based on an Arab initiative first presented in 2002 and rejected by the Jewish state.

Egyptian universities have resumed the second day of the new semester amid a tense atmosphere marked by condemnation and calls for protests.

Washington will allocate $212 million to Gaza reconstruction program, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday.

The Irish Government has pledged another €2.5m in aid to the Palestinians as part of an international effort to rebuild the Gaza Strip after this summer’s 50-day war.

The Alexandria Criminal Court postponed on Saturday the retrial of Al-Masry Al-Youm photojournalist Mahmoud Nasr and five other defendants to 3 November.

A child was killed and five people were injured after a two-storey house built with bricks collapsed in Qena governorate.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will visit Cairo Sunday to take part in the Gaza reconstruction conference, state-run MENA reported Thursday.

Former Egyptian vice-president Mohamed ElBaradei has declined to give testimony before a panel created by former interim president Adly Mansour to investigate the bloody violence that followed the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsy in July 2013.

The family of imprisoned Egyptian-American duel citizen Mohamed Sultan—who has been on hunger strike for over 250 days in Egyptian prison—has called on the U.S to intercede to pressure Egypt to release him, according to news reports.

Prominent political activist Ahmed Douma remains in Qasr El-Aini hospital on Thursday after being admitted earlier this week.

Egypt will only deal with the government appointed by the elected representatives of the Libya people, the Egyptian prime minister has said. He has also said that Egypt will fully collaborate with Libya on security issues. Egypt’s security was Libya’s security, he said, and Libya’s security was likewise Egypt’s.

More than two million pilgrims, according to official statistics of Saudi authorities, performed the Jamarat ritual in Mina on Sunday, as part of the Hajj.

Mokattam road will be closed for three days to remove dangerous rocks on both sides,Cairo governor Galal Saeed stated Wednesday.

The pre-trial detention of 179 suspects detained in August 2013 was renewed for 45 days Wednesday by Cairo Criminal Court, reported Youm7.