President Barack Obama will hold his first official meetings with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly this week.

In his first speech in the US as Egypt's president, Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi called on developed countries to invest in renewable energy projects in the Middle East to help the region shift to a more environmentally friendly business model.

Journalist's Syndicate Head Diaa Rashwan banned on Tuesday political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah from entering the Syndicate's headquarters for using "profane" vocabulary during a symposium held in the syndicate last week.

The Sudanese parliament has rejected Egypt’s decision to appoint a chairman for the local council in the disputed Halayeb area, saying Sudan’s sensible dealing with the issue does not mean it accepts the status quo.

The trial of Ahmed Doma has been suspended pending a ruling on his request to change judges, Youm7 reported Tuesday.

Egypt's NGOs say they are facing uncertainty after the government announced they will have to officially register under a law from the era of toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak – part of what they say are continual efforts to eliminate certain civil groups that might be seen as posing a threat.

Egypt's President Abdel بattah al-Sisi met with former U.S. Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright at his current New York residence on Monday, where they discussed the current developments in Egypt and the region.

The eight Egyptian men detained on accusations of "debauchery" for appearing in an online video of a gay wedding on a Nile party boat are set to be tried by a misdemeanour court, after prosecutors referred them to trial on Monday.

A poll by the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research (Baseera) said that 82 percent of Egyptians are satisfied with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's performance after 100 days in office.

An appeal filed by former Attorney General Talaat Abdullah against an early retirement ruling imposed on him by the Judges’ Disciplinary Council was rejected Monday, Youm7 reported.

Six Egyptian military personnel were killed and another was injured when an army aircraft crashed in Fayoum governorate, south of Cairo, an army spokesman announced on Sunday.

A bomb exploded near the foreign ministry in downtown Cairo on Sunday morning, killing two police personnel and injuring several others.

A bomb blast killed two Egyptian policemen and two civilians near the foreign ministry in central Cairo on Sunday, a security official said.

An Air Force helicopter crashed during training in the vicinity of the Com Oshim Security Camp in Fayoum.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hinted at the possibility of the participation of Muslim Brotherhood supporters in political life in an interview with the Associated Press on Saturday.

The media center of the Ministry of Interior denied news circulated by a number of websites on Thursday about a contract between the Ministry of the Interior and a company to monitor Internet activities and social networking websites in Egypt.

Egypt's interior ministry has denied news reports that it contracted the Egyptian sister company of a US-based online security firm to monitor Egypt's electronic communications and social media networks.

Attorney General Hisham Barakat announced Wednesday that13 jails all over the state are free of any “detainees” or prisoners without judicial orders.

The Cabinet has “no intention” to discuss the controversial 2013 Protest Law any time soon, Cabinet spokesperson Hossan Qawesh told the “Akher Al-Nahar” program Wednesday night.

Gamal and Alaa Mubarak and six other businessmen, who are officials and former members of the board of directors of the National Bank, arrived at the headquarters of the Giza Criminal Court on Thursday to attend their trial on charges of illegal gains from the sale of National Bank of Egypt, waste of public money, causing huge losses to the economy and destroying the country's banking system through manipulating the stock exchange.

The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned the trial of political activist Ahmed Douma and 268 others to Sept. 23—in the case known as the “Ministers’ Cabinet” protests of 2011—amid renewed calls to save his life after his health has deteriorated severely since he started a hunger strike 20 days ago.