Egypt's health ministry attempted to close down leading anti-torture NGO the El-Nadeem Centre for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence on Tuesday, but was thwarted when staff refused to leave.

The Egyptian delegation investigating the murder of Italian Researcher Giulio Regeni in Egypt will depart for Rome on Wednesday, public prosecution said in a statement.

The head of Egypt's press syndicate Yehia Kalash said on Tuesday that an arrest warrant issued Monday against leading syndicate member Khaled Elbalshy for "insulting the police" has been dropped, and that the matter will be resolved without a probe.

Handicapped students are now exempt from payingCairo University fees, head of the college Gaber Nassar announced Tuesday at an open meeting with students with disabilities, according to Youm7.

Italy said on Tuesday it would take "immediate and proportionate" measures against Egypt if the Cairo government did not fully cooperate in uncovering the truth over the murder of an Italian student.

Egypt's Ministry of International Cooperation will finalise a $500 million funding agreement with the World Bank to finance developmental projects in Upper Egypt and create more jobs for locals, the ministry said in a press release on Monday.

The number of Egyptians living inside the country will reach 91 million on 5 June, the deputy head of the state statistics body CAPMAS, Mohamed Abdel-Gelil, told Al-Hayat television channel on Sunday.

The Ministry of Antiquities will launch a project to restore and renovate the Baron Empain Palace in Cairo’s Heliopolis, the Ministry announced Sunday via its Facebook page.

In February Egypt saw a 45.9% decrease in tourists compared to February of 2015, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) reported Monday.

Italian investigators will ask for the phone records of 10 of Guilio Regeni’s friends and acquaintances from their Egyptian counterparts in a bilateral meeting scheduled to be held on Tuesday in which Egyptian investigations into the PhD student’s murder will be presented, according to Italian news agency ANSA.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has published report showing the role of tax havens in the hiding huge fortunes of figures close to global and Arab political officials.

US Senator Lindsey Graham said at a press conference on Sunday after meeting with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah-El-Sisi in Cairo that Egypt's stability "is more important than any other time," the Egyptian state-owned MENA agency reported.

An Italian tourism association decided on Thursday to suspend all activities, especially its travel programmes, in Egypt until the story behind Guilio Regeni’s death is “clarified”.

Egypt will start digging four tunnels to facilitate automobile movement beneath the Suez Canal by June, stated Egyptian Military engineering Authority chairperson Kamel Al-Wazir Sunday.

A Cairo criminal court referred on Sunday TV host Ahmed Moussa and former minister of justice Ahmed El-Zend to trial, to start on 4 June, for defaming and insulting Egypt's former top auditor Hisham Geneina.

Egypt’s Court of Cassation overturned Sunday three-year jail sentences of 14 students over charges of “illegal protesting, using and inciting violence, and attacking police personnel in 2014,” Youm7 reported.

A Cairo misdemeanour court upheld Thursday a three-year jail sentence handed down on Egyptian writer Fatma Naoot for contempt of religion.

Italy warned Egypt on Wednesday to be prepared for consequences if the fails to cooperate adequately in finding the murderers of Italian student Giulio Regeni.

Luxor and Queen Hatshepsut temples will be lit up in blue Saturday evening in honor of World Autism Awareness Day; Luxor Governor Mohamed Badr was quoted by Youm7.

Minister of Immigration Nabila Makram said on Thursday that the Egyptian students arrested in Sudan for leaking exams will be released next week.

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with his United States counterpart John Kerry in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit.