Egypt on Monday is to host a meeting of foreign ministers of Libya and its neighbours, as Islamist militias openly challenge the legitimacy of parliament after seizing Tripoli's airport.

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has said he is ready to go to Ethiopia if the visit would be in Egypt's best interests. He made his remark during a meeting with media figures and journalists Sunday, when asked about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

Egypt’s foreign ministry strongly condemned Saturday the execution of an Egyptian citizen by a Libyan militia in Derna, a ministry statement read.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday denied reports that the Egyptian air force carried out air strikes in Libya on Islamist militiamen around the capital's airport.

Factory workers at the city of Mahalla, Egypt's textile industry hub, have decided to cancel protests previously set for Monday to condemn losses sustained due to electricity outages.

Egypt's National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) criticised on Friday the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on the dispersal of Rabaa and Nahda sit-ins, describing it as "low in professionalism" and "deliberately misleading".

Police conscripts of the Egyptian Central Security Forces (CSF) went on strike Friday in Ismailia, demanding better treatment and working conditions, according to state-run Al-Ahram.

Newly appointed British ambassador to Egypt, John Casson, presented his credentials to Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Saturday, expressing the importance of a “successful Egypt”.

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry critcized Thursday the killing of American journalist James Folly by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, considering it a brutal incident that violates the teachings of Islam and human ethics.

Four beheaded corpses were found by residents of a town in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, security sources said, blaming Islamist militants waging an insurgency against Cairo.

Tunisia and Egypt's Cairo airport cancelled most flights to and from Libya on Thursday, officials said, days after the Libyan government said unidentified war planes had attacked positions of armed groups in Tripoli.

A number of jailed Egyptian activists decided late Tuesday to go on an open-ended hunger strike in a new attempt to protest their detention.

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CAIRO — Egypt on Tuesday urged U.S. authorities to exercise restraint in dealing with racially charged demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri - echoing language Washington used to caution Egypt as it cracked down on Islamist protesters last year. U.S. foes Iran and Syria also lambasted the United States, but while they are frequent critics of Washington, it is unusual for Egypt to criticise such a major donor. It was not immediately clear why Egypt would issue such a statement.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recalled the Israeli delegation from Cairo following the collapse of the 24-hour ceasefire agreement just hours before its set expiration, according to an Israeli official.

The Ultras White Knights group raised claims of house raids after several members were arrested for the assassination attempt of Zamalek Sporting Club President Mortada Mansour.

Consultancy firm Dar Al-Handasah, which won the bid for the Suez Canal Project on Tuesday, will start studies on the project within days, said operations director of the company’s Cairo branch Yehia Zaki on Wednesday.

Security forces arrested 30 people suspected of taking part in “terrorist operations” as part of ongoing efforts to tackle militant activity in the Sinai Peninsula, according to state media.

The Egyptian Electric Holding Company is once again asking consumers to reduce consumption in order to avoid power cuts that have reached unprecedented levels in recent days.

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has declared the creation of three new governorates – Central Sinai, Al-Alamein and Al-Wahat, Al-Ahram daily newspaper reported.

Two Egyptian political groups – the National Association for Change and the Kefaya movement – have called for a protest in front of the prosecutor-general's office to demand an investigation into charges of corruption against toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak and figures from his regime.