A lawyer has submitted an official complaint to the Supreme Judicial Council against a senior judge, accusing him of voicing personal political views during a press interview a week ago, including views on people detained pending judicial measures.

Egyptian Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel Ghaffar announced Saturday a reshuffle within the ministry extending to promotions, transfers, and dismissals of various officers.

Egypt signed a loan agreement worth 45 million Kuwaiti dinars or $150 million with the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development on Sunday, state news agency MENA reported.

Egypt's stocks ended the trading week on the rise after business tycoon Naguib Sawiris offered LE1 billion to acquire the second largest brokerage firm in Egypt from the Commercial International Bank (CIB).

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia would remove all restrictions on flights to Egypt once reliable anti-terrorism measures were implemented.

The drop in global oil prices will not deter Saudi Arabia from supporting Egypt’s economy, its ambassador said on Thursday, adding Riyadh’s support would help ease an acute dollar shortage and reduce pressure on the government budget.

The cabinet approved in its weekly meeting Wednesday new modifications in the bids and tenders law that will give ministers and heads of governmental authorities and bodies more power in direct assignment operations.

Ancient Egyptian boy king Tutankhamen's famous golden mask was fully restored and is currently back on display in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, said Egypt's antiquities minister Wednesday.

Egypt has elected a long-awaited parliament that is due to convene later this month, following over three years of a parliamentary vacuum since a court dissolved a 2012 legislature.

Saudi Arabia has pledged new support for Egypt’s economy in the form of oil assistance and US$8 billion in additional investments in the country.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi will meet with the irrigation and foreign ministers in the upcoming days to update him with the results of the recent six-party meeting on the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD,) a source told Youm7 Wednesday.

The cabinet is scheduled to begin discussing a draft law for the press and the media in its meeting Wednesday as part of the government’s preparations to present its programme to the upcoming parliament.

Egypt's Suez Canal revenue fell in November to $408.4 million from $449.2 million in October, data on the Suez Canal Authority's website showed on Wednesday.

Political analysts expect that the speaker of Egypt's new ‎parliament - or the House of Representatives - will be on the top of a list of 28 high-profile ‎figures to be appointed next week by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi. ‎

Egypt’s Presidency has sent an official letter to the Cabinet warning of unfavorable consequences to the “commercial recession” occuring in the Suez Canal province of Port Said.

Egypt has become the second worst jailer of journalists worldwide, second only to China; 23 are now in jail, compared to 12 being held in 2014, according to report released Tuesday by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Editor’s note: This story is part of a series entitled “Global Warming: Survival of the Richest” that examines the issues Egypt faces in seeking to meet its environmental commitments, with part one focussed on the revived use of coal, its short-term benefits and long-term health concerns.

Egypt's interior minister approved sending out two medical convoys to the Tora prison complex and to three police stations in Cairo and inmates and detainees are set to be medically examined.

Negotiations between Egypt and China over an electric train to run between the cities of Al-Salam and Belbeis have failed after Transport Minister Saad al-Geyoushi asked the Chinese to invest in the project instead of granting Egypt a loan for it.

A 25-year-old woman was killed and 14 others injured in a road accident north of Upper Egypt’s governorate of Aswan Monday morning, Youm7 reported.

Runoff elections in four constituencies resumed Monday for Egyptians abroad, and will continue until 16 December for locals as well, according to the Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC). This is the last electoral phase in parliamentary elections.