More than 50 Syrian and Palestinian refugees detained in an Alexandria jail have announced a hunger strike to protest “inhumane treatment”.

Egypt sold dollars at 7.53 pounds per dollar on Sunday, the eighth central bank auction this month, as the pound weakened slightly on the black market.

Egypt's Supreme Elections Commission (SEC) announced on Sunday a two-day extension in the registration period for candidates running in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi met Wednesday with a UK House of Commons delegation headed by the chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee Richard Ottaway, accompanied by number of Conservatives and Labour parties members.

Al Jazeera English journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed and four others have been released pending their trial in what is locally known as the Marriot Cell case.

France and Egypt have agreed a deal worth more than 5 billion euros ($5.7 billion) for the sale of Dassault Aviation-built Rafale fighter jets, a naval frigate and missiles, a French source close to the matter said on Thursday.

Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Mahmoud Hijazi met Secretary General of the Italian Defense Ministry Enzo Stavanica and his accompanying delegation on Wednesday.

Russia will not be able to exempt wheat exports to Egypt from export taxes, the Russian agriculture ministry was quoted by Reuters as saying on Thursday.

Economic cooperation formed the core of talks between Egypt and Russia, it was announced at a press conference held in Cairo Tuesday.

A few days ahead of the retrial of the Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office said Tuesday that he has sent letters to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi about jailed Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy.

Egypt's finance minister said on Wednesday there were no plans for now to consider an IMF financing package after the international lender gave a cautiously optimistic assessment of the country's financial management.

A 70-year-old woman was killed and another was injured Wednesday after a tree fell on them near a school in Menoufia, Youm7 reported.

Candidates seeking to stand in Egypt's coming parliamentary polls began registering on 8 February. Official statistics show that by the end of Tuesday – or 10 February – the number of candidates who had been able to register in the three days had reached a total 3332, with most of them aiming to stand as independents.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Russian President Vladimir Putin have signed an agreement for Russia to construct a nuclear power plant to generate electricity in Egypt, the Ahram Arabic news website reported on Tuesday.

The sale of 24 Dassault Aviation-built Rafale fighter jets to Egypt is "imminent", a French source said, adding that the French and Egyptian defence ministries, and Dassault were holding technical talks on Tuesday.

The total expenditure on the parliamentary elections campaigning by candidates was between LE7 billion and LE10 billion, in addition to the money spent by the police and military over securing the election, according to a report issued by Cairo Center for Economic and Strategic Studies.

Around 150 real estate developers in the private sector have been invited to attend the upcoming Egypt Economic Development Conference scheduled next month, Minister of Housing Moustafa Madbouly announced Tuesday.

Egypt's Wafd Party has called for an urgent meeting on Wednesday to discuss some members' concerns that security bodies are interfering in the scheduled parliamentary elections.

Egypt's Cabinet has indefinitely suspended the national soccer league after at least 22 fans were killed in a stampede and clashes with police outside a Cairo stadium, three years after Egypt witnessed one of the deadliest soccer riots in the sport's history.

The presidency offered condolences to the families of those who were killed Sunday evening during a football game between Zamalek and Enpi clubs in the Air Force Stadium of Cairo in a Monday statement.

Russian president Vladimir Putin arrived in Cairo late Monday, leading a delegation of ministers on a two-day visit, state-run news agency MENA reported.