U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy that Washington's military aid to his country could resume, partly due to Cairo's upholding of its peace treaty with Israel, the newspaper Daily News Egypt reported on Wednesday.

When French Egyptologist Olivier Perdu saw a fragment of a pharaonic statue on display in a Brussels gallery last year, he assumed it was a twin of an ancient masterpiece he had examined in Egypt a quarter of a century earlier.

A 4-year old girl was allegedly raped by her mother’s Egyptian boyfriend, a Sri Lankan daily reported.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has invited Egypt for another round of tripartite talks with Sudan in order to implement recommendations given by an international committee over the construction of its hydroelectric dam on the Nile, state-run news agency MENA reported.

A senior Egyptian police officer has been killed by a bomb blast in the capital, Cairo, security officials say.

Egyptian interim President Adly Mansour has laid a wreath at a war memorial in Cairo as part of commemorations for Sinai Liberation Day.

US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel called his Egyptian counterpart Col. Gen. Sedki Sobhy Tuesday to inform him that the Congress would soon be negotiating to restore financial aid.

Tuesday 22 April marked the launch reception of this year’s Spring Festival, biennially organised by Al-Mawred Al-Thaqafy (Culture Resource). The reception was held in Cairo’s Swiss Club and attended by members of the press as well as various artists, culture enthusiasts and professionals.

Egypt's foreign minister Nabil Fahmy was travelling to the United States on Wednesday, his ministry said, a day after Washington decided to provide Cairo with 10 Apache military helicopters.

Egypt plans to double the price of natural gas piped into some homes and businesses from next month, but the move will trim its huge fuel subsidy bill only slightly because few premises are connected to the gas network.

American Muslim Society and Egyptian Americans demand release of U.S. citizen held behind bars in Egypt for "supporting" the government of the country's toppled leader, Morsi.

Two journalists sustained gunshot injuries while covering the use of violence by police to disperse a demonstration at Cairo University on 14 April in support of deposed President Mohamed Morsi. A student was killed in the ensuing clashes.

A group of women activists will start a sit-in outside the Ittihadiya presidential palace on Tuesday as part of a series of events calling for the repeal of the protest law.

Egypt’s presidential election has turned into a contest between the ex-army chief lauded by millions for ousting an Islamist government and a leftist who claims to be represent the ideals of the 2011 uprising.

Presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabbahi has accused his rival's campaign, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, of bribing citizens to sign endorsements for the former defense minister's candidacy.

Millions of Egyptians have marked the national holiday of Sham El-Nessim by visiting parks and coastal cities.

The Presidential Elections Commission announced Sunday it has closed its doors to any further presidential candidates for the 2014 elections, scheduled for 26 and 27 May.

Egypt could witness a “remarkable breakthrough’ in housing after 5 to 7 years, if various efforts are combined to achieve this, Undersecretary of Real Estate Investment Division at the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce (FEDCOC) Tarek Shoukri said late Saturday.

A resolution of the General Assembly of the International Press Institute calling on the Egyptian government to review its use of anti-terrorism laws against journalists:

The Egypt Sat 2 satellite was launched into orbit on Wednesday night from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Egyptian media reports. The satellite was attached to a Russian Soyuz rocket and separated eight minutes after take-off. It is for agriculture, mining, the environment, climate and weather forecasting. .

Dozens of Egyptian journalists protested on Thursday afternoon against the recent violence they've been subjected to while covering events in the field as well as what they say is a campaign to prevent them from doing their jobs.