Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, who previously hinted he would buy Mediterranean islands for migrants and refugees, has identified two private Greek islands and is in negotiations with their owners to purchase them, according to a statement issued from his communication office Monday evening.

The Egyptian pound was held steady by the central bank at a dollar sale on Tuesday, selling $37.8 million at a cut-off price of LE7.7301 per dollar, but strengthened on the parallel market.

Egypt's prosecution ordered on Tuesday DNA tests to identify the bodies of the seven Mexican tourists and four Egyptian guides who were among 12 killed by security forces in the Western Desert after being mistaken for terrorists.

Methane gas taken from organic waste in villages will provide an alternative to butane gas in a new project announced by Local Development Minister Major General Adel Labib.

Egypt's Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazy left for the United Kingdom on Tuesday, a statement by the military said.

Egyptian security forces killed 12 people and wounded 10 "by accident" when they mistook a convoy of mostly Mexican tourists for a group of militants they were hunting in the desert, the interior ministry said on Monday.

The 6 of October city in Giza governorate has begun to enforce a ban on tok toks (three-wheeled motorcycle taxis) in a campaign to restore order to the city, Youm7 reported Monday.

In a small but well-lit room on the 3rd floor of the Supreme Council for Culture, the Woman And Memory Forum (WMF) is currently exhibiting the collection of pioneering leftist activist Wedad Mettri.

The new parliament will either be a chance for a better future or an obstruction," said President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a televised speech on Sunday.

Caretaker Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has denied accusations that he is connected to a millionaire who is central to a corruption scandal that forced the resignation and arrest of Egypt’s former agriculture minister.

Two militants involved in a string of attacks targeting security personnel were killed Sunday, said interior ministry.

Around 900 people applied Saturday to run in Egypt's upcoming parliamentary elections, bringing the total number of prospective candidates so far to 5,936, state news agency MENA reported.

A low-ranking police officer succumbed to his wounds on Sunday after being stabbed by anonymous assailants three days ago while heading to work in Abu Kebir, Sharqiya Governorate.

A crane fell on a bridge in northwest Cairo while placing a boat on the river dock, leaving no casualties, according to Youm7.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Friday 11/09/2015 phoned Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

Nine anti-government defendants were sentenced to death in Egypt on Monday, bringing the number of those handed the death penalty to 680 since 3 July 2013, the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK) said in a report on Tuesday.

Israel and Egypt announced on Wednesday that Israel will reopen its embassy in Cairo, Egypt, four years after the last embassy was closed on September 9, 2011.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Cairo and Riyadh are preparing for a visit by Saudi Arabia's king Salman bin Abdulaziz, amid reports that the two Arab allies are at odds.

At least four people were killed when a ramshackle building collapsed early Thursday in the governorate of Assiut, south of Cairo,

Egyptian steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz applied for running in the upcoming parliamentary elections on Thursday. "Ezz's registration was accepted and his papers will be reviewed to decide up

Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukry arrived in London on Tuesday night from France as he continues his brief trip to Europe.