Egypt will issue sovereign sukuk (Islamic bonds) with ijara contracts around the beginning of the next fiscal year, which starts July 2015, Finance Minister Hany Qadry announced in a press conference Thursday.

The Ring Road will be partially closed starting from Saturday in order to ease loads, said head of the General Traffic Administration Saeed Taema Thursday.

A Cairo criminal court has acquitted journalist Ahmed Gamal Ziyada, after he spent more than 486 days in pre-trial detention.

Greece will launch consultations with Egypt and Cyprus to establish maritime boundaries in the eastern Mediterranean, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday.

Two tombs of ancient Egyptian high officials near the Great Pyramid were opened to public after the completion of their renovation work, announced Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty Monday.

Egypt's economic growth is set to accelerate in the next two years, reaching 5.5 percent in fiscal 2016/17, a Reuters poll forecast on Wednesday.

Canada and Egypt enjoy strong bilateral relations built on a mutual interest in peace, stability and prosperity. Canada will continue to promote collaboration in different sectors of the Egyptian economy,” Canadian Ambassador to Egypt Troy Lulashnyk stated during his visit to the Canadian Commercial Chamber in Egypt Monday April 27.

Egyptian photographer Mohamed Galal was found beheaded in Libya Monday, after a year after his disappearance, Youm7 reported.

The Supreme Administrative Court ruled on Tuesday that public servants refusing to work would be dismissed, but would still receive their pensions, asserting that Islamic Sharia does not permit such behavior if proven detrimental to citizens.

The Egyptian Social Democratic Party responded to criticism from the April 6 Youth Movement, calling on liberal revolutionary groups to set aside their differences and work together.

A prominent Egyptian court has issued a verdict criminalising sit-ins by employees at public municipalities where workers are banned by law from engaging in strike action.

Two ancient tombs belonging to the priest of King Khufu and his son were opened to the public in Giza Pyramids Plateau on Monday 27/4/2015 after the end of maintenance works.

A leading figure in the Hamas Islamist movement has unveiled Saudi endeavors aimed at achieving political reconciliation between Turkey, Qatar and Egypt.

Egypt is in “wise, patriotic hands,” but Egyptians must back their president because no leader can make fateful decisions without popular support, former President Hosni Mubarak told Sada el-Balad channel Sunday.

The Egyptian economy is “one of the best in the Middle East,” Abdullah Rashid al-Mara, the Corporations and Investment Funds Director at Qatar Central Bank (QCB), on the side lines of the Qatari participation in the “Arab Banking Conference” in Cairo, April 27-28.

Holding parliamentary elections before the holy month of Ramadan, to begin in late June, is “impossible,” President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi told reporters Monday.

Egypt's Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi will attend Monday the opening of the three-day Africa Climate Resilient Infrastructure Summit, which is partly organised by the African Union Commission, in Ethiopia's Addis Ababa, state news agency MENA reported.

A draft law to combat illegal immigration would punish offenders with prison terms of 10-20 years and hard labor, Youm7 reported.

Although multiple arson attacks on public property have been claimed by terrorist organizations over the past few months, numerous other fires have been caused by faulty electrical wiring in various governorates.

An Egyptian delegation from the civil aviation authority left Cairo for the Qatari capital Doha on Sunday, in the first official visit since the withdrawal of Egypt's ambassador from the Gulf emirate.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi extended the state of emergency in place in parts of North Sinai for three months, the presidency said on Saturday.