Unidentified gunmen shot a civilian dead in North Sinai late on Monday, Egypt's official news agency MENA reported, where the military is battling an Islamist insurgency.

Egypt parliament speaker Ali Abdel-Al told MPs Monday that an amendment aimed at granting President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi the right to appoint a new Higher Press Council will be indefinitely postponed.

Egyptian foreign ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid slammed on Monday an article titled “The ruining of Egypt” published in The Economist magazine, calling it “reductionist and biased.”

An annual report by Egypt's semi-governmental National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) was criticised by the justice ministry on Monday in parliament for what it called a failure to show that the issue of human rights is at the top of the government's agenda.

Jordan's attorney-general imposed on Monday a media gag order on a case related to the assault of an Egyptian by Jordanians in Amman, Egypt’s state-owned MENA agency reported.

Egypt's electricity ministry announced on Monday the new tariffs for household consumers as a part of the government’s plan to phase out the energy subsidy within five years as of July 2014.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) closed on Monday five currency exchange bureaus in an attempt to regulate the market, halving the number of licensed operating bureaus in the country.

An Egyptian bodyguard brutally tortured in Jordan – who received fractures of all four limbs -- was released from hospital, the Egyptian foreign ministry said on Saturday, adding that they were carefully following the case.

Firefighters from Marsa Matrouh Civil Protection were called in to control a large fire that broke out in the early hours of Monday morning, hospitalizing five people, at Marina 2 resort on the north coast.

Egypt said on Sunday that it is trying to verify reports about the abduction of a group of Egyptian citizens by armed men in Libya on Saturday.

Egyptian dailies say Cairo has proposed to IMF delegates an 18-month reform program in return for a $12 billion loan over three years to shore up its economy.

The Ministry of Tourism, in cooperation with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, launched on Sunday an online portal in 14 languages and 250 touristic attraction points.

Cairo University has decided to apply HIV tests on new students before being enrolled in the University’s faculties, Youm7 reported The University Vice President Mohamed Othman al-Khashab Sunday evening.

Floods that hit Sudan will contribute in increasing the level of Nile water in Egypt’s Man-made Lake of Aswan, Youm7 reported director of regional office of the Center for Environment & Development for The Arab Region & Europe (Cedare) Khaled Abu Zeid Monday.

Egyptian Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker will hold a press conference Monday at the Ministry headquarters to announce that new electricity prices , Youm7 reported.

Director of the South Egypt Cancer Institute of Asyut University Mostafa al-Sharqawy announced Sunday that the institute is suffering shortage of saline solutions, he added that the current stock is enough for only five days, Youm7 reported.

Egypt’s foreign currency reserves dropped two billion dollars end of July to register a total of $15.5 billion compared to the month before, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced late on Sunday.

Italian Parliamentary leader of the Popular and Liberal Alliance for local Autonomy (ALA) Lucio Barani said that he will hold a press conference in Rome to talk about case of Italian slain student Giulio Regeni, who was tortured to death in Cairo early February, Youm7 cited him Sunday during an interview with T.V. host Ahmed Mousa.

Egyptian Foreign Ministry is contacting with the Libyan officials to confirm that 27 Egyptian nationals were kidnapped by militants in northern city of Tripoli, Ministry Spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid in a phone call to talk show “On Egypt’s Air” on Sunday evening.

An Egyptian national, called Badin Al-Imam, was announced killed in confrontations against the Islamic State group in Syria on August 3, Youm7 reported a statement from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) which he joined to combat against IS group in Syria.

Committees within Egypt’s parliament discussed on ‎Sunday new cooperation agreements signed with Saudi ‎Arabia, at the top of which is the nuclear power agreement signed during Saudi King Salman’s visit to Cairo in April.