Egyptian steel tycoon and former leading NDP member Ahmed Ezz is seemingly returning to the political scene after being named the "honorary president" of a new political party.

The Egyptian office of the prosecutor-general stated on Sunday that its ongoing investigation into alleged corruption surrounding local wheat procurement revealed that some EGP 533 million ($60 million) have been stolen by officials within the agriculture ministry in collusion with silo owners.

New guidance issued by the UK’s Home Office in August states that Muslim Brotherhood members can qualify for political asylum in the United Kingdom if they are considered to be under threat of “persecution” in Egypt.

When Egypt announced plans to develop renewable power in 2014, investors piled in, drawn by year-round sunshine and chronic electricity shortages. Two years on, many projects have stalled, hitting confidence among foreign investors Egypt sorely needs.

North Cairo Court adjourned on Sunday reviewing the request filed by former presidential hopeful Ahmed Shafiq to remove his name from government watchlists until September 15th, to allow time for prosecution to submit a memorandum.

Naval forces rescued on Saturday a merchant vessel about to sink, 25 kilometers south of al-Qoseir on the Red Sea.

Egypt's Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy announced on Sunday a month-long summer sale on public and private sector goods, due to start on Monday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Saturday that he has tasked the armed forces with completing the construction of Zewail City of Science and Technology.

Egypt's consumer confidence increased by three points in the second quarter of 2016 (April-June) to reach 81 points, according to the latest data form Nielsen’s Consumer Confidence Index (CCI).

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi slammed "doubters" in a speech given on the occasion of the first anniversary of the inauguration of the New Suez Canal in Ismailia governorate Saturday, El-Sisi assured that the project has been a success.

Port Said Criminal Court ordered Sunday the release of five defendants, upheld the sentence against one defendant, and sentenced another defendant to three years in prison, issuing a verdict concerning seven defendants out of 36 in the retrial of the case known as the "Ismailia clashes."

The House of Representatives' constitutional and legal committee annulled on Sunday the membership of MP Ahmed Mortada Mansour, after a court decision in July ruled that his competitor Amr El-Shobaki is the legitimate winner of the parliamentary elections in Dokki district in the 2015, Aswat Masryia reported.

Four civilians were killed in North Sinai's El-Arish after an improvised explosive device planted in a garbage bag detonated late Friday in the vicinity of a police station, state owned MENA agency reported.

Addis Ababa will not allow Egypt and its people to suffer from negative effects of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Ethiopia’s parliament speaker Abadula Gemeda assured an Egyptian MP during a Pan-African Parliament meeting in South Africa’s Johannesburg.

Egypt’s general prosecution ordered Thursday the four-day detention of a police officer pending investigations into the murder of a man in an exchange of fire with police in the Minya village of El-Baiho.

President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi led mourners including a number of Egyptian and dignitaries during the military funeral of winner Egyptian chemist and Nobel laureate Ahmed Zewail Sunday morning at the El-Mosheer Tantawy mosque in New Cairo.

Prosecutors in the town of Abu Kebir, Sharqiya Governorate, have ordered the detention of 12 people on suspicion of demolishing the house of a man charged with killing an eight-year-old boy.

Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker said on Thursday that he plans to announce new price categories for electricity usage, saying that a press conference will be arranged soon for the purpose.

The Egyptian embassy in Damascus has successfully repatriated an Egyptian family stranded in the war-torn country, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr has recently met with a delegation of the Saudi Fund for Development, where she discussed the final procedures for the provision of $500 million as a first batch of the total financing worth $1.5 billion that will be allocated for the Sinai Peninsula Development Program.