The Central Administration of Pest Control at the Ministry of Agriculture has formed four committees to follow and take all cautious procedures against swarms of the desert locusts along with Egypt’s western and southern borders, Youm7 reported the Administration chairperson Ashraf Abdel-Razeq Thursday.

Eighty percent of construction works of an electricity power plant, which has been built by Siemens, in Ghayadah city iof Sharqia governoarte has completed, Youm7 reported Beni Suif governor Sherif Habib Thursday.

The number of Egyptian pilgrims who died of natural causes during the hajj in Saudi Arabia reached 35 cases Thursday, state news agency MENA reported.

Egypt saw about 200,000 divorce cases during 2015, which marks a 10.8 per cent increase in divorces from the previous year, the official statistics agency revealed on Monday.

The Egypt-led committee tasked with investigating the causes of the Russian airliner crash last October in North Sinai, has yet to reach any results on its causes, sources within the aviation ministry said on Tuesday.

Egypt’s rejection of several shipments of wheat after readopting zero ergot tolerance has "no major impact" on Russian wheat exports, the Russian agriculture ministry said on Wednesday according to Interfax news outlet.

Anti-sexual harassment initiatives are absent from the streets during Eid due to the difficulty they faced in receiving permits from the Interior Ministry to help secure streets and public squares, organisers said.

The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) said its daily gas production has increased by 330 million cubic feet after four new wells were linked to the production map, Youm7 reported on Wednesday.

The Egyptian stock market closed on a mixed performance on Wednesday amid purchases by Egyptian and foreign institutions, Youm7 reported.

The death toll among Egyptian pilgrims has climbed to 33, Assistant Health Minister Ali Hegazy was quoted by Youm7 on Wednesday.

The Russian Transport Ministry plans to send another group of airport safety experts to Egypt shortly with the aim of restoring flights between the countries, Minister Maxim Sokolov told Sputnik on Wednesday.

Oil pollution appeared on the shores of the Gulf of Suez at Ras Gharib city, preventing people and holiday-makers in the city north of the Red Sea from using the beaches during the Eid holiday.

Due to the Central Bank of Egypt’s (CBE) decision to put restrictions on the transfer of foreign currency out of Egypt, Dutch airliner KLM announced that it would suspend its services to Cairo on 8 January 2017, the company announced on Wednesday.

Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will meet with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi next week during the UN General Assembly (UNGA), her campaign announced Wednesday.

Egypt’s navy managed to foil two irregular immigration attempts of 440 people through the Mediterranean Sea during the Eid Al-Adha holiday, the Egyptian armed forces announced.

Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sameh Shoukry will travel to New York on Thursday, ahead of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s US visit next week to attend the United Nation’s general assembly, state news agency MENA reported.

The Egyptian Ministry of Transport has resumed the suspended negotiations with the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) to implement the project of electric train for the new administrative capital, Youm7 reported.

The death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rose on Wednesday to 30, Head of the Egyptian medical Hajj mission Ali Hegazi was quoted by Sabah On talk show on ON T.V. as saying.

The Russian Transport Ministry plans to send another group of airport safety experts to Egypt shortly with the aim of restoring flights between the countries, Minister Maxim Sokolov said Wednesday.

Mexicans who lost relatives or were wounded in an aerial bombing in Egypt last year have reached a compensation agreement with the Egyptian Travel Agents Association (ETAA), Mexico’s government said on Tuesday.

The Egyptian Ministry of Justice has drafted a law against discrimination and will refer it to the House of Representatives to study it, Youm7 reported a judicial official at the ministry, who spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to the media.