North Sinai will be closed to all but registered residents, workers and students until January 29, a security source told Al-Masry Al-Youm, noting that the measure comes as part of broader security preparations for the fifth anniversary of the 2011 uprising on January 25.

Parliamentary sessions are to remain off-air for 15 days until the representatives review the laws and presidential decrees made in the parliament’s absence. After this,live broadcasting will presume normally, parliamentary president Ali Abdel Aal said.

Egypt will see a sandstorm for 72 hours starting from Sunday, a part of an unstable weather wave that will extend to Tuesday, Youm7 reported.

A Portuguese court has decided to extradite an ex-CIA agent to Italy, where she has been convicted of involvement in the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric under the U.S. "extraordinary rendition" programme, legal papers showed on Friday.

Pope Twadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, visited the monastery of St. George at Armant Wabour village in Luxor.

Police have taken extra security measures to secure Pope Tawadros’ visit to Luxor. Pope is going to honor 300 theological school graduates and will meet with the congregation. Pope is going to visit several tourist places in Luxor.

Extra security measures have been taken at Luxor to secure Pope's visit to the governorate on Monday. Pope is going to visit Luxor for two days then he will visit Qena on Wednesday.

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi attended Saturday the celebration of National Youth Day at the Cairo Opera House, where he promised great financial and educational opportunities for Egypt's youth.

Turkey intends to invite Egypt to the to the 13th Summit of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul next April, Turkey’s foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday.

A Cairo court sentenced Saturday three individuals deemed responsible for the July collision of a ferryboat and a heavy-cargo ship in the Nile River, leading to the death of 40 people.

Egypt Prime Minister Sherif Ismail will preside over the council of governors meeting for the first time Saturday after the recent governors reshuffle in December that witnessed 11 new faces, Youm7 reported.

The Cairo Court of Cassation rejected on Saturday the appeal made by former president Honsi Mubarak and his two sons against their three-year imprisonment in what is popularly known as the “presidential palaces” case.

Egypt’s Interior Ministry says it has arrested three people who are running 23 Facebook pages, accusing them of using the website to incite against state institutions.

Egypt’s Court of Cassation rejected Saturday appeals from 61 pro-Muslim Brotherhood (MB) defendants against earlier court rulings of 15 years in prison each over charges of protesting and sabotaging public properties in Cairo downtown’s Ramses Square in 2013, Youm7 reported.

A Cairo misdemeanor court acquitted on Saturday writer Ahmed Nagy for charges of “violating general morals and encouraging indecent sexual behavior.”

Abba Yousab, general bishop of Luxor attended today the funeral of Bishop Youannis, Bishop of the Catholic Church in Luxor, in St. George Church in Luxor.

Police in Damietta have arrested a terrorist cell on charges of planning for terrorist attacks on Christmas eve. Three members of the cell were arrested with weapons in their possession.

Archbishop Samir Nassar, Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites, announced the opening of a new Maronite Church in Damascus, in January of 2016.

The Criminal Court in western Tanta sentenced a police officer and lower ranking officer at Tanta police station to life in prison for “torturing a prisoner to death”.

Negotiations between Cairo, Addis Ababa and Khartoum have entered a decisive stage in which the parties must express their final stance concerning the controversy and disagreement caused by Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam, which threatens Egypt’s annual share of the Nile waters. Meetings involving the parties’ foreign affairs and water ministers have intensified, as Ethiopia and Egypt are preparing by finding alternatives that speed up the implementation of the studies should the feud deepen and the negotiations fall through.

A total of 28 convicts, allegedly belong to the banned Muslim Brotherhood group, were sentenced Saturday to 5 years in prison over charges of inciting violence and burning electricity transformers in Delta’s Sharqia governorate , Youm7 reported.