Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi told a US Congress delegation on Tuesday that events in the region should compel leading countries to take quick measures to support "moderate" regional states in the face of terrorism, Egypt's presidential spokesman said in a statement.
The 6 April Movement demanded security forces to release 13 of its members who were arrested on their way to the residence of the late Ahmed al-Masry, another member of the group, to commemorate the first anniversary of his death.
An Egyptian court sentenced in absentia on Tuesday fugitive businessman Hussein Salem and his two sons to 10 years in prison on charges of intentional damage to their work and selling electricity to non-public authority, which violates the law.
Nine people were killed on Tuesday as families visiting their newly-enrolled relatives at a military institute in Sharqiya overcrowded to access the institute.
Cairo University will not allow any politically affiliated student groups on campus in the new academic year, university head Gaber Nassar said on Sunday.
Egypt's Ministry of Solidarity extended on Sunday a deadline for NGOs to register their existence with the ministry or else face legal investigation, a statement by the National Human Rights Council read.
Suez Canal Authority Chief Mohab Mamish said the new Suez Canal Authority is set to open on 5 August.
The Ministry of Interior threatened 34 detainees on Sunday night with tear gas if they insisted on continuing the hunger strike they had begun the same day, according to Freedom for the Brave, an initiative that provides support for detainees.
Hurghada hospital received on Monday three ambulances coming from Ras Ghareb hospital carrying six people who were badly wounded in a bus accident.
The United Arab Emirates will provide Egypt with petroleum products worth $8.7 billion over a year starting in September, an Egyptian official told Reuters on Sunday. Egypt has struggled to curb its swelling budget deficit and meet its soaring energy demands, which have resulted in daily electricity cuts around the country of 86 million people.
The Administrative Court said on Sunday it lacks the proper jurisdiction to rule over banning leaders of the National Democratic Party of former President Hosni Mubarak to run for parliamentary elections.
Eighty days have passed since former army general Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been elected as Egypt's president, and already 82 percent of Egyptians are happy with his performance, according to a Baseera poll.
Egyptian real estate developer Palm Hills posted an 8.3 percent fall in second-quarter net profit, the firm said in a statement on Sunday.
The inauguration of the Qustul Border Crossing represents a starting point for Egyptian products to begin entering the Sudanese market as well as the markets of other African countries, according to Minister of Industry and Trade Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour.
Accomplished human rights defender and lawyer Ahmed Seif El-Islam passed away on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 63. He had been unconscious for almost two weeks following a cardiac arrest, according to state-owned Al-Ahram.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi will visit the United States in September to attend a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, his first trip there as the country's head of state, the country's official news agency reported Wednesday.
Egypt stocks were more active at the end of the week as the main index rose 0.65 percent to close the session at 9,435 points and turnover picked up to LE644 million.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has thanked President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Egyptian efforts to end the crisis in the Gaza Strip, according to Egyptian presidency spokesman Ihad Badawi, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.
BP Egypt’s DEKA project in offshore Egypt produced its first gas Tuesday with the start of production at the Denise South-6 well.
Security services arrested on Wednesday the suspect accused of posting “Helwan Battalions†video on the internet, said informed security sources.
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Selfishness means loving the self badly which is common in many communities. Selfishness 'Giving oneself' means love, because the one gives himself to others.
Pope Tawadros weekly sermon 22 October 2014: Selfishness
