The European Union has ratified a grant of 70 million euros to fund an "emergency employment" programme in Egypt, EU ambassador to Egypt James Moran announced on Thursday.

Dozens of Egyptians have begun a hunger strike to demand the release of activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, a symbol of the 2011 uprising, and others they say are being unfairly detained in an effort to crush new-found freedoms.

North Qalyubia prosecution referred three police agents and an employee of Khanka hospital to Khanka Misdemeanor Court over charges of abusing the body of a victim at the hospital’s morgue.

The Omraniah Misdemeanor Court Wednesday sentenced Osama Othman—a man charged with the torture of children in an orphanage he owned and managed—to three years in prison and a 1,000 EGP ($140) fine, Youm7 reported.

Egypt's education ministry has passed new regulations aiming to curb the continuing hike in private education tution, allowing schools to take such a measure every five years.

The Cairo Criminal Court Wednesday adjourned the trial of activists Alaa Abdel Fattah, Mohamed Nouby, Wael Metwaly and 22 other defendants to Sept. 15, in the globally scrutinized case known as the “Shura Council” protests of November 2013.

Egyptian banks sold over LE8.5 billion ($1.2 billion) worth of investment certificates on Sunday to finance the new parallel Suez Canal project, Hisham Ramez, governor of the Egyptian Central Bank, said.

A child has lost his hand in a blast in North Sinai's Sheikh Zuweid, state news agency MENA reported on Monday. It is unclear whether an IED or a landmine caused the explosion. The 10-year-old boy was transferred to Al-Arish hospital and police are investigating the incident.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met Sunday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as well as Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal and Prince Khaled Bin Bandar, Saudi Arabia's chief of intelligence.

Egypt plans to implement a nationwide strategy to fight corruption in two weeks, the country's anti-corruption committee said on Sunday during a meeting with the prime minister, according to Al-Ahram's Arabic news website.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, who visited Addis Ababa this week, said his country is satisfied with the result of the tripartite negotiation on the future of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

A police officer affiliated with Minya Security Directorate fatally shot a man in Beheira following a personal dispute in Damanhour.

Egypt plans to implement a nationwide strategy to fight corruption in two weeks, the country's anti-corruption committee said on Sunday during a meeting with the prime minister, according to Al-Ahram's Arabic news website.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi denied on Monday Israeli media reports that he agreed to offer parts of Egyptian lands to Palestinians, reported state-run news agency MENA.

The Anti-Coup Alliance called on workers to join the “the uprising of the poor”, claiming it has become clear for workers that the “military rule continues to abduct and terrorise labour leaders struggling for workers’ rights”.

Foreign direct investment into Egypt doubled to over $6 billion in the financial year that ended on June 30, Hassan Fahmy, head of Egypt's investment authority, told Reuters on Sunday.

Egyptian authorities have ordered the arrest of nine men who appeared in a video purporting to show the country's first gay marriage, accusing them of inciting debauchery and undermining public morals.

Two people were killed and nine others were injured on Saturday after a truck loaded with bricks overturned on the Ring road in the Zahraa Masr al-Qadima area.

Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas expressed his gratitude to Egypt for its efforts in reaching a ceasefire agreement within the Gaza strip during his meeting with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday.

Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker fired several officials from the ministry’s affiliated electricity companies following Thursday’s blackout crisis, which left Cairo and other cities without power for several hours.

Minister of Interior Mohamed Ibrahim said Saturday that the ministry will not cover up for any corrupt officer, as anyone who makes a mistake will be punished, Youm7 reported.