Border guards in Egypt’s Mediterranean city of Matrouh thwarted an attempt by two Syrians to infiltrate into Libyan territories via the Sallum border crossing on Tuesday, Youm7 reported.

President Abdel Fatah al Sisi on Tuesday met with Housing Minister Moustafa Madbouly to discuss the progress in the construction of the country’s new administrative capital city, Youm7 reported.

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Tuesday with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam in Beirut and discussed solutions to end the presidential vacuum in Lebanon, which has been ongoing since 2014.

The Egyptian Presidency denied media reports claiming that it has purchased new 4 air jets from France’s Dassault Aviation, presidential source told Youm7, describing the reports as “baseless.”

Egypt’s telecoms industry regulator has approved the final terms for 4G mobile broadband network licences and will send the forms out to licensee companies on Sunday, a senior official at Egypt’s Telecommunications Ministry told Reuters.

International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr will sign a cooperation protocol on a grant worth $2.4 million with officials from the Middle East and North Africa Transition Fund on Wednesday, Youm7 reported.

A total of one million and 700,000 poor families have been registered to receive a monthly pension as part of the “Takafol and Karama” Project, according Ahmed Latif, an official at the project.

The Egyptian government has opened channels of communication with a number of Arab countries and international institutions to provide up to US$ 5 billion in financial aid over three years, in addition to the $12 billion loan expected from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The Egyptian navy has seized a large haul of marijuana on the coast of the Red Sea governorate, according to the Military Spokesperson Mohamed Samir’s Facebook page.

The Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Khaled Hanafy inaugurated on Tuesday an operation line for gold in coordination with the Saudi jeweler, L'azurde group, in an effort to ease both the sharp rise in gold prices and the financial burden on Egypt.

Egypt’s public prosecution appealed on Tuesday against a court decision clearing former president Mohamed Mursi of the espionage charge, in a case dubbed as espionage with Qatar, before the Court of Cassation.

Egypt's smart-card system for selling subsidised food will soon fall under the authority of the military production ministry instead of the ministries of supply and planning, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported on Tuesday.

Ten Egyptian MPs are currently in Geneva, ‎Switzerland to attend a conference on human rights. ‎The delegation, led by head of ‎parliament's human rights committee Anwar Al-‎Sadat, has caused furious reaction in parliamentary ‎circles.‎

Egypt's government has officially launched new, lower-karat gold jewellery for cheaper prices in a bid to combat the recent dramatic surge in the price of the valuable metal, Al-Ahram news website reported on Tuesday.

Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukry met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut on Tuesday, where both officials discussed ongoing efforts to reach aconsensus between Lebanon’s various political factions and put an end to a three-year power vacuum.

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump vowed to work with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, among a number of other leaders, to “halt the spread of radical Islam”.

A Russian security delegation arrived in Hurghada at dawn on Tuesday to inspect new security measures introduced at Hurghada touristic areas prior to deciding on the return of Russian flights to Egypt.

Mohamed Meit, Assistant Minister of Finance for the treasury, has announced government plans to streamline employment within the state administrative system, without reducing salaries or laying off any current staff.

The Central Bank of Egypt maintained the Egyptian pound at a stable rate of 8.78 against the US dollar at its weekly forex auction on Tuesday, state news agency MENA reported.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi stressed to Yemen's Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid Bin Daghr the importance of avoiding a long-term armed conflict in Yemen, during a Cairo meeting on Monday, state owned MENA agency reported.

Member of the Egyptian Syndicate of Lawyers Abu El-Naga Mehrizi has called for writing off names of former Vice-President Mohamed ElBaradei and politician Ayman Nour from the Syndicate, Parlmany reported Monday.