Egypt’s health ministry banned wheat with any ergot fungus on Monday, a decision traders said signals the zero tolerance policy that wreaked havoc on the country’s grain purchases earlier this year is back to stay.

Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr met Monday with a U.S. delegation, where they discussed Egyptian people’s needs and priorities, read a statement.

Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr met Monday with a U.S. delegation, where they discussed Egyptian people’s needs and priorities, read a statement.

Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopian initially agreed to sign a contract with two European consultant companies, which have been chosen to conduct studies on the impacts of the under-construction Ethiopian Renaissance dam on the downstream countries of the Nile, on September 19 and 20, Youm7 reported an official in the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation spoke on condition anonymity as he was not authorized to brief the media Tuesday.

EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove arrived Tuesday in Cairo where he will meet with the Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shouky and other high-profile Egyptian politicians.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi left China’s Hangzhou heading to homeland early Tuesday after participating in the G20 Summit, during which he stressed the importance of dealing firmly with parties supporting terrorism politically, financially and militarily, violating international values.

Egypt's budget deficit rose by 16.8 percent to 254.9 billion Egyptian pounds ($28.71 billion) in the first nine months of 2015/16, the Planning Ministry said in a document on Monday.

A balcony of an old building has collapsed in Alexandria destroying three vehicles that were parked below.

The Red Sea governor Ahmed Abdallah has announced a LE50,000 fine for anyone who slaughters animals in the streets of Hurghada as part of the traditional Eid al-Adha celebrations.

A new supply minister has been selected to replace Khaled Hanafy, who resigned recently, with the new appointment to be announced at parliament's closing session on Tuesday.

Egypt decided to extend the opening of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip in both directions for another two days for the upcoming Eid Al-Adha holiday after opening them for three days starting on Saturday, MENA agency reported on Tuesday.

Giza prosecution ordered on Monday the detention of a lower-ranking policeman for four days pending further investigations on charges of attempted murder and use of excessive force after he shot a microbus driver using his work weapon during a street brawl in 6 October city.

The number of passengers travelling with Egyptian airlines – on both domestic and international flights – decreased by 40.4 percent to 10.1 million passengers in 2015 compared to 17 million passengers in 2014, the official statistics body CAPMAS announced on Monday.

Yemen's Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid Bin Daghr arrived in Cairo on Monday night to conduct talks with Egyptian officials, MENA news agency reported.

Egypt is going to provide its army with modern Russia-produced weaponry, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said Monday.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said in a speech on Monday during a session at the G20 Summit in China that Egypt is hosting five million refugees and immigrants despite facing economic challenges, adding that the root causes of the refugee crisis must be addressed.

Egypt's Suez Canal Authority announced total revenues of $429 million in July from the canal, a decrease of almost two percent from the $437.7 million recorded in the same month last year, state news agency MENA reported on Monday.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi agreed with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that a Russian delegation will be sent to Egypt "in the coming days" to inspect airports in anticipation of resumption of commercial flights between the two countries, state news MENA reported.

Moody's Investors Service said on Monday that the Egyptian parliament's recent approval of the value-added tax (VAT) is a credit positive despite it being approved at 13 percent instead of the government's recommended 14 percent.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi discussed bilateral ties with German Chancellor Angela Merkel when the two leaders met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China, Egypt's state news agency MENA reported.

Egypt's net foreign reserves rose to $16.564 billion at the end of August, the central bank said on Sunday. Reserves stood at $15.536 billion at the end of July.